Finance Director | 4-Day Week | Growth in Engineering

Oscar Technology; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4-day working week (32 hours)

Senior leadership role

Job summary

Oscar Technology is recruiting a Finance Director for our Nottingham operation to own and advance the finance function. You will drive financial strategy, reporting and investor-ready packs while enabling a scalable infrastructure to support rapid growth.

The role requires a hands-on, commercially minded finance leader with ACA/ACCA/CIMA credentials and extensive experience in budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow management, leveraging Xero for automation and enhanced reporting.

Qualifications

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification.
• Strong senior finance experience within a small or growing business.
• Experience across financial control, management accounts, budgeting, forecasting and cash flow.
• Experience building or improving finance processes, systems and controls.
• Strong commercial awareness and financial modelling skills.
• Experience using Xero or a similar cloud-based platform.
• Experience producing management, board or investor-level reporting.
• A hands-on, commercially minded approach with the ability to operate strategically.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the finance function and financial strategy, bringing key activities in-house.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, management accounts, cash flow and financial reporting.
• Develop financial packs and reporting for the leadership team and potential investors.
• Provide commercial financial insight across high-value customer projects, including projects up to £2m.
• Monitor project profitability, margins, costs, cash flow and working capital.
• Build and improve financial processes, controls and systems as the business scales.
• Maximise Xero through integrations and automation, reducing manual processes.
• Work closely with the leadership team on strategic and commercial decision-making.
• Manage relationships with external accountants, auditors and other professional advisers.
• Support R&D tax claims, grant funding and statutory compliance.
• Develop the financial infrastructure required to support continued growth and future investment.

Skills

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Senior finance experience

Financial control

Budgeting & forecasting

Cash flow management

Xero

Financial reporting

Stakeholder management

Commercial awareness

Financial modelling

Communication

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualification

Tools

Xero

Job description

Oscar Technology is recruiting a Finance Director for our Nottingham operation to own and advance the finance function. You will drive financial strategy, reporting and investor-ready packs while enabling a scalable infrastructure to support rapid growth.

The role requires a hands-on, commercially minded finance leader with ACA/ACCA/CIMA credentials and extensive experience in budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow management, leveraging Xero for automation and enhanced reporting.