Financial Director

Zima Dental; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Cycle to Work scheme

Ongoing learning and development support

Weekly team and company social activities

Job summary

A consumer dental brand in the UK is seeking an experienced Finance Director to lead its financial operations. This role involves shaping the finance function, enhancing financial controls, and building a capable team as the company grows. The ideal candidate has over 6 years of experience in commercial finance or FP&A, with strong financial modelling skills. This position offers competitive benefits, including company pension and ongoing professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• 6+ years post-qualification experience in commercial finance or FP&A.
• Consumer goods background with experience in product economics and supply chain finance.
• Experience building or shaping a finance function in a high-growth environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the internal finance function and evolve its scope as the business scales.
• Maintain a 13-week rolling cash flow forecast for visibility of liquidity.
• Oversee financial systems and ensure audit readiness.

Skills

Financial modelling

Analytical capabilities

Financial controls

Relationship management with accountants

Comfortable in decision-making

Education

Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA)

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Experience Required: 6+ Years Post-Qualification in Commercial Finance / FP&A

About the Role

We're looking for a Finance Director to lead Zima Dental's finance function into its next phase of maturity. The business has scaled rapidly and profitably with strong financial foundations including robust external accounting, auditing relationships, and commercial modelling that has guided capital allocation and growth decisions to date. This role is about taking what exists, professionalising it, and building the internal capability to match the scale and complexity the business has reached.

You'll own the evolution of our financial infrastructure from forecasting and controls through to margin optimisation and cash management. Ensuring our systems, processes, and reporting keep pace with a multi-channel, multi-region operation. As the business continues to grow, this role naturally expands into building and leading a finance team around you.

You'll be the senior finance leader in the business, working directly with the founder and the senior leadership team. You'll partner with our established external accountants, advisors, and auditors.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the internal finance function, evolving its scope, priorities, and operating rhythm as the business scales.
• Strengthen financial controls, approval frameworks, purchase order processes, and segregation of duties.
• Maintain a 13-week rolling cash flow forecast to ensure full visibility of liquidity and working capital requirements.
• Oversee the relationship with external accountants and auditors, ensuring reporting quality and audit readiness at all times.
• Ensure financial systems and documentation meet the standards expected of a business of this scale and complexity.

Forecasting & Planning

• Own end-to-end financial modelling across all products, channels, and regions.
• Lead operational forecasting incorporating marketing data, commercial plans, and seasonality.
• Translate forecasts into clear cash flow, working capital, and departmental budget plans.
• Continuously refine forecasting accuracy and reduce variance as the business scales.

Growth Economics & Profitability

• Partner with the Growth and Marketing team to model customer acquisition costs (CAC) versus lifetime value (LTV) globally.
• Establish clear, data-driven financial frameworks to guide media spend and marketing investment decisions.

Margin & Supply Chain Finance

• Partner closely with the Supply Chain team to systematically review and optimise gross margin across products and channels.
• Model the financial impact of logistics RFPs, manufacturing costs, and packaging optimisations to protect operating margins.
• Forecast working capital requirements for B2B and physical retail expansion, factoring in varied payment terms and inventory cycles.

International & Multi-Channel Finance

• Manage the financial complexity of a multi-channel business spanning DTC, marketplaces, B2B trade, physical retail, and strategic partnerships.
• Oversee multi-currency management, with significant USD exposure across the business.
• Support international structuring and cross-border financial operations as the group matures.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with Commercial, Marketplaces, Growth, Supply Chain, and Product teams to align financial planning with business priorities.
• Support product launches, retail expansions, and peak trading periods with robust financial modelling.
• Act as the finance subject-matter expert within the business, providing commercial and financial counsel to the senior leadership team.
• Define and execute the long-term strategy for the finance function, including hiring and team expansion as the workload demands.
• Manage the transition of capabilities from external providers to an internal team over time.

What We're Looking For

Experience

• 6+ years post-qualification experience in commercial finance or FP&A.
• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA).
• Consumer goods background with hands-on experience in physical product economics, inventory, and supply chain finance.
• Demonstrable experience building or significantly shaping a finance function in a high-growth environment.
• Exposure to multi-channel, multi-region, and multi-currency financial dynamics.

Skills

• Strong financial modelling, planning, and analytical capabilities.
• Confident establishing financial controls, governance, and reporting infrastructure.
• Experienced managing relationships with external accountants, auditors, and professional advisers.
• Comfortable being the most senior finance person in the room and owning decisions.

Mindset

• Builder — genuinely energised by evolving and elevating, not just maintaining.
• Commercially sharp — understands that finance exists to enable growth decisions, not constrain them.
• Hands-on — not too senior to get into the detail; this isn't a delegating role yet.
• Calm under pressure — peak trading, new channel launches, and international expansion all at once.

Highly Valued

• Experience in premium consumer goods, wellness, health, or MedTech categories.
• Exposure to Shopify, Amazon FBA, and international retailer financial models.
• Experience in a business that has undergone corporate restructuring or significant strategic change.
• Familiarity with ERP or inventory management systems.
• Experience working in a founder-led scaling environment.

Why Join Us

Zima Dental is a profitable, bootstrapped consumer brand redefining oral appliance care globally. No external investors. No dilution. Profitable from day one. This is a business built on financial discipline, and in this role you'll ensure that discipline scales with the ambition.

You’ll work directly with the founder and senior leadership team, shape core financial infrastructure, and build systems that support long-term growth and strategic optionality. If you thrive on complexity and want to own the financial function of a market-leading brand at a pivotal stage of its growth, this role offers both challenge and significant upside.

• Company pension
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Ongoing learning and development support
• Weekly team and company social activities