Financial Director

Are you a senior finance leader with excellent modelling skills, a strong FP&A background and comfort leading operations within a scale-up business? Aila is exclusively partnered with a fantastic scale-up tech firm in London as they look to appoint an FP&A centric, strategic finance leader to join as their Finance Director.

• A backed tech business that has grown through acquisition as well as organically, with more deals to come
• A team of under 100 across the UK and mainland Europe, operating across multiple international markets
• A strong customer base alongside a growing network of commercial partners

As the Finance Director, you'll be the number one in Finance, reporting directly to the CEO and own the financial direction of the business, including the budget, forecast, revenue, and the 3-5-year plan with a strong M&A focus. You'll be the CEO's thought partner on strategy and deals, and over time take on more of the investor and board relationships as the business continues to grow.

You'll lead the Finance team, including a strong Group Financial Controller and their team who own month-end, statutory and group reporting, freeing you to focus on strategy, modelling, M&A and investor relations.

• Own the annual budget and rolling forecasts, making sure every team understands its budget
• Own revenue planning and reporting across direct and partner channels, helping the business understand what moves it
• Build and own the 3-5-year plan, including margins, runway and burn
• Work with the CEO and leadership group on where to invest, where to cut back, and how to grow profitably
• Work alongside the CEO on acquisitions: modelling, due diligence, and making deals work once they're done
• Prepare board and investor reporting, support future funding rounds, and take on more of the investor relationship over time
• Lead and develop the Finance team, keeping financial controls and governance strong across the group's UK and European entities

• Experience leading finance as a Finance Director or a senior finance lead ready to step up
• A strong technical background included in FP&A and strategic finance experience
• Start-up or scale-up operating experience, not only corporate or advisory
• Strong forecasting, modelling and long-range planning skills, with the ability to turn numbers into clear decisions
• Enjoys leading a team and is happy to roll their sleeves up in a lean set-up
• An appetite for M&A and investor work, whether you've done it before
• Multi-country experience and speaking a European language in addition to English is highly desirable

• Salary of £130,000-£160,000.
• Bonus, Pension, medical and excellent equity options.
• A seat in the leadership group, reporting directly to the CEO and co-founder.
• Genuine exposure to M&A, fundraising and board work with a clear path to CFO