Finance Director

Equifind; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology-enabled financial services firm in Windsor is seeking an Interim Finance Director to cover maternity leave. The role involves managing financial reporting, collaborating with stakeholders, and leading a team of accountants. The ideal candidate has 7+ years of experience and is a qualified ACA or ACCA accountant. This role includes 3 days a week in the Windsor office and some travel to London.

Benefits

25 days holiday

Annual discretionary bonus

Health & Travel Insurance

Pension contribution

Qualifications

• Qualified ACA or ACCA accountant with significant leadership experience.
• Experience in interim financial roles, ideally in financial services.
• Comfortable with both strategic and operational tasks.

Responsibilities

• Manage the budget and forecasting process.
• Create and implement financial reporting packs.
• Ensure timely and accurate statutory finance reporting.
• Maintain relationships with stakeholders.

Skills

Qualified ACA or ACCA accountant

7+ years' post-qualified experience

Strong communication

Hands-on leadership

Strategic and operational financial management

Job description

About the role

Equifind are delighted to be recruiting for an Interim Finance Director to join a technology-enabled financial services advisory firm, based in Windsor. The interim Finance Director will be reporting to the CEO and will manage a team of four accountants. This interim role is to cover maternity leave for the Finance Director for a 12 month FTC, to start as soon as possible. The role will include some national and international travel to the firm's offices. You will be required to work in their Windsor office 3 days a week. There will also be some ad hoc travel to their London offices for board meetings.

Responsibilities

• Manage the budget and forecasting process. Includes ongoing reporting on revenue forecast, working closely with the sales team.
• Contribute to the ongoing process of improving the quality of key information to internal and external stakeholders.
• Manage the creation and implementation of the group's financial reporting pack.
• Prepare and consolidate accurate group management accounts to ensure key information is provided to internal and external stakeholders in accordance with agreed timelines.
• Responsible for the provision of insightful working capital and cashflow forecasting.
• Maintain relationships with shareholders.
• Manage the statutory finance and tax reporting requirements for the Group.
• Manage the annual statutory audit process ensuring that the finance department provides accurate and timely information to the auditors.
• Maintain a robust financial control environment, ensuring that risks are adequately mitigated via appropriate controls and processes.
• Responsible for the finance system and act as the key point person with operations and IT on the support of all finance systems and reporting tools.
• Ad-hoc project work.

About you

• Qualified ACA or ACCA accountant with 7+ years' post-qualified experience, ideally within dynamic and growth-focused environments in financial services.
• Proven track record in interim Financial Director roles, with hands-on leadership in fast-growing SMEs.
• Able to operate at both strategic and operational levels — comfortable shaping financial direction while remaining detail-oriented when needed.
• Strong communicator and collaborator, with the ability to influence stakeholders and lead cross-functional teams.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday
• Annual discretionary bonus
• Health & Travel Insurance
• Pension contribution