Director of Financial Reporting & Control

Tbwa Chiat/Day Inc; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Director of Financial Reporting & Control to lead financial operations and reporting. This role involves building robust financial control processes, ensuring compliance, and managing relationships with external auditors. The ideal candidate will possess strong financial leadership skills, thrive in a dynamic scale-up environment, and have a proven track record in financial services. Join a forward-thinking company that values flexibility and innovation, while empowering small businesses through a comprehensive finance platform. If you're ready to take ownership and drive results, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Share options

Group Life Insurance

Vitality Health Insurance

25 days holiday

3 days for L&D or volunteering

£1,000 professional L&D budget

Cycle to Work scheme

Enhanced family-friendly leave

Sabbatical leave

Qualifications

• Experience managing financial control in complex, multi-country organizations.
• Strong financial acumen and technical accounting skills required.

Responsibilities

• Build robust financial control processes and strengthen internal control framework.
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting of financial statements and compliance.

Skills

Financial Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Technical Accounting Skills

Strategic Agility

Team Leadership

Education

ACA or equivalent professional finance qualification

Tools

IFRS

UK GAAP

Job description

Director of Financial Reporting & Control

United Kingdom

ABOUT TIDE

At Tide, we are building a finance platform designed to save small businesses time and money. We provide our members with business accounts and related banking services, but also a comprehensive set of connected administrative solutions from invoicing to accounting.

Launched in 2017, Tide is now used by over 1 million small businesses across the world and is available to UK, Indian and German SMEs. Headquartered in central London, with offices in Sofia, Hyderabad, Delhi, Berlin and Belgrade, Tide employs over 2000 employees.

Tide is rapidly growing, expanding into new markets and always looking for passionate and driven people. Join us in our mission to empower small businesses and help them save time and money.

ABOUT THE TEAM

It’s exciting times here at Tide, we are scaling and developing our product offering at a phenomenal rate and have made our first step into our ambitious plans towards international expansion with our move into the Indian SME marketplace. We need someone to be proactive, take hands-on initiative, exhibiting extreme ownership to build out best in class financial reporting and control function, including a robust control framework and processes for our global operations.

As our new Director of Financial Reporting & Control, you’ll report to the VP of Finance and be responsible for the financial controllership of the Tide Group.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Director of Financial Reporting & Control you’ll be:

• Building robust financial control processes and strengthening internal control framework, including all related Policies and Procedures
• Ensuring proper books and records for all financial transactions
• Ensuring timely and accurate reporting of monthly P&L, balance sheet and cash flow, annual financial statements, regulatory and investor reporting
• Maintaining best practice documentation of accounting policy and papers for material transactions and revenue recognition
• Legal entity control, consolidation and intercompany balance reconciliation
• Managing relationships with external auditors, tax advisors and outsourced accounting providers, including for regional offices in Bulgaria, India and Luxembourg
• Collaborating with other departments on tax and accounting matters as well as coordinating with internal product engineering teams and consultants on R&D projects that are eligible for tax relief
• Acting as taxation and transfer pricing SME across the group to support corporate structuring activities.
• Collate financial data for the preparation of corporation tax and VAT returns, ensuring compliance with tax legislation
• Regular reporting of financial performance, financial risk, financial control, taxation, ESG and other topical matters to the Finance & Audit Committee
• Identifying opportunities to streamline and improve accounting processes, operations and systems. Including driving the upgrade of the core ledger and reporting system
• Overseeing the monthly ledger close, cost accounting and accounts payable and receivable functions
• Growing and developing a highly motivated and talented financial control team

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Senior Financial Leadership: recent experience at a Senior/Director level managing financial control in complex, multi-country, multi-entity organizations
• Industry Expertise: Proven track record in financial services or technology (FinTech, payments, banking, lending)
• Scale-Up Environment: You’ll thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic scale-up environment and have the desire to take ownership of critical financial operations and drive results
• Technical Proficiency: Strong financial acumen and technical accounting skills (IFRS/UK GAAP). Experience with statutory audits of financial services companies
• Professional Qualification: ACA or equivalent professional finance qualification
• Strategic & Operational Agility: Ability to transition seamlessly between strategic oversight and hands-on execution
• Stakeholder Management: Confident communicator with senior stakeholders, capable of autonomous work
• Team Leadership: Proven ability to lead and develop teams of 20+ staff

WHAT YOU WILL GET IN RETURN

Our location-specific employee benefits are designed to cater to the unique needs of Tideans:

• Flexible working options
• Share options
• Group Life Insurance
• Vitality Health Insurance, with a proactive focus on mental and physical wellbeing
• 25 days holiday with the ability to buy extra days
• 3 days for L&D or volunteering time off per year
• We invest in your development with a £1,000 professional L&D budget per year
• Access to ‘salary sacrifice’ benefits such as Cycle to Work scheme and pension contribution
• Spacious brand-new office near Old Street with an all-day snacks bar
• Enhanced family-friendly leave
• Sabbatical leave

TIDEAN WAYS OF WORKING

At Tide, we champion a flexible workplace model that supports both in-person and remote work to cater to the specific needs of our different teams.

While remote work is supported, we believe in the power of face-to-face interactions to foster team spirit and collaboration. Our offices are designed as hubs for innovation and team-building, where we encourage regular in-person gatherings to foster a strong sense of community.

TIDE IS A PLACE FOR EVERYONE

At Tide, we believe that we can only succeed if we let our differences enrich our culture. Our Tideans come from a variety of backgrounds and experience levels. We consider everyone irrespective of their ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity or differently-abled status. We celebrate diversity in our workforce as a cornerstone of our success. Our commitment to a broad spectrum of ideas and backgrounds is what enables us to build products that resonate with our members’ diverse needs and lives.

We are One Team and foster a transparent and inclusive environment, where everyone’s voice is heard.