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About the Role

This role is pivotal in shaping the future of a business undergoing significant transformation and international expansion. You will build an institutional-grade finance function to support ambitious growth plans, international expansion, and potential future public market readiness.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver the Group's long-term financial strategy, annual budgets, rolling forecasts, capital plans and funding strategy.
• Translate business strategy into actionable financial plans covering revenue, margins, cashflow, liquidity, capital, tax and valuation.
• Provide the Board and executive team with forward-looking commercial insight and robust financial challenge to support strategic decision-making.
• Design, build and lead an institutional-grade finance function capable of supporting business growth, international expansion and future funding initiatives.
• Provide leadership across Financial Control, Commercial Finance, FP&A, Treasury, Regulatory Finance, Tax, Group Services and Investor Readiness activities.
• Establish scalable processes, systems and controls that enhance reporting accuracy, business insight and operational efficiency.
• Foster a high-performance culture whilst building a sustainable finance structure that is scalable, automated and not reliant on individual knowledge holders.
• Own accounting policy, statutory reporting, consolidated accounts, audits and management reporting.
• Establish robust controls, reconciliations and governance frameworks.
• Deliver accurate monthly management information, regulatory returns and board reporting.
• Build a single, trusted source of financial truth across the group.
• Lead treasury strategy, liquidity planning and capital forecasting.
• Oversee safeguarding controls, reconciliations and financial governance within regulated environments.
• Support regulatory developments, including expansion into enhanced payment and e-money capabilities.
• Develop strong relationships with banks, liquidity providers, investors, lenders, auditors and advisers.
• Introduce sophisticated analysis across products, clients, channels, sales teams and business units.
• Develop reporting around revenue quality, customer profitability, margins, acquisition costs, lifetime value, cash conversion and return on investment.
• Support pricing, investment decisions, resource allocation and strategic growth initiatives.
• Lead the financial planning, control and governance associated with international growth.
• Support overseas expansion activities, including entity structure, tax planning, transfer pricing, banking, regulatory considerations and operational readiness.
• Establish frameworks to evaluate and support expansion opportunities in international markets.
• Build the governance, reporting and financial discipline required to support future institutional funding initiatives.
• Lead readiness activities for potential future capital market transactions, including due diligence, investor-quality reporting, working capital analysis and stakeholder management.

Requirements

• ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent accountancy qualification.
• Significant relevant finance leadership experience gained within complex, regulated environments.
• Experience building or significantly transforming finance functions across people, process, systems, governance and culture.
• Strong expertise across financial control, audit, treasury, FP&A, tax, regulatory reporting and board reporting.
• Experience within regulated payment, e-money or comparable financial services environments.
• Knowledge of safeguarding, reconciliations, liquidity management, capital planning and regulatory finance.
• Experience supporting funding activities and maintaining relationships with banking partners, investors, auditors and advisers.
• Exposure to international expansion, cross-border structures and multi-jurisdiction operations.
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to communicate financial insights at Board level and influence strategic decisions.

Skills

• Financial Strategy
• Budgeting
• Forecasting
• Capital Planning
• Funding Strategy
• Financial Planning
• Financial Control
• Commercial Finance
• FP&A
• Treasury
• Regulatory Finance
• Tax
• Investor Relations
• Process Improvement
• Systems Implementation
• Governance Frameworks
• Accounting Policy
• Statutory Reporting
• Consolidated Accounts
• Auditing
• Management Reporting
• Liquidity Planning
• Safeguarding Controls
• Regulatory Compliance
• Relationship Management
• Financial Analysis
• Pricing Strategy
• Investment Appraisal
• Resource Allocation
• International Expansion
• Cross-border Structures
• Multi-jurisdiction Operations
• Due Diligence
• Stakeholder Management

Location

• London

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Experienced

Education Level

• ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent accountancy qualification

Salary/Compensations

• Highly competitive salary depending on skills and experience

Benefits

• 20 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increases with service up to 25 days)
• Extra day of annual leave to celebrate your birthday
• Subsidised gym membership
• Season ticket loan
• Health insurance
• Life insurance

About the Company

• The company is evolving from a successful regulated financial services business into a broader international financial services group.
• Over the coming years, the organisation plans to expand its product offering, strengthen its group infrastructure, grow internationally and establish the reporting, governance and financial framework required to support long-term strategic growth.