Finance Director

Filtered Technologies Limited; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team at a leading learning tech company as Finance Director. This role offers the chance to shape financial strategies, enhance business growth, and work closely with the CEO in a flexible, inclusive environment. Be part of a company that values learning and diversity while enjoying benefits that support a work-life balance.

Benefits

Fully remote, optional co-working office when required

Competitive pay, private healthcare, life insurance, mental health support

25 days holiday + bank holidays + 4 company recharge days

Qualifications

• 5-7 years post-qualification experience in a SaaS or EdTech company.
• Proficiency in accounting software and financial analysis tools.
• Understanding of tax laws and finance regulations.

Responsibilities

• Invoice customers, process supplier bills, and maintain accurate records.
• Prepare budgets and perform financial planning and cost analysis.
• Work with external advisors for tax and financial reporting compliance.

Skills

Financial Management

Analytical Ability

Communication

Self-Motivation

Education

Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)

Tools

Xero

Excel

Powerpoint

Job description

About Filtered

Filtered is a learning tech company that helps organisations get the best return on their L&D spend. That means using data to decide on the most important skills for an organisation. Then, analysing which content is helping build them and filtering out the rest. And finally, getting that content to the people that need it all via our Content Intelligence.

It's led to partnerships with clients such as Heineken, AstraZeneca and Danone. It's helped make six-figure savings on content and curation spend whilst raising user engagement. And, over a decade since Filtered started, it's helped a million people build the skills they really need to do better work.

That's what the various members of the Filtered fam, based around the world, spend their days working on. We're a curious, considerate, thoughtful, multicultural team with a passion for learning, solving complex challenges, and having fun doing it. And we're always on the look-out for like-minded, like-spirited people!

The Opportunity

An amazing opportunity to come in at ground level, "own" finance all the way up to Board level, and work with a seasoned turnaround CEO on a mission to take this company to new heights. A rapid boost up the financial career ladder.

As our Finance Director you will be responsible for capturing and overseeing allfinancial transactions in Xero, producing monthly management accounts, and ensuring reporting compliance. You will work closely with the leadership, and especially the CEO, to provide insights that drive business growth.

Your responsibilities will vary, however, some of them will be:

• Financial Management: Invoice customers, process supplier bills, ensure collections and payments and maintain accurate records of revenues, expenses (including prepayments and accruals), and cash.
• Revenue Recognition: Apply SaaS-specific revenue accounting principles e.g., deferred revenue, subscription-based models).
• Budgeting & Forecasting: Prepare budgets working as a partner to the CEO and be able to perform financial planning, cost analysis, and revenue projections.
• Payroll Processing: Work with in-house HR to ensure correct compensation, benefits, and payments to staff and contractors.
• Reporting: Prepare monthly management accounts and create slides with performance commentary for the Board, working as a partner to the CEO.
• Tax & Audit Compliance: Work with external advisors to ensure adherence to tax and financial reporting compliance, including Audit.
• Business Support: Stay on top of customer contracts and provide finance support to sales and operations teams.
• Stakeholder management: manage the day-to-day relationships with investors and external lenders ensuring all financial reporting covenants are delivered on time to lenders.

Requirements

What we expect from you:

• Education: Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA).
• Experience: 5-7 years post-qualification experience, ideally in a SaaS or EdTech company.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in accounting software (Xero) and financial analysis tools (Excel) and reporting tools (Powerpoint) .
• Regulatory Knowledge: Sufficient understanding of tax laws, SaaS revenue recognition, and finance regulations to work with external advisors.
• Analytical Ability: Pro-active problem-solving skills and ability to provide financial insights.
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal skills to collaborate with remote teams.
• Self-Motivation: Ability to work independently, manage tasks, and meet deadlines remotely.

Benefits

• Fully remote, optional co-working office when required
• Competitive pay, private healthcare, life insurance, mental health support, pension, remote working provision, enhanced maternity and paternity leave, 25 days holiday + bank holidays + 4 company recharge days over Christmas period

Working at Filtered

We don't believe in presenteeism. We really, really care about building a truly flexible workplace with a remote-first approach. We don't mind where you work, and working hours can be shifted a bit to start a bit earlier or finish later if needed. We want you to find a way of working that works for you.

Finally...

We care deeply about making Filtered an inclusive and diverse place to work. We encourage applications from all demographics and backgrounds to maximise the capability and neurodiversity of the team. We don't make decisions based on gender, class, ethnicity, sexual orientation or any other personal characteristics which are unrelated to the role. We understand that everyone has different lifestyles and we accommodate flexible working to make sure you are as productive and happy as you can be.

What are you waiting for? Apply today!