Finance Manager - SaaS Experience

Our client is looking for a Finance Manager with SaaS experience - please do not apply otherwise. Successful candidates will be fully qualified - please do not apply otherwise. This is a hybrid role based in the City of London.

Adopt a modern and progressive approach to building a finance function that embraces technology and automation, with an emphasis on accuracy and efficiency, to support the business as it scales.

• Design, build, and maintain the company's suite of financial and operational KPIs, relevant to a SaaS revenue model.
• Develop revenue and ARR metrics, gross margin analysis, customer-level profitability, and cash flow reporting.
• Partner with the CEO and senior leadership to translate financial data into actionable business insight.
• Support the development of annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and multi-year financial planning models.
• Produce monthly management accounts and board-ready reporting packs, including commentary and variance analysis.

Define and enforce data quality standards across all financial systems and reporting outputs. Identify and resolve inconsistencies in source data, ensuring a single source of truth for financial information. Work with operations and technology teams to improve the quality and reliability of billing, contract, and subscription data that feeds into financial reporting. Implement controls and audit trails to ensure the traceability and integrity of financial data.

Act as a credible and proactive finance partner to the CEO and department heads across sales, product, and operations. Support commercial decision-making with clear financial analysis, pricing models, contract structures, and investment cases. Contribute to any investor reporting, due diligence processes, or M&A activity as the business evolves.

Own the month-end and year-end close process, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and completeness of financial records. Maintain and strengthen internal financial controls, including revenue recognition, cost allocation, and intercompany reconciliations. Manage relationships with external auditors, tax advisers, and statutory reporting obligations (Companies House, HMRC). Maintain accurate accounting records and perform regular bank reconciliations to ensure the integrity of the company's financial position. Manage relationships with suppliers and customers in respect of invoicing and billing, resolving queries efficiently and in a timely manner. Oversee the purchase order system, ensuring all purchases are appropriately authorised, accurately recorded, and reflected in the company's financial records. Own the end-to-end payroll process, providing the payroll service provider with accurate and timely data to ensure seamless monthly execution. Ensure compliance with UK GAAP / IFRS as applicable, and maintain accounting policies appropriate to an international SaaS and services business.

Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with SaaS experience. Strong technical accounting skills with hands-on experience of month-end close, statutory accounts preparation, and audit management. Proven track record of building and maintaining KPI frameworks and management reporting suites. A genuine commitment to data quality, evidenced either through professional experience or an understanding of what poor data integrity costs an organisation. High proficiency in financial modelling and reporting tools (Excel essential; experience with Xero, Sage, NetSuite, or similar accounting systems). Comfortable operating at pace in a growing SME environment, with the ability to work both strategically and hands-on.

Experience with subscription / ARR revenue models and associated metrics (MRR, churn, NRR, CAC, LTV etc.). Exposure to board and investor reporting in a VC- or PE-backed environment. Experience implementing or improving financial systems and ERP platforms. Understanding of the regulatory and compliance technology landscape.

A pragmatic self-starter with a can-do attitude. Will be comfortable making sound judgements and taking decisive action in the absence of perfect information, and will bring energy and initiative to every aspect of the role. Detail-oriented with an instinct for accuracy and a low tolerance for data ambiguity. Intellectually curious - able to question assumptions and dig into the numbers behind the numbers. Clear and confident communicator, capable of presenting financial information to non-finance audiences including the CEO and board. Proactive and commercially minded, with the drive to add value beyond the core finance function. Collaborative and collegiate - comfortable in a close-knit team where flexibility and ownership matter. Resilient and adaptable, able to manage competing priorities in a fast-moving business environment.

Immediate in-person interviews on MS TEAMS.