Vice President Finance

Reed Finance are exclusively supporting a US owned technology business to recruit a Vice President of Finance covering their UK and European operations.

This $7bn turnover PE backed business started their expansion into Europe a couple of years ago setting up a based near Reading.

This very successful business is consistently achieving growth of 20%+ each year and remains highly acquisitional as they press ahead with their European expansion.

We are seeking an experienced finance executive to lead the financial, treasury, and statutory/legal-entity governance infrastructure supporting its UK and European operations – currently Netherlands and Ireland.

This role is the key partner with Sales, Operations, Legal, Tax, Global Finance and People & Culture to ensure compliance and efficiency but also be at the forefront of their expansion!

• Lead the strategic development, governance, and delivery of regional finance operations across the UK and Europe, including payroll, commission governance, and billing.
• Lead regional financial planning, budgeting and forecasting in partnership with global Finance and UK/Europe leadership, providing insight into financial performance, variances, risks and opportunities.
• Provide financial and commercial analysis to support growth initiatives and key business decisions across the UK and Europe.
• Own executive governance of the UK/Europe financial framework, including banking relationships, treasury management, insurance governance, financial business continuity, and approval/signing authority — aligned with strategic objectives.
• Support UK/Europe facilities expansion, lease, and vendor negotiations with global Facilities leadership, ensuring financial terms and cost structures align with budget and treasury considerations.
• Lead and oversee statutory compliance, legal entity governance, and external audit responsibility for the UK and coordinate these activities across other European entities) ensuring timely filings and regulatory compliance.
• Partner with executive leadership on financial KPIs and reporting, providing visibility into controls, performance, regulatory risk, and P&L for the UK/Europe business — including how sales and deal activity flow into regional results.
• Build trusted senior stakeholder relationships to influence strategic financial decisions.

To be consider for this role you will be a fully qualified accountant who has experience working in a larger complex business across the UK and Europe, ideally within a technology environment.

You will be a highly visible VP with a proven track record leading finance operations and teams, experience partnering with Sales/Sales Ops and key commercial state holders.

You will have a commercial mindset, balancing strategy with financial discipline and control. Also have the ability to build clarity, governance, and scalable frameworks in complex, fast-moving environments with exceptional communication and credibility at ELT/Board level.

Salary circa £170-£185k (doe) plus performance bonus and range of additional benefits including private medical

Does this sound like you ? Do you meet the above criteria and consider yourself to be a visible, people orientated VP?