At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead finance strategy, budgeting, and reporting to drive business growth.
- Company: Join Work.Life, a rapidly growing company creating beautiful workspaces.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, share options, and a hybrid work model.
- Other info: Opportunity to build a modern finance function and lead a high-performing team.
- Why this job: Shape the future of finance in a dynamic environment with real impact.
- Qualifications: Qualified accountant with strong commercial judgement and problem-solving skills.
The predicted salary is between 90000 - 110000 £ per year.
Location: London (Hybrid, 3 days in the office)
Reporting to: CEO
Salary: £90,000–£110,000 + Share Options
About us
At Work.Life, we’re building beautiful workspaces where businesses and people can thrive. We’ve grown rapidly over the past few years, but we’re still only scratching the surface of where we want to go. The next chapter of Work.Life is about scaling intelligently. That means investing in our people, our systems and our leadership so we’re ready for the opportunities ahead. Finance sits at the heart of that.
The opportunity
You will own everything that comes following sorting internal and backward facing FC. You’ll be the person helping us understand what the numbers actually mean, where we should invest, what risks matter, how quickly we can grow and how we build a finance function that enables the business rather than simply records it. You’ll work directly with the CEO, regularly contribute to Board discussions and have genuine influence over strategic decisions. Importantly, we’re rebuilding parts of the finance function. Rather than inheriting years of legacy processes, you’ll have the opportunity to design how finance should operate for the next stage of Work.Life.
What you’ll be doing
- Partnering the business: You’ll work alongside the CEO and Senior Leadership Team to provide commercial insight that shapes decisions across every area of the business. Rather than simply presenting numbers, you’ll help interpret performance, challenge thinking and influence strategy.
- Planning for growth: You’ll own budgeting, forecasting and financial planning, building models the business can rely on and creating scenarios that support operational and strategic decision making. As Work.Life grows, you’ll play an active role in evaluating new opportunities, investment decisions and long-term planning.
- Turning data into decisions: You’ll develop clear, meaningful reporting that helps the business understand performance. You’ll look beyond revenue and profit, helping us understand unit economics, cash generation, operational performance and where we can improve.
- Building a modern finance function: We’re not interested in maintaining outdated finance processes. You’ll lead automation, improve systems and embrace AI wherever it genuinely creates efficiency or better decision making. This is a role for someone excited about building finance for the future.
- Supporting growth initiatives: As we continue to expand, you’ll support projects including acquisitions, fundraising opportunities and other strategic initiatives. Previous M&A experience would be valuable, but curiosity, commercial thinking and a willingness to learn matter even more.
- Leading the team: You’ll lead and develop our finance team while helping shape what that team looks like over time. You’ll have the opportunity to build a lean, high‑performing finance function that combines strong controls with commercial partnership.
About you
We’re much more interested in how you think than exactly where you’ve worked. You’ll probably recognise yourself in most of these:
- You’re a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA).
- You’ve built strong commercial judgement alongside technical finance expertise.
- You naturally think beyond finance and enjoy understanding how businesses really work.
- You take ownership and don’t wait to be asked.
- You enjoy solving problems and improving systems.
- You’re comfortable working in fast‑moving environments where priorities evolve.
- You’re excited by automation, technology and AI rather than threatened by it.
- You’re ambitious, curious and still learning.
- You might already be operating as a Finance Director. Equally, you may be an exceptional Head of Finance or Financial Controller who’s ready to step into your first FD role. What matters most is your potential, judgement and appetite to grow alongside the business.
What success looks like
Within your first year, we’d expect to see:
- A finance function that’s faster, more automated and trusted across the business.
- Forecasting and reporting that genuinely influence decision making.
- Clear commercial insight that helps improve performance.
- Strong financial discipline without slowing the pace of the business.
- A confident finance leader who has become a trusted partner to the CEO, Board and Senior Leadership Team.
Why Work.Life?
We’re ambitious, but we’re equally serious about creating an environment where people enjoy coming to work. You’ll join a leadership team that values challenge, ownership and continuous improvement, where ideas are welcomed regardless of where they come from. You’ll have the freedom to build, improve and leave a genuine mark on the business. If you’re excited by creating something rather than simply maintaining it, we’d love to hear from you.
Finance Director employer: Work.Life
As an Operations Manager at our company, you will thrive in a dynamic work culture that prioritises innovation and collaboration. We offer competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and ample opportunities for professional growth, all within a supportive environment that values your contributions. Join us in a location that fosters creativity and teamwork, making it an ideal place for meaningful and rewarding employment.
