Finance Director

Chiltern Park Recruitment; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Chiltern Park Recruitment in Nottingham is looking for an experienced Finance Director to guide financial planning, reporting, and controls during an exciting growth phase for a robotics engineering company.

You will collaborate with the leadership team, manage cash-flow, and drive improvements to financial systems while maintaining a hands-on, strategic role in a hybrid setup with two days per week in the Nottingham office.

Qualifications

• Senior finance professional with hands-on leadership experience.
• Experience in financial forecasting and cash-flow planning.
• Proven ability to deliver board and management reporting.
• Strong commercial awareness and understanding of growth businesses.
• Experience improving financial systems, processes and controls.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial planning, forecasting and cash-flow management.
• Develop and optimise use of Xero.
• Prepare board and investor financial reporting.
• Improve financial controls and data accuracy.
• Provide management reporting and commercial analysis.
• Support implementation of Fathom and CRM integration.
• Contribute to Innovate UK financial reporting and tax credits.

Skills

Xero

Cash flow planning

Board reporting

Management reporting

Commercial awareness

Tools

Fathom

Job description

Nottingham 4-Day Working Week Hybrid & Flexible Working

Minimum 2 days per week in Nottingham

Salary: Competitive DOE

An exciting opportunity for an experienced Finance Director to join an innovative and growing robotics engineering company offering a 4-day working week and flexible working.

The company is moving from significant R&D and technology development into an exciting phase of commercial growth and is looking for a hands-on Finance Director to help develop its financial planning, reporting, systems and controls.

The Role

Working closely with the leadership team, Board, investors and external accountants, responsibilities will include:

• Financial planning, forecasting and cash-flow management
• Developing and optimising the use of Xero
• Board and investor financial reporting
• Improving financial controls and data accuracy
• Management reporting and commercial analysis
• Supporting future implementation of Fathom
• Finance and CRM integration
• Innovate UK financial reporting
• R&D tax credits and capital allowances
• Supporting asset and intangible/IP valuation
• Working closely with external accountants and advisers
• Providing financial and commercial insight as the business grows

About You

We are looking for an experienced senior finance professional / Finance Director with:

• Strong Xero experience
• Financial forecasting and cash-flow planning experience
• Management and Board reporting experience
• Strong commercial awareness
• Experience improving financial systems, processes and controls
• Confidence working with senior leadership, Boards and/or investors
• A hands-on approach suited to a growing business

Experience within an engineering, robotics, automation, technology or high-growth SME would be advantageous.

Knowledge of Fathom, R&D tax credits, capital allowances or intangible asset/IP valuation would also be beneficial.

Working Pattern

This is a full-time role across a 4-day working week, with hybrid and flexible working.

A minimum of two days per week in the Nottingham office is required.

A fantastic opportunity to help shape the finance function of an ambitious robotics engineering company as it enters an important stage of commercial growth.