Strategic Senior Finance Analyst for PE-Backed SaaS

Stanton House; Reading; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Stanton House is exclusively partnering with a private equity-backed technology business to appoint a Senior Finance Analyst in Reading. The role focuses on strengthening financial processes, improving reporting, and preparing for potential corporate activity.

The ideal candidate is a qualified accountant with 2+ years post-qualification experience, strong financial analysis and modelling skills, and excellent communication. The package includes £65,000–£75,000 plus bonus and benefits.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with post-qualification experience.
• Strong financial analysis and reporting capability.
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills.
• Experience producing management information and performance reporting.
• Budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis experience.

Responsibilities

• Implement and develop cost control and cost governance processes across the organisation.
• Analyse actual performance against budget and forecast, investigating variances and supporting budget holders with corrective actions.
• Build meaningful cost reporting, KPIs and dashboards to improve visibility and decision-making.
• Partner with operational and departmental leaders to challenge expenditure and identify efficiency opportunities.
• Develop robust cost models and financial analysis to support planning and forecasting activities.
• Help create and maintain transaction-ready financial information and reporting packs.
• Support the preparation, organisation and ongoing management of due diligence materials and data room content.
• Produce clear reporting and analysis across revenue, profitability, cash flow and working capital performance.
• Identify financial data gaps and develop practical solutions to improve reporting quality and readiness.
• Support strategic projects including acquisitions, disposals, systems improvements, automation initiatives and broader commercial analysis.
• Assist with the evolution of finance processes, controls and reporting frameworks across the business.
• Work closely with senior finance leadership and investors on projects relating to value creation and corporate activity.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Financial analysis

Business partnering

Communication

Autonomy

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)

Tools

Excel

Job description

Stanton House is exclusively partnering with a private equity-backed technology business to appoint a Senior Finance Analyst in Reading. The role focuses on strengthening financial processes, improving reporting, and preparing for potential corporate activity.

The ideal candidate is a qualified accountant with 2+ years post-qualification experience, strong financial analysis and modelling skills, and excellent communication. The package includes £65,000–£75,000 plus bonus and benefits.