Finance Director

Airbox Systems Limited; Wantage; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the SaaS space seeks a Finance Director to drive financial strategy and operational efficiency. This pivotal role involves leading financial forecasting, managing cost control initiatives, and developing a high-performing finance team. If you're passionate about finance in a growing environment, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

26 days holiday plus public holidays

Private medical cover with Bupa

Pension scheme with up to 6% matching

Personal Development budget

Electric Car Scheme

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of post-qualified experience in finance.
• Experience as Finance Director or equivalent in a SaaS business.
• Strong understanding of SaaS metrics and subscription business models.

Responsibilities

• Drive financial strategies and oversee financial controls.
• Lead cost management initiatives to improve margins.
• Own monthly reporting cycles and track SaaS metrics.

Skills

Financial strategy

Analytical skills

Leadership

Communication

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

Job description

Why Airbox? You're more likely to love your work when that work has a purpose, when it's meaningful and when it's protecting lives. And, at Airbox Systems, it will. Here's why.

We are driven by passion and great people who share our enthusiasm for trying to make the world a better place, our friendly team includes individuals with backgrounds in military, aviation, and law enforcement. Our experience brings first-hand insight into frontline operations in the air and on the ground to enable cutting-edge concepts for improving the service that we deliver.

At Airbox, our values can be described as behavioral guidance. They are the principles and beliefs that provide a cohesive vision and define who we are as a business. In doing so, they define our organisation internally, and externally with our stakeholders and customers. In essence, they are our “true north” that help us to navigate our organisation through prosperous times as well as uncertain periods. Our company beliefs and values are embodied in our culture. Whilst we celebrate the diversity of the people we work with, there are certain values and attributes all of us share – whatever your background, these are the qualities we are looking for in the people we hire: Commitment, Positive Realism, Ethics, Accountability, Humanity, Quality, and Delight

What this role is about:

As Finance Director (FD), you will play a pivotal role in supporting the next stage of our growth. Reporting directly to the COO and working closely with the executive team, you will be responsible for driving financial strategy, ensuring robust financial controls, and delivering insightful commercial reporting. This role is ideal for a commercially astute finance leader who thrives in a dynamic, scaling SaaS environment and is passionate about operational efficiency and data-driven decision-making.

What you’ll do:

Strategic Financial Leadership

• Develop and implement financial strategies aligned with business objectives.

• Partner with the CEO, COO and executive team on long-term planning, including supporting fundraising.

• Oversee financial forecasting, budgeting, and scenario planning, including working capital management.

Cost Control & Operational Efficiency

• Lead company-wide cost management initiatives to improve margins.

• Identify opportunities for cost optimisation without compromising on service quality or growth.

• Implement scalable processes that support sustainable growth.

Customer Profitability Analysis

• Use established frameworks to assess customer-level profitability and lifetime value.

• Provide commercial insights into pricing models, renewals, and expansion revenue.

• Support the sales and customer success teams with data-driven recommendations.

Financial Reporting & KPI Tracking

• Own the monthly reporting cycle, including management accounts and board packs.

• Track key SaaS metrics (MRR/ARR, CAC, LTV, churn, net retention, etc.).

• Provide real-time visibility into financial and operational performance.

Compliance, Governance & Risk Management

• Maintain strong internal controls and ensure compliance with UK accounting standards and regulations.

• Oversee tax planning, audit, and treasury functions.

• Manage relationships with external stakeholders including auditors and banks.

Management and development of staff

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing finance team that supports the needs of a scaling SaaS business.

• Set clear objectives, provide regular feedback, and implement continuous development plans.
• Foster a culture of accountability, learning, and collaboration within the finance department and cross-functionally.
• Build scalable processes and systems to support growth and reduce manual inefficiencies

What we’re looking for in our ideal candidate:

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with at least 5 years of post-qualified experience.

• Proven experience as Finance Director, Head of Finance, or equivalent role within a scaling SaaS or technology business.

• Strong understanding of SaaS metrics and subscription business models.

• Prior exposure to fundraising, investor relations, and board reporting is advantageous.

• Commercially driven, strategic thinker with a hands-on approach.

• Excellent analytical skills.

• Confident communicator who can influence stakeholders across all levels.

• Comfortable working in a fast-moving, scale-up environment.

• Strong leadership and team-building capabilities.
• All of our colleagues have to pass an NPPV3 clearance; you can find out more about ithere but a key feature is having the last 3 years living in the United Kingdom.
• Be eligible for work in the UK; we are unable to offer sponsorship

What we offer: We’re always looking for new ways to celebrate our people. You’ll be no different

- The chance to work with a passionate team that’s working together everyday towards our shared big ambitious goal

- A dynamic, flexible and fun scale-up work environment with a highly talented team

- 26 days holiday per year, plus public holidays

- Private medical cover with Bupa for all our colleagues, as well as a Wellbeing Allowance each year

- Pension scheme, offering up to 6% matching contribution

- Up to 20 Nomad Working Days per annum

- Personal Development budget

- Electric Car Scheme

Flexible & Hybrid Working: We said you'll get freedom to work in a way that is best for you, and that extends to being in the office – or not.

Work better from home? No worries. Prefer the office? Come on down. We have 2 mandatory Townhall days; Spring and Autumn, where the whole business gets together. When you visit the office you won’t just find rows and rows of desks. No, you’ll find our colleagues meeting on the walking pads, having planning sessions over a game of tennis table or grabbing a bean bag in our ‘Quality’ collaborative space - that’s right we live our values so much, we named our meeting spaces after them.

You can also shape work around your life at Airbox Systems; most colleagues work our core hours of 9am-5pm with others flexibly between 7am-7pm. Whether you're fitting in a spin class or the school run, you'll have the flexibility for whatever matters most. All we ask in return is that you produce great work, but when you’re working with passionate people, that part comes naturally.

Connect with us: Interested in the role, or Airbox in general, but you don’t meet 100% of the requirements? We’d love to hear from you! We encourage you to connect with us here; we’d be excited to see if your unique skill set and experience could be a match for future roles.

A note for Recruitment Agencies:

Agencies, we appreciate you… but unsolicited CV’s will not be reviewed. We will only accept CV submissions for roles briefed to you by us. Please don’t keep pulling the attention of our Support team from our customers.

If you would be interested in working with us – please send a message to [e-mail], should we have anything we need additional support on we will reach out to you.