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Job Description: Finance Leader
This is a transformation opportunity within a dynamic, high-growth business and leadership team.
We are looking for a high-performance finance leader with strong technical foundations, a systems-thinking mindset and the ambition to grow into a broader leadership role as the business scales.
You will own the day-to-day finance function, develop the finance team, improve systems and reporting, and provide commercial insight that supports better decisions. You will work closely with the CFO, COO and CEO to strengthen controls, improve financial visibility and drive efficiencies through better processes, technology, automation and AI.
The Opportunity
We are looking for someone who enjoys building finance functions, not simply maintaining them. The right person will combine hands-on accounting discipline with the ability to think commercially, improve systems, simplify complexity and create scalable processes.
You will ensure the finance department runs efficiently, produce clean and reliable accounts, deliver meaningful management information and provide the insight needed to support a growing, complex service-based business.
Experience in high-growth, high-transaction or operationally complex environments will be highly relevant. You will also play an important role in Board reporting and corporate activity, including borrowing, fundraising, equity investment, private equity or M&A processes. Transaction, exit, data room or deal-support experience is essential.
Key Responsibilities
Finance Operations
- Lead the day-to-day running of the finance department.
- Manage, coach and develop the finance team.
- Maintain accurate financial records, reconciliations and controls.
- Oversee month-end, year-end and payroll oversight, including payroll accuracy, pensions, PAYE and statutory submissions.
- Ensure supplier payments, customer receipts and cash management are well controlled.
- Improve finance systems, reporting structures and operating processes so the function is scalable and accurate.
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Financial Reporting
- Produce accurate monthly management accounts and reliable financial information.
- Prepare detailed management reporting packs and Board reporting.
- Analyse performance, trends, risks and opportunities.
- Develop KPI dashboards and reporting for senior leadership.
- Provide clear commentary, insight and recommendations, not just numbers.
Budgeting, Forecasting and Cash Flow
- Own the annual budgeting process.
- Produce rolling cash flow forecasts and P&L forecasts.
- Monitor spend against budget and prepare variance analysis.
- Support strategic financial planning and growth decisions.
- Build financial models and analysis to support investment, funding and transaction-related work.
Commercial Finance and Deal
- Support business decision-making through financial analysis.
- Provide insight into profitability, margins and operational performance.
- Support business growth, new site openings and operational improvements.
- Prepare financial analysis, forecasts, reconciliations and schedules for borrowing, fundraising, M&A or equity investment processes.
- Support data room preparation and financial due diligence responses.
Systems and Continuous Improvement
- Drive improvements across finance processes.
- Use technology, automation and AI to improve efficiency and reporting.
- Enhance reporting within Xero and integrated systems.
- Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and improve scalability.
Leadership
- Build a high-performing finance function.
- Promote accuracy, accountability and continuous improvement.
- Work closely with operational managers and senior leaders.
- Ensure finance provides reliable information and useful insight to the business.
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About You
We are looking for someone who wants to improve a business, not just produce accounts. You should be ambitious, resilient, systems-minded and comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment where finance needs to bring structure, clarity and commercial discipline.
Essential
- ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified, or qualified by experience with significant relevant experience.
- Previous experience as a Financial Controller, Finance Manager, Senior Management Accountant or similar, ideally with the ambition and capability to progress into a wider leadership role.
- Experience in a high-growth, high-transaction, service-based or operationally complex business.
- Strong management accounting background and experience producing Board-level or senior management reporting.
- Excellent budgeting, forecasting, cash flow and Excel-based financial modelling skills.
- Experience supporting borrowing, M&A, fundraising, private equity, equity investment, exit or other transaction processes.
- Ability to support data room preparation, due diligence requests and transaction-related financial analysis.
- Experience managing or developing a finance team, with the willingness to remain hands-on.
- Payroll oversight experience, with the ability to analyse payroll and cost drivers in detail.
- Strong commercial awareness, stakeholder management and process improvement capability.
Desirable
- Experience in multi-site, people-intensive or physical operating environments.
- Experience in care, healthcare or other regulated service sectors.
- Experience using Xero and integrated finance systems.
- Experience implementing automation, AI or finance process improvements.
- Sell-side transaction or exit preparation exposure would be particularly useful.
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