Finance Director
Posted 2 days ago by Handpicked Recruitment
£100,000 Per year
Undetermined
Hybrid
Reading, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Finance Director role is a pivotal position within a fast-growing technology and software group, focusing on strategic financial leadership to support the company's expansion. The successful candidate will lead the finance function, ensuring robust governance and reporting while partnering with the executive team on key commercial decisions. This position offers a rolling contract with strong potential for permanence, primarily operating in a hybrid work environment. The role requires a fully qualified accountant with significant experience in financial leadership within technology or high-growth digital businesses.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and develop the finance function, ensuring robust financial governance, reporting, and controls across the business
- Partner with the executive leadership team to provide strategic financial insight and support key commercial decisions
- Oversee budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning aligned with the company’s growth strategy
- Deliver accurate and timely financial reporting, including board-level reporting and performance analysis
- Drive financial modelling, scenario analysis, and investment appraisal to support business growth and product development initiatives
- Monitor cash flow, working capital, and financial performance to ensure financial stability and scalability
- Support fundraising activities, investor reporting, and stakeholder management where required
- Improve financial systems, processes, and reporting capabilities to support a scaling technology business
- Provide commercial insight into pricing models, SaaS revenue streams, and profitability analysis
- Ensure compliance with statutory, regulatory, and tax requirements
- Manage and develop the wider finance team, fostering a high-performance culture
Key Skills:
- Fully qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent)
- Proven experience in a Finance Director, Head of Finance, or senior financial leadership role
- Experience within technology, software, SaaS, or high-growth digital businesses is highly desirable
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and executive teams
- Experience supporting scaling businesses, including financial planning, investment decisions, and growth strategy
- Strong financial modelling and analytical capabilities
- Experience with modern finance systems and data-driven reporting environments
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to operate both strategically and hands-on within a growing organisation
- Proactive and adaptable professional comfortable working in a fast-paced technology environment
Salary (Rate): £100,000.00 yearly
City: Reading
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Title : Finance Director
Type : Rolling Contract (with strong potential to become permanent)
Location : Reading (Hybrid / predominantly remote)
Salary : £90,000 – £100,000 + benefits
Our client is a fast-growing technology and software group delivering innovative digital solutions to clients across the UK and internationally. With a strong focus on product development, scalability, and operational excellence, the business is entering an exciting phase of expansion and investment. As a result, they are seeking an experienced Finance Director to lead the finance function, providing strategic financial leadership while supporting the company’s continued growth.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and develop the finance function, ensuring robust financial governance, reporting, and controls across the business
- Partner with the executive leadership team to provide strategic financial insight and support key commercial decisions
- Oversee budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning aligned with the company’s growth strategy
- Deliver accurate and timely financial reporting, including board-level reporting and performance analysis
- Drive financial modelling, scenario analysis, and investment appraisal to support business growth and product development initiatives
- Monitor cash flow, working capital, and financial performance to ensure financial stability and scalability
- Support fundraising activities, investor reporting, and stakeholder management where required
- Improve financial systems, processes, and reporting capabilities to support a scaling technology business
- Provide commercial insight into pricing models, SaaS revenue streams, and profitability analysis
- Ensure compliance with statutory, regulatory, and tax requirements
- Manage and develop the wider finance team, fostering a high-performance culture
Candidate Requirements:
- Fully qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent)
- Proven experience in a Finance Director, Head of Finance, or senior financial leadership role
- Experience within technology, software, SaaS, or high-growth digital businesses is highly desirable
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and executive teams
- Experience supporting scaling businesses, including financial planning, investment decisions, and growth strategy
- Strong financial modelling and analytical capabilities
- Experience with modern finance systems and data-driven reporting environments
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to operate both strategically and hands-on within a growing organisation
- Proactive and adaptable professional comfortable working in a fast-paced technology environment