Finance manager in SaaS

HowNow; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

10% bonus

Pension scheme

Private health insurance

Learning budget £500

Birthday day off

Dog-friendly office

Cycle to work

Job summary

HowNow is seeking a Finance Manager to lead the month-end close, budgeting, and investor reporting. You will oversee cash flow, treasury, and year-end statutory reporting, while mentoring the Assistant Accountant and partnering with the COO on forecasting and SaaS metrics such as ARR, churn, and burn.

The role offers hybrid working with a London office presence, a competitive salary, and a 10% bonus, plus a broad benefits package as the company scales.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent) with ~1–2 years PQE.
• Understanding SaaS revenue recognition and SaaS metrics.
• Strong spreadsheet and financial modeling skills.
• Self-starter, able to explain numbers to non-finance colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Own month-end close, balance sheet reconciliations, and investor reporting.
• Report against budget and keep financial model up to date.
• Oversee cash flow and treasury; monitor runway.
• Lead year-end close and statutory reporting with external accountants.
• Build and maintain finance controls around budgets, expenses and approvals.

Skills

Qualified accountant

SaaS metrics

Financial modeling

Ambiguity tolerance

Communication

Tools

Xero

QuickBooks

Job description

Описание

Enter HowNow. Founded in 2019, our Learning and Skills Platform is disrupting the way people learn and upskill through technology. Whether it's finding a quick answer, learning skills or tapping into shared knowledge, we make it easy for people to learn what they need, when they need it. Already used by fast-growing scale-ups and global enterprises, such as Trainline, Depop and TomTom we're pushing the boundaries of how people learn. Hi, I'm Kuvera, the COO & Co-Founder at HowNow. I'm looking for a Finance Manager to join us.

Задачи

• You'll own the month-end close, balance sheet reconciliations, and monthly investor reporting.
• You'll report against our annual budget and keep our financial model up to date.
• You'll oversee cash flow and treasury, keeping a close eye on cash and runway.
• You'll own the year-end close and statutory reporting, acting as the main point of contact for our external accountants and auditors.
• You'll build and maintain finance controls around team budgets, expenses, and approvals.
• You'll manage and mentor our Assistant Accountant, helping them build their skills and grow their career.
• You'll collaborate with me as COO on budgeting, forecasting, and KPI reporting, including SaaS metrics such as ARR, churn, net revenue retention, and burn.
• You'll model P&L and cash flow across multiple growth and cost scenarios to support leadership, board, and investor conversations.
• You'll partner with GTM and other budget holders so they understand their numbers and use their budgets effectively.
• You'll support our external accountants on accounting and treasury for our India subsidiary, including intercompany balances.
• You'll improve and automate our finance processes and systems as we scale, including using AI tools to remove manual work from reporting.
• You'll support wider compliance such as VAT, payroll checks and R&D tax credit claims, working with our advisers.
• You'll help prepare board packs and support any fundraising or due diligence activity.
• You'll get stuck into ad-hoc projects across the business, from pricing analysis to supplier reviews, wherever finance can add value.

Требования

You’re a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with around 1-2 years PQE and the drive to build on that experience in a growing business. You've worked in a start-up, scale-up or SME environment and enjoy wearing lots of hats, moving between hands-on processing and bigger-picture analysis. Understanding of SaaS revenue recognition and key SaaS performance metrics. You have strong spreadsheet and financial modeling skills, and you’re comfortable building a model from scratch. You can explain numbers clearly to non-finance colleagues and turn data into decisions. You're a self-starter who’s comfortable with ambiguity, and you see a missing process as an opportunity to build one. You have high standards, attention to detail, and you care about getting things right the first time. Будет плюсом: Experience with cloud accounting and spend management tools (for example, Xero, QuickBooks, or similar); Experience working with multiple entities or international subsidiaries; Exposure to fundraising, due diligence, or board reporting

Условия

Alongside the opportunities to develop and grow your career, we're a fun and friendly bunch. The salary band for this role is £70,000-£75,000 per annum. You’ll also receive a 10% performance-based bonus on top. Hybrid working (2x a week in our London office, Tuesdays and Thursdays) and flexible working hours Work From Anywhere, for up to two weeks per quarter Wind-down Fridays. No meetings from 2pm onwards on Fridays, for you to wind down for the weekend. Our HowNow'ers use this time to exercise, study, or spend some time with their family and friends Enhanced maternity and paternity policies 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and your birthday day off Employee pension scheme Private health insurance through Bupa and access to Yulife An annual £500 learning and development budget Dog-friendly offices - we love our pets! Monthly socials, which have included mini-golf, Hijingo, shuffleboard, 5-a-side football and Badminton Access to the very best learning platform out there (HowNow+) to keep you at the top of your game Cycle to Work scheme Financial wellbeing support via Mintago, including access to Yellownest, where you can receive up to 47% off childcare.