Finance Director | SaaS scaleup

JR United Kingdom; Chelmsford; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading SaaS scaleup in Chelmsford is seeking a Finance Director to oversee the finance function and prepare the company for an exit. This hybrid role requires an ACA qualified accountant with high growth experience and effective communication skills. The position involves strategic finance responsibilities, team mentorship, and engagement with the CFOO for operational excellence. If you're driven and detail-oriented, this is an exciting opportunity to shape the finance landscape of a thriving organization.

Qualifications

• Strong academic background and ACA qualification required.
• Experience in high-growth tech scaleup environments.
• Ambitious, driven, with effective communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Evolve finance infrastructure and oversee daily finance functions.
• Lead FP&A and commercial finance efforts.
• Prepare for company exit.

Skills

Financial planning & analysis

Commercial finance

Effective communication

Detail oriented

Education

ACA qualified accountant

Tools

Xero

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Talentedge Exec (formerly Talentarc)

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09.06.2025

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Job Description:

Finance Director | SaaS scaleup

Hybrid working (West London office 2-3 days p/w, WFH the remainder)

Talentedge Exec are delighted to be partnering with a hyper growth, SaaS scaleup on a newly created Finance Director opportunity, working closely with an exceptional CFOO (someone that we as a business have known for many years and recruited for numerous times).

As Finance Director, you will own the day-to-day finance function, freeing up the CFOO to focus more of their time on Operations & GTM. You’ll also play a lead role in preparing the company for an exit, which is something that they are currently moving towards.

Key responsibilities to include:

• Continually evolve the finance infrastructure, ensuring all processes and controls are scalable
• Lead on FP&A, commercial finance & tracking KPI’s
• Own pricing structures and changes
• Business partner cross functionally
• Create business cases for new services as well as geographical expansion
• Own the day-to-day finance function, including monthly Board pack preparation, statutory reporting, tax work and transactional finance (AP / AR etc)
• Utilise Xero & its’ wider ecosystem of apps & tools to automate transactional finance
• Mentor and develop an ambitious and progressive finance team (based overseas)

Profile:

• ACA qualified accountant with a strong academic background
• High growth tech scaleup experience (later stage VC or PE)
• Effective communicator, comfortable working with teams across the business
• Ambitious, driven and detail oriented. Someone who can be trusted to deliver

This opportunity won’t be around for long, so please get in touch ASAP.