Financial Director

Finance Director Location: South West (this is not fully remote role) Salary: up to £90k pro rata (3-4 days per week) Are you an experienced Finance Director passionate about helping start-ups scale? Do you have experience of leading start-ups through funding rounds? As Finance Director, you will play a hands-on role managing both our day-to-day financial activities alongside partnering with the CEO and leadership team to support business growth and optimising financial health. Responsibilities:

• Day-to Day Financials
• Manage all day-to-day financial activities from transactional accounting, cashflow management to management accounts and other internal controls and financial reporting
• Budgeting & Reporting
• Be responsible for budgeting & reporting, analysis and KPI tracking
• Board reporting and investor relations
• Manage board process, reporting and investor relations
• Fundraising
• Support the fundraising process, working closely with the CEO, Chairman and Investors (we are heading towards a Series A)
• Leadership & strategic decision
• Play a key role in the leadership team, bringing appropriate level of challenge to ensure sound business and financial planning
• Company Secretarial
• Manage our Company Secretarial activities to ensure we meet all statutory compliance requirements
• Contract & Financial Operations
• Manage financial processes and systems and support on contractual issues to ensure mitigation of risk and liabilities
• To be successful in this role, you will have experience of:
• Working in an FD role, managing the day-today finance function within a high-growth early-stage VC backed SaaS business
• Working directly with and advising the CEO and senior stakeholders of a company
• Supporting the fundraising process and managing investor relations

• start up and fundraising experience is non-negotiable
• Have excellent financial modelling skills
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills, comfortable presenting at board level and with the ability to be impactful at a senior level
• Be comfortable working in a small, fast growth team, rolling up your sleeves with a proactive mindset
• Be super organised, with a real skill to cut through noise, obsessively prioritize, keep everyone updated and managing upwards
• Have great project management skills and high attention to detail - someone who is great at keeping projects and all those involved on track
• Hold a full chartered accountancy body qualification such as ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW or equivalent