Head of Finance

LDN Apprenticeships; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational organization in the United Kingdom is seeking a strategic Head of Finance to shape financial futures and support growth. This remote role requires expertise in financial modelling and corporate finance while leading forecasting and budgeting across the organization. Qualified professionals with ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualifications are encouraged to apply. Excellent benefits and career progression opportunities provided.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Extra day of holiday for every year of service

Home working/flexible working

Company Apple MacBook

Workplace pension with 4% employer's contribution

Buy holiday entitlement

Quarterly prizes for top performers

Regular social events, including Summer and Christmas parties

Qualifications

• Qualified finance professional with strong FP&A and strategic analysis background.
• Experience working with growing companies and financial data sets.
• Enjoys partnering across teams to drive performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial forecasting and budgeting.
• Integrate financial and operational data for performance analysis.
• Deliver detailed reports to the SLT and Board.

Skills

FP&A

Financial modelling

Corporate finance

Strong Excel skills

Excellent communication

Data analysis

Experience supporting fundraising

Education

ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification

Tools

Power BI

Xero

Salesforce

Job description

Head of Finance

Salary: £60,000-£70,000 (plus excellent benefits)

We’re looking for a strategic and analytical finance leader to join LDN Apprenticeships as our Head of Finance. This is a key role in shaping our financial future, supporting growth, and ensuring high levels of financial rigour in a mission‑driven, high‑performing organisation.

Reporting to the CEO, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring that LDN integrates financial performance with operational data to drive sustainable growth and improved financial performance. You will bring your experience of working with growing companies who are looking to attract investment to our team and in time you will have the opportunity to step into a senior leadership role, leading LDN’s finance and resourcing functions, as the company grows.

The role will be predominantly remote with at least one day a month at our South London office.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial forecasting, budgeting, and scenario planning across the organisation
• Integrate financial and operational data to support business performance analysis and strategic decision‑making
• Deliver timely, accurate and detailed reports to the SLT and Board, including monthly management accounts, company‑wide key performance indicators and quarterly board packs linked to strategic objectives
• Build and maintain financial models to support capital event planning, valuation analysis, and strategic scenarios
• Produce and present monthly forecast P&Ls, balance sheets, and cash flows
• Own the master budget process and ensure all cost centres are accurately planned and monitored
• Analyse programme‑level profitability and unit economics to support pricing and growth decisions
• Support the commercial team with pipeline conversion analysis, opportunity tracking, and revenue forecasting
• Partner with the Product and Delivery teams to understand operational drivers of financial performance
• Coordinate with external accountants, corporate finance and tax advisers on financial queries, due diligence, or audit processes
• Continually improve systems, tools and dashboards that drive insight and accountability across the business

Qualifications

For this role you must be a qualified finance professional with a strong background in FP&A, financial modelling, corporate finance and strategic analysis. You will thrive in dynamic environments and enjoy partnering across teams to drive performance and insight. You must also have:

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification (or equivalent experience)
• Experience in FP&A, financial modelling, and corporate finance
• Strong Excel and modelling skills
• Excellent communicator with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
• Experience working with operational and financial data sets
• Experience supporting fundraising, due diligence, or investment processes
• Experience in education, skills, or public funding environments (Desirable)
• Knowledge of Power BI, Xero, Salesforce and similar reporting tools (Desirable)
• Commitment to our values and expected behaviours.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Extra day of holiday for every year of service up to 3 years
• Home working/flexible working (you will be expected to come into the office at least once a month)
• Receive a company Apple MacBook
• Workplace pension with 4% employer's contribution
• Buy holiday entitlement
• Head Office near Vauxhall/Stockwell with free tea and coffee
• Quarterly prizes for top performers in the business
• Regular social events, including Summer and Christmas parties

In addition to these great benefits, we also provide you with ongoing training/development and as a growing business, the opportunity for career progression.

For further information about LDN, our Company Values and Staff Benefits please visit our website: https://www.ldnapprenticeships.com/careers

LDN Apprenticeships has been awarded Ofsted Outstanding Provider Status. Our people are key to our success, and we have created a unique high‑performance culture that is supportive, inclusive and empowers our team to take ownership for their work.

LDN is also a Certified B Corp. Our B Corp status reflects our commitment to meeting the highest standards of social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose. As a B Corp we are helping to accelerate a global culture shift to redefine success in business and build a more inclusive and sustainable economy. For further information visit: https://www.bcorporation.net/en-us/find-a-b-corp/company/ldn-apprenticeships

We are unable to reply to every applicant. Therefore, if you do not hear from us within 28 days of your application, we have made the decision not to take your application to the next stage.

LDN is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our learners. A copy of our Safeguarding Policy and Safer Recruitment Policy can be found on our website.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.

We value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants.

If you're ready to make a meaningful impact and join a growing organisation, we’d love to hear from you.