Senior Finance Manager

We are seeking an experienced and driven Senior Finance Manager to join our Group Finance Team, leading a high-performing small team across the UK and Romania. This role provides a unique opportunity to take on diverse responsibilities and oversee key finance processes in a dynamic and fast-growing SaaS business.

The Role

In this role, you will take charge of key finance processes, including:

Group Reporting and Compliance

• Owning the Group’s month end close cycle and ensuring that the numbers are delivered on time and accurately
• Leading the consolidation of the Group’s financial and management accounts 
• Producing Financial Statements in line with IFRS
• Ensuring technical accounting matters are accounted for on an accurate and timely basis and in line with accounting standards such as IFRS 
• Running the financial audit and being a key point of contact with the auditors
• Run the tax planning cycle and ensuring that all reporting obligations are met across the Group’s wide ranging jurisdictions 
• Ensuring control and accuracy over the General Ledger
• Owning the Group’s ERP (currently Xero) with the potential to scale to a larger ERP
• Providing ad hoc reporting on accounting KPIs, figures and associated insights 
• Involvement in the accounting for corporate events and providing diligence material or assessments where relevant.

Finance Operations 

• Implementing accounting policies for key accounting matters and ensuring that they are widely distributed and controlled 
• Enhancing and monitoring financial controls over key operational finance processes.
• Ensuring adequate segregation of duties and delegations of authority across the business.
• Oversight of a team of staff who run operational finance processes including:
• Treasury
• GL management
• Accounts Payable and
• Payroll
• Driving system and process improvements for the above processes, to enable the business to scale. 

The Requirements

The role would be suited to somebody who has 3-5 years PQE and wants to take their first step out of big four practice, or alternatively somebody who has managed elements of a finance function and wants to expand their experience across Finance. You will be confident in your ability to deliver on the points covered above, considering the following: 

• A thorough understanding of key IFRS standards
• A strong background in understanding financial control
• Demonstrated ability in optimising processes and systems 
• A track record of successfully managing and leading a small team
• Strong communication skills
• A fully qualified accountant (e.g. ACCA, ACA, CIMA) 
• An interest in SaaS and Technology businesses, or high-growth businesses