United Media
Finance Director at United Media
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Finance Director at United Media
Finance Director – Join United Media in Driving Financial Success in Fast-Growng Media Sector
About the Role
Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment with significant responsibility? Are you passionate about finance, driven to build and scale businesses? If so, the Finance Director role at United Media could be perfect for you.
About United Media
United Media specialises in developing large-scale industry media and conferences across sectors like insurance, HR, private equity, retail, and more. Today, we’ve organically launched 8 media brands and acquired one, including:
- Insurtech Insights
- Presidents’ Summit
- Private Equity Insights
- HRtechX
- CFO Insights
- Retail Insights
- SaaSMonitor
- SetSales
What We Offer
As Finance Director, you’ll shape the financial strategy of one of our portfolio companies while being challenged within a high-impact senior role. Based in London, you’ll need to:
- Work in a start-up/scale-up environment where financial decisions visibly impact the business
- Collaborate closely with CEOs on financial planning, budgeting, and monthly investor reporting (including board meetings)
- Access unlimited growth potential, with a history of internal career progression
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Key opportunities include:
- Tangible, high-impact work with measurable results
- Ownership over financial operations, pushing you beyond routine tasks
- Leadership in financial strategy, cost optimisation, and working capital management
- Direct support to sales, operations, and HR finance planning
Your Key Responsibilities
Your role will evolve, but core priorities include:
- Financial planning and analysis:
- Preparing annual budgets for strategic financial guidance.
- Weekly updates on cash flow for real-time operational visibility.
- Monthly profit & loss and cash flow reports to drive insights.
- Strategic reviews:
- Assessing and implementing cost-optimisation programmes.
- Reviewing intercompany and external loans to maintain financial resilience.
- Operational support:
- Leading working capital management.
- Managing HR financial planning.
- Supporting sales and operations teams financially.
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What We Expect from You
We seek a high-achieving, self-driven professional with:
- A relentless work ethic, sense of urgency, and a desire for excellence.
- Ownership-focused mindset: proactive, commits to accountability, and delivers on promises.
- Humility and passion for building and executing new ventures.
- Technical fit:
- Strong accounting background (ideally >2 years in a Big Four firm).
- Experienced CFO/Head of Finance with a track record in a start-up or SME (preferably <250 employees).
- Validated UK work permit.
- Preferred (but not mandatory):
- Proven experience within the media, conferences, or B2B publishing industry.
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