Finance Director

Distinct Recruitment; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A privately owned LLP in the East Midlands is seeking an experienced Finance Director who will play a central role in modernizing finance, improving performance, and leading a finance team. You will have the opportunity to influence decisions and navigate the business through growth, focusing on strong financial management and reporting. Expertise in Sage 50 and Excel is preferred, along with a proven track record in financial leadership.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a finance team.
• Strong knowledge of financial controls and reporting.
• Ability to modernize finance systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a small finance team.
• Improve controls, reporting, and financial planning.
• Build out management information and KPIs.

Skills

Leadership skills

Financial planning

Analytical skills

Tools

Sage 50

Excel

Job description

Most Finance Director roles talk about “impact.”This one actually gives you the space to make it.

This is a privately owned, purpose-led LLP with a loyal customer base, a strong reputation, and a genuine commitment to doing things the right way — commercially and ethically. Their growth has been steady and impressive, and they’re now ready for the next chapter.

They’re looking for a Finance Director who wants more than a title.Someone who wants a voice.

Someone who enjoys being close to the numbers, but also shaping what happens next.

This isn’t a huge corporate machine.You won’t spend your life buried in slides and approval chains.You’ll be in the room, influencing decisions and helping steer the business through the next stage of growth.

Where you fit in

You’ll work hand-in-hand with the Partners and senior team — modernising finance, sharpening performance and building a team and structure that supports scale. You’ll bring ideas, challenge thinking, and make sure finance is genuinely central to decision-making.You’ll take a well-run business and help turn it into a future-fit one.

Day to day, that looks like :

• Leading and developing a small finance team
• Improving controls, reporting and financial planning
• Building out MI and KPIs so decisions are driven by insight, not instinct
• Modernising systems (Sage 50 and Excel today — open to better)

Being a key...