Finance Director | High-Growth D2C Retailer

JR United Kingdom; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading high-growth D2C retailer seeks a Finance Director to shape decision-making and lead a finance team. The ideal candidate will possess ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualifications with experience in thriving retail environments. This pivotal role requires strategic insight and hands-on financial leadership to support the business's expansion.

Qualifications

• Post-qualification experience in a fast-paced consumer or retail environment.
• Experience leading a finance team through high-growth.
• Strong ability to influence non-finance stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the finance function and ensure accurate reporting.
• Drive margin improvement and cost efficiency across P&L.
• Build and develop a high-performing finance team.

Skills

Financial Reporting

Cash Flow Management

Budgeting

Cost Efficiency

Commercial Acumen

Team Leadership

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA Qualification

Job description

Client:

Talentedge

Location:

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Yes

Job Views:

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Posted:

04.06.2025

Expiry Date:

19.07.2025

Job Description:

Finance Director | High-Growth D2C Retailer

London | Hybrid

We’re exclusively partnered with a disruptive, design-led D2C retail brand that’s rapidly scaling in the UK and beyond. With a loyal customer base, high repeat revenue, and backing from top-tier investors, they’ve built a powerful platform primed for the next phase of growth.

As Finance Director, you’ll report directly into the Founder and take full ownership of the finance function; strategically and operationally. You’ll be joining at a pivotal point in their journey, helping to shape decision-making at board level while leading and developing an exceptional finance team across all levels.

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What you’ll be doing:

• Act as a trusted advisor to the Founder and leadership team on all financial and commercial matters
• Lead the finance function, ensuring timely and accurate reporting, compliance, and controls
• Own company-wide budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow management
• Drive margin improvement and cost efficiency across the P&L
• Prepare board packs, investor reports, and support ongoing fundraising activity
• Oversee day-to-day finance operations, including management accounts and financial reporting
• Build and develop a high-performing team, creating structure as the business scales
• Implement systems, processes, and controls to support rapid and sustainable growth

What we’re looking for:

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified, with post-qualification experience in a fast-paced consumer or retail environment
• Proven experience leading a finance team through high-growth
• Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to influence non-finance stakeholders
• Hands-on and strategic, equally comfortable in the detail and at board level
• D2C, eCommerce or retail sector experience strongly preferred

Interested? Let’s chat. Drop me a note at [e-mail]

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Created on 04/06/2025 by JR United Kingdom