Financial Director

3 weeks ago


Devon UK, South West England, United Kingdom ISL Talent Full time

Finance Director

Location: South West

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



Experience:


  • 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



To be successful working with us you will be “Start-up ready”. You are naturally proactive, have a positive attitude to change; have a continuous improvement mindset, are flexible, always happy to go beyond your brief; enjoy working at pace and comfortable with ambiguity.



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