Finance Director (Fixed term, 6-9 months)

OBU BSc Applied Accounting (ACCA); London Borough of Harrow; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Fideres is seeking a Finance Director to manage financial infrastructure and enhance operational processes in a rapidly expanding international consulting firm. The role demands adept management of accounting procedures and strategic financial planning to support growth, underpinned by an emphasis on mentorship and team leadership. Candidates should possess a track record in scaling SMEs and experience within international business contexts, emphasizing strong attention to detail and interpersonal effectiveness.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Training and development opportunities

Competitive salaries and bonuses

Supportive workplace culture on diversity issues

Qualifications

• Experience as a Finance Director in an international business.
• Background in managing international business structures.
• Proven ability to lead and mentor finance teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage accounting process improvements and controls.
• Oversee internal financial and business-wide reporting including forecasting.
• Align hiring plans with necessary financials.

Skills

Scaling up SMEs

Strategic and hands-on ability

Commercial acumen

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Job description

About Us

Fideres delivers effective economic analysis and testimony, turning data into courtroom advantage. As global litigation experts, we help law firms secure new cases and offer unbiased, conflict-free insights for complex and innovative disputes. Driven by rigorous analysis, we empower justice—for all—from case strategy to victory.

By dedicating ourselves solely to litigation-based economic analysis, we can provide truly unbiased assessments and maintain our commitment to objectivity.

Our Competition litigation consulting team has provided expert opinions on major antitrust legal actions against Big Tech (including Apple, Amazon and Facebook), Big Pharma, Big Finance and Big Agriculture. Meanwhile our original and innovative investigations into river sewage and Covid-19 have led to national press coverage.

Our Financial and Securities Litigation team has acted as plaintiffs' experts in the most consequential financial cartels and market manipulation cases of the past 10 years.

About this Role

The Finance Director role will be responsible for delivering robust financial infrastructure and process improvements to the business and helping us position Fideres for a period of rapid scaling and growth.

Key Responsibilities

Some notable responsibilities will include:

• Manage accounting process improvements and controls and put forward recommendations on automation of processes
• Identify and roll out improvements to our financial systems/technology, processes and controls (i.e. accounting, time tracking, billing systems)
• Identify providers who can provide international payroll services, to serve all of our international offices
• Consolidate and rationalize our banking needs
• Negotiate with finance providers/banks any required lending facilities
• Oversee our internal financial and business wide reporting including forecasting and budgeting
• Identify and roll out necessary improvements to consolidate our international accounting needs
• Review our systems for tax filing
• Provide recommendations on our legal business structure model and scaling for profitability
• Work closely with our Head of People and COO to align hiring plans with financials needed to make management decisions
• Lead and mentor the Finance team

Key Skills and Attributes

The successful candidate will have:

• A track record of scaling up SMEs
• Prior experience of working for an international business, ideally with a US presence would be advantageous
• Proven experience as a Finance Director
• Experience of international business structures
• Ability and willingness to be both strategic and hands-on
• Commercial and intellectual acumen
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Able to handle relationships and change management sensitively
• Incredible attention to detail
• Ability to mentor the team

Why Fideres

Fideres’s vision is to become the leader inlitigation-only economic consulting globally, free of corporate conflicts.

Following years of growth, over the past two years Fideres has started to expand internationally and we now have offices established in London, New York, Rome and Madrid. We plan to open an office in Australia and to grow our presence in France andGermany.

We are looking for candidates, who are committed toFideres’s strategy and values, and who are willing to grow in this phase of our company’s expansion.

What We Offer

You will get to work in a highly innovative environment where training and development is put at the top of the agenda to ensure that our staff are at the leading edge of their academic knowledge, and where rapid career progression is available to proactive employees who reach out for opportunities.

We offer flexible working hours and hybrid remote working, competitive salaries and bonuses, and competitive benefits.

We are proud of our values and our diverse and international workforce, and we are committed to building a working environment where employees feel safe, welcome and able to have an open and respectful dialogue on diversity issues.

Applying

To apply, you will need to submit your CV and cover letter via the 'Apply' button. Please note that we consider a thoughtful and well considered cover letter to be an integral part of our application process.