Managing Partner - Finance & Strategy

Adecco (Portugal); Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

Adecco Group UK & Ireland is seeking a Managing Partner for Finance & Strategy on a part-time basis. You will own the finance function, shape the growth strategy, and partner with the CEO to implement scalable financial infrastructure and processes.

This role emphasizes forward-looking financial leadership, commercial insight and the ability to drive change in a high-growth environment, including SaaS or technology contexts.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in senior finance or financial leadership.
• Experience in SaaS, technology or high-growth environments.
• Strong P&L management, cash flow forecasting and budgeting.
• Proven ability to transform finance function.
• Excellent commercial judgement and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Own finance function and lead transformation.
• Manage cash flow forecasting and working capital.
• Develop budgets, models and scenarios.
• Lead financial decisions with CEO and leadership team.
• Build scalable financial infrastructure and reporting.
• Partner with business leaders to drive growth and profitability.
• Establish KPIs and meaningful management reporting.

Skills

Strategic finance leadership

P&L management

Cash flow forecasting

Budgeting & financial modelling

Stakeholder management

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualifications (advantageous)

Job description

Managing Partner - Finance & Strategy

Part-time role

We are seeking a commercially minded finance leader to take ownership of the finance function and shape the next phase of business growth.

This is a hands-on leadership opportunity for someone combining financial expertise, commercial judgement and strategic thinking with the ability to scale a business.

Ideally, you will have experience in SaaS, technology or a high-growth environment, where cash flow, profitability, forecasting and scalable systems are essential.

Working with the CEO and leadership team, you will assess operations, identify improvements and implement the financial infrastructure, processes and strategy needed for expansion.

This is not a traditional finance role focused on historical reporting. We need someone who looks ahead, challenges existing thinking and delivers meaningful change.

The Person We Are Looking For

You think like a business owner, not simply a finance professional.

You can enter a growing business, understand its operations, identify gaps and implement solutions. Comfortable moving between strategic planning and financial analysis, you bring structure, commercial awareness and decisive leadership.

You are proactive, commercially astute and accountable. Rather than identifying problems, you develop solutions, engage stakeholders and deliver results.

Key Responsibilities

Finance Function Ownership & Transformation

• Take full ownership of the finance function, supporting the company's growth ambitions.
• Review financial systems, processes, reporting, controls and team capabilities.
• Identify gaps, establish priorities and implement improvements.
• Build scalable financial infrastructure and strengthen accountability.
• Lead financial transformation from assessment through to delivery.

Cash Flow, Forecasting & Financial Planning

• Manage cash flow forecasting, liquidity planning and working capital.
• Develop budgets, financial models, forecasts and scenario plans.
• Anticipate funding requirements, investment needs and financial pressures.
• Introduce forecasting processes to support informed decisions.
• Ensure growth plans have realistic financial and resource planning.

P&L Ownership & Commercial Performance

• Own P&L performance, including revenue, costs, margins and profitability.
• Analyse results, identify trends and challenge underperformance.
• Work with commercial and operational teams to improve margins and efficiency.
• Establish meaningful KPIs and management reporting.
• Review pricing, contracts, investment decisions and commercial opportunities.
• Translate financial information into recommendations that improve performance.

Business Strategy & Growth

• Partner with the CEO to develop and deliver financial and commercial strategy.
• Understand the business model, revenue streams, customers and operating costs.
• Identify changes required to support sustainable growth.Assess whether structures, resources and processes can support expansion.
• Develop business cases and financial plans for strategic initiatives.
• Challenge existing approaches and turn opportunities into action.

Technology, Systems & Scalability

• Review finance systems to improve reporting, automation and efficiency.
• Implement scalable processes delivering accurate financial information.
• Strengthen forecasting and reporting as the business grows.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external partners on improvements.
• Apply knowledge of SaaS, technology or digital business models where relevant.

Leadership & Business Partnership

• Act as a strategic partner to the CEO and senior leadership team.
• Lead financial decisions, establish priorities and own outcomes.
• Build and develop the finance team and wider financial capabilities.
• Promote commercial awareness, accountability and informed decisions.
• Build relationships while confidently challenging senior stakeholders.

About You

• Significant experience in senior finance, commercial finance or financial leadership.
• Ideally, experience within SaaS, technology or a high-growth business.
• Strong P&L management, cash flow forecasting, budgeting and financial modelling skills.
• Proven experience building, restructuring or transforming a finance function.
• Excellent understanding of revenue, costs, margins and profitability.
• Experience implementing financial systems, processes and reporting.
• Sound commercial judgement and ability to identify improvements.
• Confidence influencing senior stakeholders and challenging established thinking.
• Ability to balance strategic leadership with hands-on financial analysis.
• A proven record of driving change and delivering measurable results.

ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualifications would be advantageous, although commercial capability, strategic thinking and the ability to deliver change are equally important.

Why Join?

This is an opportunity to shape the finance function and influence the future of a growing business.

You will have the autonomy to assess what is needed, influence decisions and implement the financial foundations, systems and capabilities required for sustainable growth.

Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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