Finance Director | CleanTech | Series A

Zanda; Nottingham; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative clean technology scaleup is seeking a dynamic Finance Director to lead their financial strategy. This role will be pivotal in establishing a scalable finance function and providing critical insights to the CEO and leadership team. As the first full-time finance leader, you'll work closely with various stakeholders to enhance financial operations and drive commercial decision-making. This position offers a unique opportunity to shape the financial landscape of a growing company in the circular economy, with the flexibility of a primarily remote role and occasional travel. If you're passionate about finance and thrive in a startup environment, this could be your next exciting challenge!

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant with experience in startup or scaleup environments.
• Proven track record in establishing finance functions and driving decisions.

Responsibilities

• Shape the financial strategy with the CEO and executive team.
• Establish effective processes across financial operations.
• Lead budgeting and forecasting for business planning.

Skills

Management Accounting Principles

Financial Strategy Development

Budgeting and Forecasting

Financial Modeling

Commercial Decision Making

Education

Qualified Accountant (ACA, CIMA or ACCA)

Job description

Zanda Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

Finance Director | CleanTech | Series A

This range is provided by Zanda. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

Zanda is an Executive Search partner that works exclusively with high growth start-ups as they look to scale their business with senior finance talent. Zanda partners with VCs, Founders, CEOs, and CFOs when it comes to successfully delivering on key senior appointments.

Who is the business?

Zanda is supporting a clean technology scaleup that's recently taken on additional investment to expand operations and innovation within the circular economy. The business continues to hit key milestones and is now embarking on the next phase of growth with support of industry leading partners.

This cross-functional leadership team now seeks their first, full-time finance leader hire; and a commercially aware Head of Finance or Finance Director to join the business. Building an insightful and scalable finance function is high on the agenda, and this role will play a crucial part in providing the CEO and wider leadership team information to steer key business decisions. Working closely with the outsourced accounting provider should ensure sound day-to-day financial operations, giving you the time to elevate into a wider financial planning and strategic role which will ensure the success of this role.

This is primarily a remote role with infrequent travel required to collaborate with partners in London, the Midlands and Europe.

The ideal candidate will seek to enjoy a broad, hands-on role, and the variety of working in a startup or scaleup business on a day-to-day basis to build the best commercial product offering possible.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with the CEO and executive team to help shape the financial strategy of the business.
• Establish more effective processes and controls across all areas of financial operations.
• Develop financial models that allow accurate insights into product profitability to support key decisions.
• Lead business budgeting and forecasting to support short, medium and long-term business and cashflow planning in collaboration with all key stakeholders.
• Business partner across functions including marketing and procurement.
• Enhance month-end reporting including managing the cashflow and working capital arrangements.

What background should you have before you press apply!

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, CIMA or ACCA).
• Prior experience in a dynamic startup, scaleup or high growth SME.
• Previous experience in a similar Finance Director or Head of Finance role, establishing a finance function and driving commercial decision making.
• Proven experience to show a practical understanding of management accounting principles and techniques.
• Solid knowledge of standard accountancy and finance best practices.
• Extensive experience of budgeting, financial forecasting and broader FP&A.
• Experience working within clean technology, sustainability or advanced manufacturing sector is a bonus.

To apply for this role, please use the Apply button, or alternatively, email your CV to Nick House at Zanda.

Please note that due to the expected volume of applications, we will only be able to respond to those candidates whose experience matches the requirements of our client. If you have not heard from us within the next ten days, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Seniority level

• Director

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Accounting/Auditing, Finance, and Strategy/Planning
• Industries: Technology, Information and Media, Climate Technology Product Manufacturing, and Services for Renewable Energy