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About the Role

Hire Space is seeking a Head of Finance to manage the entire finance function, drive board-level visibility, and collaborate with Tech and Ops teams to build a robust financial infrastructure for their scaling events marketplace.

Responsibilities

• Oversee high-volume end-to-end invoicing and complex commission structures, eliminating revenue leakage across custom client contracts.
• Rigorously manage company cash flow and accurately reconcile "Client Money" against Net Hire Space revenue.
• Deliver timely management accounts, board packs, and variance analysis, providing clarity on Gross Booking Value (GMV) vs. Net Revenue.
• Act as the internal product owner for finance tools, working with Engineering to automate reconciliations and scale the booking platform.
• Manage, mentor, and develop an existing part-qualified Finance Manager.
• Partner with a fractional CFO on fundraising due diligence, annual budgeting, and long-term financial strategy.

Requirements

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA) with 3+ years of post-qualification experience.
• Experience in a high-volume transaction environment (SaaS, Marketplace, eCommerce, or Recruitment) is highly desirable.
• Understanding of the difference between GMV and Revenue.
• Comfortable with modern finance stacks (Xero, automated AP/AR tools).
• Ability to communicate financial concepts to technical teams.
• Comfortable switching between high-level strategy and operational tasks.

Skills

• Finance management
• Cash flow management
• Reconciliation
• Financial reporting
• Variance analysis
• Finance tool product ownership
• Team management
• Fundraising due diligence
• Budgeting
• Financial strategy
• Xero
• Automated AP/AR tools

Location

• Central London

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• 3+ years post-qualification experience

Education Level

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA)

Salary/Compensations

• £90k–£100k base salary

Benefits

• Structured annual reviews
• Enhanced pension contributions
• 3pm Friday finishes (averaging a 36-hour week)
• 32 days holiday allowance
• Long-service holiday increments
• Dedicated Mental Health Leave
• 4 weeks company-paid sick leave
• Medicash Pro-Active Health Cash Plan
• Access to Juno wellbeing platform
• Workplace Nursery Scheme
• Exceptional maternity/paternity packages
• Regular team socials
• Monthly lunches
• £200 home office allowance
• Tech scheme
• Cycle scheme
• Free nights out at top London venues

About the Company

• Hire Space is a leader in event technology, operating the UK’s largest venue marketplace with over 6,000 venues and 2 million annual users.
• Clients include Google, Facebook, Red Bull, MAC Cosmetics, UNICEF, and Dr. Martens.
• The company also powers global event functions for well-known companies and delivers world-class events through its platform, Arena.

Equal Opportunity

• Hire Space embraces diversity and fosters an inclusive environment.
• All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity status or disability status.