Finance Director | SaaS scaleup

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

Job summary

A fast-growing SaaS scaleup in Luton is seeking a Finance Director to oversee the finance operations and prepare the company for an exit. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in high growth tech environments and will be responsible for leading FP&A and mentoring the finance team. This hybrid role demands strong leadership and communication skills as well as relevant qualifications.

Qualifications

• Strong academic background and high growth tech scaleup experience.
• Able to work effectively with teams across the business.
• Track record of delivering results in finance.

Responsibilities

• Evolve finance infrastructure and ensure scalable processes.
• Lead on FP&A, commercial finance & KPIs tracking.
• Own pricing structures and daily finance functions.

Skills

Effective communicator

Ambitious

Detail oriented

Education

ACA qualified accountant

Tools

Xero

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Finance Director | SaaS scaleup, luton, bedfordshire

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Client:

Talentedge Exec (formerly Talentarc)

Location:

luton, bedfordshire, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

31.05.2025

Expiry Date:

15.07.2025

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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.