Selby Jennings
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Head of Finance
London | Hybrid Working
Build the Finance Function. Shape the Business. Become the Future CFO.
A highly entrepreneurial investment and trading business is seeking its first dedicated finance leader to partner directly with the founders and help build the next phase of growth.
This is not a traditional corporate finance role.
This is an opportunity to take complete ownership of finance within a profitable, fast-growing firm operating across sophisticated global markets. You will have a genuine seat at the table, helping influence strategic decisions while building the financial infrastructure that supports a scaling business.
If you're excited by creating rather than maintaining, solving complex problems, working alongside exceptional people and having a visible impact on business performance, this role offers a rare career opportunity.
The Opportunity
As the firm's first senior finance hire, you will own the entire finance function across multiple entities and jurisdictions.
- Working directly with the founders and commercial leadership team, you will establish best-in-class reporting, controls, treasury, forecasting and governance processes while acting as a trusted strategic adviser to the business.
- You will enjoy significant autonomy, broad responsibility and the chance to build a function from first principles.
- This is effectively a Head of Finance role operating with CFO-level exposure and influence.
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What You'll Be Doing
Strategic Finance & Business Partnering
- Partner directly with founders on commercial and strategic decisions
- Develop budgeting, forecasting and long-term planning processes
- Deliver insight into profitability, growth opportunities and business performance
- Support expansion initiatives, new products and investment opportunities
Financial Control & Reporting
- Own month-end, management reporting and statutory obligations
- Build robust controls, governance frameworks and scalable processes
- Lead audit, tax and compliance activities
- Ensure high-quality, timely financial information for decision making
Treasury & Capital Management
- Manage liquidity across banking and financial counterparties
- Oversee cash flow forecasting and capital planning
- Strengthen treasury controls and reporting
Systems & Automation
- Implement finance systems, reporting tools and automation initiatives
- Improve financial data quality and operational efficiency
- Work closely with technology teams to streamline workflows and reporting
Building the Function
- Design the future finance operating model
- Establish scalable processes and policies
- Recruit and develop future finance team members as the business grows
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We're Interested In People Who Have
- ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification
- Significant post-qualified finance experience
- Operated in fast-paced, entrepreneurial environments
- Owned broad finance responsibilities including reporting, controls, forecasting, treasury and compliance
- Experience improving or building finance functions, systems or processes
- Strong commercial judgement and stakeholder management skills
- A hands-on approach and willingness to roll up their sleeves
Particularly Relevant Backgrounds
We are especially interested in finance professionals from:
- Proprietary trading firms
- Hedge funds
- Market makers
- Asset managers
- Brokerages
- Commodity trading businesses
- FinTech organisations
- Digital asset and crypto businesses
- High-growth founder-led companies
Why This Role Stands Out
Few opportunities offer this combination of:
- Direct access to founders and decision makers
- Ownership of an entire finance function
- Freedom to build systems and processes from scratch
- Exposure to sophisticated financial markets
- Significant commercial influence
- A genuine pathway towards a future CFO position
For ambitious finance leaders who enjoy building, improving and scaling organisations, this represents a rare opportunity to make a lasting impact within a growing and highly entrepreneurial business.
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