Finance Director

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Salary: Circa £120,000 per year with flexibility to go higher for the right person

Work Pattern: Onsite

Location: Leicestershire

We are looking for an experienced and strategically focused Finance Director for a client in Leicestershire. The company is growing quickly and currently their middleware and financial software is not fit for purpose; therefore we are looking for someone to manage a large system reconciliation project and then implement new systems. This is a key project that will allow them to continue to scale quickly, and therefore this is a position that is fundamental to the business.

We are looking for someone who is a 'hands on leader', this role is for someone who can understand the problems already identified and work with purpose to implement solutions. This is also a leadership position; there is a longer term strategy element to this position too so we are looking for someone who can combine both 'hands on work' and longer-term leadership. This role has a career pathway to a CFO.

You will take ownership of financial management, regulatory compliance, reporting frameworks, and system transitions, ensuring the business is supported by accurate data, robust controls, and forward-looking financial insight. This role is central to strengthening financial performance, driving operational efficiency, and supporting the company's growth through disciplined financial leadership and modernised systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary liaison for external auditors, coordinating timely delivery of accurate information and ensuring frictionless audit cycles.
• Oversee cashflow forecasting, embedding stronger processes to support liquidity planning and informed business decisions.
• Lead the organisation's budgeting cycle, partnering with teams across the business to set aligned and achievable financial targets.
• Strengthen management information reporting so that senior leadership receives clear, timely, and actionable insights.
• Build a close and collaborative relationship with the Group Finance Director, ensuring full alignment with group-wide financial priorities.
• Drive funding activities - assessing debt requirements, preparing materials for lenders, and negotiating terms for new or renewed facilities.
• Maintain transparent, proactive relationships with both current and prospective funders.
• Provide strategic oversight of all financial operations, ensuring the finance function supports long-term organisational objectives.
• Deliver accurate and reliable financial reporting for senior executives and the parent company.
• Lead the migration to a new loan management platform while implementing an upgraded accounting system.
• Manage the reconciliation of financial data across two existing loan management systems, ensuring integrity, accuracy, and completeness.
• Partner closely with data, technology, and operational teams to ensure that internal systems and processes evolve with business needs.
• Support strategic projects - including acquisitions, partnerships, and new product opportunities - through detailed financial analysis and due diligence.
• Uphold FCA regulatory requirements, including responsibilities associated with the SMF3 Executive Director role.
• Maintain strong internal controls, governance frameworks, and compliance with group-wide policies.
• Mentor, support, and develop the finance team, fostering a culture of collaboration, transparency, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent experience gained in a senior financial leadership role.
• Strong experience leading major systems transitions, data reconciliation programmes, or large-scale financial technology implementations.
• Deep understanding of governance, regulatory compliance, and robust financial control environments.
• Proven leadership of multi-disciplinary teams and successful management of cross-functional initiatives.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex financial matters to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Highly analytical, detail-focused, and confident handling complex financial operations.
• Hands-on, proactive mindset with a track record of delivering projects from initial concept through to full execution.

Benefits:

• A pivotal leadership role shaping the financial direction and long-term growth of a fast-evolving financial services organisation.
• High levels of ownership, autonomy, and influence across the business.
• Opportunity to design and enhance financial systems, reporting frameworks, and strategic planning processes.
• Close working relationships with the CEO, Group Finance Director, senior leadership team, and technical specialists.
• A broad remit with substantial impact on operational performance and strategic decision-making.

Next Steps:

If you are a talented Finance Director, then we would like to hear from you. Interviews for this role will be held imminently. To be considered, please send your CV to me now to avoid disappointment.