Finance Director

IOI; Brighton; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

IO Interactive’s Finance leadership role in Copenhagen Studio seeks a strategic leader to guide the finance function across global studios. You will drive automation, governance, and performance management while partnering with the CFO and senior leadership to support growth and strategic investments.

With extensive experience in accounting, financial controlling, and business controlling, you will mentor teams, oversee audits, and lead multi-entity financial planning.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a senior Finance leadership role.
• Strong background across Accounting, Financial Controlling and Business Controlling.
• Experience leading Finance teams in a complex international organisation.
• Strong commercial mindset with ability to influence strategic decisions.
• Experience partnering with executive stakeholders and senior leadership teams.
• Excellent understanding of financial reporting, governance, planning and performance management.
• Accounting qualifications such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CMA or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day Finance organisation across IO Interactive's global studios.
• Manage, mentor, and develop Finance team members while building a high-performing function.
• Drive the ongoing project of full automation of the finance process.
• Act as the CFO's right-hand and trusted sparring partner on operational and strategic matters.
• Ensure strong financial governance, controls, compliance, and scalable finance processes across the organisation.
• Own budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning across all studios and entities.
• Provide strategic financial insight and recommendations to the CFO and senior leadership team.
• Translate financial and operational performance into clear actions and business recommendations.
• Support decision-making related to investments, headcount planning, studio growth and organisational development.
• Partner with Production, Commercial, Technology and Corporate leadership on financial performance and business priorities.
• Drive performance management through reporting, KPIs and financial analysis.
• Upscale and improve Financial and Business controlling.
• Oversee Accounting, Financial Controlling and Business Controlling activities across the organisation.
• Ensure accurate management reporting and financial visibility across studios, projects and functions.
• Oversee external audits, statutory compliance, and financial risk management.
• Support finance transformation, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Strategic finance leadership

Stakeholder management

Financial governance & controls

Commercial mindset

Leading international teams

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CMA

Tools

Unit4

Prophix

ERP transformations

Job description

Join IO Interactive’s Finance team at our Copenhagen Studio as Finance Director and play a key role in shaping the financial direction of a multi-studio, multi-entity games company. You will lead the Finance function, drive the automation of the finance processes, and act as the CFO's trusted partner and second-in-command. Responsible for the day-to-day leadership of Finance while providing strategic, financial, and commercial guidance that supports IO Interactive's continued growth across all studios.

If you are a strategic finance leader who combines commercial understanding with strong technical expertise, we would love to meet you.

What you will do

Finance Leadership

• Lead the day-to-day Finance organisation across IO Interactive's global studios.
• Manage, drive, mentor, and develop Finance team members while building a high-performing and collaborative function.
• Drive the ongoing project of full automation of the finance process
• Act as the CFO's right-hand and trusted sparring partner on both operational and strategic matters.
• Ensure strong financial governance, controls, compliance, and scalable finance processes across the organisation.

Financial & Business Leadership

• Own budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning across all studios and entities.
• Provide strategic financial insight and recommendations to the CFO and senior leadership team.
• Translate financial and operational performance into clear actions and business recommendations.
• Support decision-making related to investments, headcount planning, studio growth and organisational development.
• Partner with Production, Commercial, Technology and Corporate leadership on financial performance and business priorities.
• Drive performance management through meaningful reporting, KPIs and financial analysis.

Controlling & Governance

• Upscale and improve Financial and Business controlling.
• Oversee Accounting, Financial Controlling and Business Controlling activities across the organisation.
• Ensure accurate management reporting and financial visibility across studios, projects and functions.
• Oversee external audits, statutory compliance, and financial risk management.
• Support finance transformation, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Who you are

• Significant experience in a senior Finance leadership role.
• Strong background across Accounting, Financial Controlling and Business Controlling.
• Experience leading and driving Finance teams in a complex international organisation.
• Strong commercial mindset with the ability to influence strategic business decisions.
• Experience partnering with executive stakeholders and senior leadership teams.
• Excellent understanding of financial reporting, governance, planning, and performance management.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to operate as a trusted advisor.

We would love it if you had

• Experience working in the gaming industry.
• Previous experience in an audit firm earlier in your career.
• Experience supporting multi-studio, multi-entity, or international organisations.
• Experience with ERP transformations
• Experience with Unit4 or similar ERP systems.
• Experience with Prophix or similar systems.
• Accounting qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CMA or equivalent.

Who we are:

IO Interactive is an independent video game development and publishing company with studios in Copenhagen, Malmö, Barcelona, and Brighton. As the creative force behind some of the most talked-about multiplatform video games in the last decade, we are committed to creating unforgettable characters and experiences powered by our award-winning, proprietary Glacier technology.

IOI is a studio that values in-person collaboration. Being together helps us focus our collective energy on our immediate goals. For us, being both in-office as well as connected across our studios helps us integrate our teams faster, strengthen relationships, and improve knowledge-sharing. We believe that the more time we spend together, the more quality and progress we achieve for our games and players.

We know that to achieve those goals, we need courage, talented people, and a great working environment—and we do our utmost to have all of that. Across our multiple studios, we’re working on several projects. Crucially, though, we’re all one team. We value the work and impact that each person brings to the table, and we actively encourage new ideas whilst listening to your insights along the way.

With more than 50 nationalities, we know that everyone is different, and we are proud to have a reputation for being a friendly workplace with highly talented people.