Finance Director

Blair West are delighted to be supporting Averroes Capital with the appointment of a Finance Director. Averroes Capital is a UK-based private equity advisory firm specialising in advising and supporting high-potential, technology-enabled businesses and investment partners across Europe and the Middle East.

This will suit a proactive, commercially minded Finance Director, on a full-time basis, to own finance operations at Averroes Capital and, alongside this, to act as a hands-on support to one of the portfolio companies, working directly with its CEO and board.

This is a dual-facing, hands-on role: part fund/firm-level finance leadership, part operator-level financial control at portfolio company level. The successful candidate will be able to manage the firm’s reporting, investor relationships and compliance, and getting into the detail of a scaling portfolio business's model, board pack and cash runway.

We are ideally looking for candidates who can commence employment in October to allow for a handover period.

• Prepare monthly management accounts and reporting packs for internal and shareholder use.
• Review payroll, manage invoicing and expense processes, and oversee bank reconciliations.
• Lead the preparation of annual statutory accounts and corporation tax returns with external accountants.
• Manage budgeting and forecasting, including cash flow modelling and cost tracking.
• Handle all aspects of VAT compliance and submissions.
• Own and manage relationships with the firm's bankers, fund administrators, accountants, and auditors.
• Act as a key point of contact for shareholders and board members regarding financial updates, capital calls, and funding documentation.
• Liaise with legal, compliance, and regulatory bodies to ensure ongoing adherence to statutory and governance standards.
• Maintain accurate internal records of capital contributions, warehousing facility balances, and related drawdowns or repayments.
• Liaise with fund administrators to reconcile capital activity, investor transactions, and reporting timelines.
• Support investor reporting workflows, including preparing or coordinating routine investor communications and assisting with fund-related documentation.
• Produce the monthly management accounts pack, P&L, balance sheet, cash, and variance commentary against budget.
• Deliver the investor board pack monthly, to template, with clear, decision-useful commentary on key movements.
• Track performance against guardrails agreed with the investor.
• Act as a strategic sounding board to portfolio company management and the board as businesses scale, taking on an increasingly strategic remit over time.
• Cash flow planning with clear runway visibility
• Track spend against the agreed funding tranche(s).
• Stand up and report the core SaaS metric set as the business matures
• Track Rule of 40 (growth plus profitability margin) against benchmark.
• Own or directly manage the R&D tax credit application process for portfolio companies where relevant.
• Oversee annual statutory account filing across the firm and portfolio companies (completed by external accountants).
• Prepare investor-ready data rooms.
• Review and quality-check external accountants' output.

• Qualifications as a finance leader with 5+ years' post-qualification experience.
• Strong experience in a small finance function.
• Familiarity with private equity would be advantageous but is not a pre-requisite (The role will support fund administration, investor workflows, and supporting investment operations).
• Proficiency in tools such as Xero, Excel, and cloud-based financial systems.
• Proven ability to run management accounts, payroll, and budgeting, and to coordinate with multiple external partners.
• Hands-on experience with annual filings, VAT, and corporation tax in the UK.
• Commercial and operational experience in a relevant sector (SaaS / subscription / consumer platform) is highly desirable, given the portfolio finance remit.
• A track record producing quality management accounts and board packs.
• Saudi or wider Gulf exposure. This would be helpful, though not essential.
• Highly levels of organisation, are detail-oriented,…