Role: Head of Finance

Location: London (Hybrid Working)
Job Reference: 32609

Company

Stanton House is partnering with a high-growth, technology-enabled financial services business to appoint a senior finance leader reporting directly to the CFO.

Operating within a regulated environment, the organisation has established strong funding relationships and is entering a significant phase of growth. This role offers the opportunity to shape the finance function, improve reporting and controls, support strategic decision-making, and work closely with senior leadership, funding partners, and investors.

Role

This is a senior leadership position with responsibility for the finance function, encompassing FP&A, financial control, finance operations, funding oversight, and treasury-related activities.

Reporting to the CFO, the successful candidate will provide financial leadership across the business, ensuring accurate reporting, strong governance, effective planning processes, and robust support for strategic decision-making.

The role offers significant exposure to the Executive team and Board, alongside ownership of key external stakeholder relationships including auditors, lenders, and funding providers.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes.
• Deliver timely and insightful financial and operational performance reporting to senior stakeholders.
• Develop financial models to support strategic initiatives, investment cases, and business decisions.
• Provide commercial challenge and insight to improve performance, profitability, and cash generation.
• Support strategic planning, growth initiatives, and capital allocation decisions.
• Own month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes.
• Ensure accuracy and integrity of management accounts, statutory reporting, and financial statements.
• Lead external audit processes and maintain strong relationships with auditors and advisers.
• Maintain and enhance financial controls, governance frameworks, and risk management processes.
• Drive automation, process improvement, and reporting efficiencies across finance.
• Oversee finance operations including accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash management, and transactional finance activities.
• Ensure finance processes remain scalable and fit for purpose as the business grows.
• Manage lender and funding stakeholder relationships.
• Oversee liquidity planning, funding utilisation, covenant compliance, and capital management activities.
• Support refinancing, funding optimisation, and facility expansion initiatives.
• Develop and lead high-performing teams across FP&A, financial control, operations, and funding activities.
• Build strong business partnering capabilities across the wider organisation.