Chief Financial Officer

SearchWorks Pty Ltd; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

On-site parking

Job summary

SearchWorks Pty Ltd in Liverpool is seeking a Chief Financial Officer to lead the finance function, shape financial strategy, and partner with investors to drive growth.

The role requires a seasoned CFO/FD with strong governance, financial modelling, and reporting capabilities to support a fast-growing, FCA-regulated consumer finance business. A hands-on leader will build the team and systems as the company scales.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with broad experience leading a finance function.
• Strong investor management skills.
• Excellent modelling, scenario analysis, and management reporting.
• Experience in a regulated business with governance and audit.
• Entrepreneurial, hands-on leader.
• Claims management or fintech payments background valuable.

Responsibilities

• Own financial strategy, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, reporting, and controls.
• Manage investor relationships and communicate performance.
• Deliver management information on performance, risks, cash, and opportunities.
• Develop financial models to assess claims outcomes and timing.
• Oversee controls across high-volume payments and support automation.
• Ensure client money processes meet requirements and liaise with auditors.
• Develop finance team, systems, and processes for growth.

Skills

Financial governance

Investor management

Financial modelling

Management reporting

Regulatory compliance

Audits

Leadership

Strategic planning

Education

Chartered accountant qualification

Job description

Chief Financial Officer

Up to £150,000+ base salary, depending on experience, plus bonus

Private healthcare and on-site parking

The Company

An FCA-regulated consumer financial services business in Liverpool. It has around 50 staff, it’s growing, and it’s hiring a confident, commercially minded CFO to lead its finance function and play a central role in business strategy.

This is a hands‑on opportunity within an entrepreneurial, investor‑backed environment. You’ll combine strong financial governance with commercial insight, providing clear reporting, constructive challenge and credible leadership.

The role

Working closely with the leadership team and investors, you will:

• Take ownership of financial strategy, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, statutory reporting, tax and financial controls.
• Manage investor relationships, communicating performance clearly and challenging assumptions where necessary.
• Deliver accurate, insightful management information covering performance, risks, cash requirements and commercial opportunities.
• Develop financial models to assess potential claims outcomes, payment timing and their implications for business valuation.
• Oversee controls and reconciliations across a high-volume payments operation, supporting effective automation.
• Ensure robust processes meet applicable client money requirements and lead engagement with external auditors.
• Develop the finance team, systems and processes to support the business as it evolves.

About you

You’ll be an experienced CFO or Finance Director who is comfortable taking ownership, influencing decisions and operating close to the detail.

You will bring:

• A recognised accountancy qualification and broad experience leading a finance function.
• Strong investor management skills, with the confidence to handle challenging conversations constructively.
• Excellent financial modelling, scenario analysis and management reporting capabilities.
• Experience in a regulated business, with sound knowledge of financial controls, governance and audit.
• A practical, adaptable approach suited to an entrepreneurial environment.
• Clear judgement, resilience and the ability to challenge and influence senior stakeholders.

Experience in claims management would be particularly valuable. A fintech or payments background, especially involving high-volume transactions, would also be relevant.