67 Finance Director jobs in London

Role: Interim Transformation Finance Director

Rate: £1,500 per day (flexible for the right level of experience) Inside IR35, via umbrella

Location: London – flexible working

Duration: 6 months

A leading Wealth Management firm is seeking an experienced Transformation Finance Director to join its CEO office. This is a high-profile role requiring someone who can immediately add value.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with the CEO, CFO, and senior leadership team to drive financial transformation initiatives.
• Provide high-level FP&A insight and ensure alignment of financial strategy with business objectives.
• Monitor and take ownership of budgets across large-scale strategic programmes.
• Work with CFO and former accountants to establish accurate programme costings.
• Strategic change oversight, ensuring timelines, costs, and strategic goals remain aligned.

Key Skills & Experience

• Extensive experience as a Finance Transformation Director within Financial Services.
• Strong track record of operating at C-Suite level with exceptional stakeholder management.
• Deep FP&A expertise, with the ability to translate financial insights into strategic decision-making.
• Proven experience managing significant budgets and cost structures in complex organisations.
• Strong programme oversight skills, ensuring on-time delivery and alignment with strategic vision.

Finance Director – Hardware startup

Hybrid working – City + WFH

~£100k / £110k + options

Talentedge are proud to be partnering with a high growth, sustainability focused hardware startup on a Finance Director opportunity.

As Finance Director, you’ll work in close partnership with an extremely passionate & ambitious C Suite on scaling the business internationally.

You’ll be amazing for this role if you are a data focused yet technically savvy accountant, have a love for startups and want to work for a mission-driven business.

Key responsibilities:

• Continue to roll out key scalable processes, controls and systems, utilising technology to automate
• Lead the day-to-day finance function, in owning monthly management and annual statutory reporting as well as transactional finance
• Prepare strategic, commercial and financial objectives for the business
• Business partner cross-functionally, in particular with Manufacturing, Procurement, Supply Chain, Distribution and GTM teams
• Support future VC fundraising rounds

Profile:

• Qualified accountant, strong academic background
• Experience of working within a capex heavy, B2B enterprise manufacturing or product-led startup
• Thoughtful thinker around AI optimisation
• Strong analytical and data visualisation skills with advanced financial modelling
• Ambitious, progressive and curios in nature

Please get in touch ASAP as this role will not be around for too long!

Finance Director

A market-leading international broking business, renowned for its integrity, innovation, and outstanding service delivery, is seeking an exceptional Finance Director to join its senior leadership team. Operating across multiple jurisdictions and time zones, the company continues to scale its global presence while remaining at the forefront of its sector.

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Part time Finance Director – CPG startup

3 days p/w – (1 day p/w in City of London office)

£130/150k (pro rata) + options

Talentedge are proud to be partnering with an early-stage, hyper-growth omnichannel CGP (consumer packed goods) startup on their #1 finance position.

The business will close this year with £1m+ revenues ( m last year) and are forecasting 0m next. Their US business is thriving with their products being sold in major outlets, continuing on from their already-live UK partnerships with Tier 1 retailers and brands.

It’s fair to say that we know the business well having placed their 1st permanent finance hire (Financial Controller) into the business who is currently excelling at leading the day-to-day function.

Working with closely with incredibly passionate co-founders as well as a hugely impressive leadership team (including a superstar COO), Board and advisors, this is an exciting opportunity to join a business who are making big waves across their field and are fast becoming the market leaders owing to their unique & custom created products.

Key responsibilities:

• Oversee the day-to-day finance function
• Turn data generated into meaningful insights to drive business decision making
• Partner the Co-Founders and COO on monitoring and executing the Business Plan; driving growth and performance of the business
• Lead on company FP&A, commercial finance, business partnering and KPI analysis
• Drive business expansion, both in terms of geographical remit, new product launches and partnership management
• Manage relationships with Investors and drive future fundraising activities
• Own cash and working capital management. Manage the treasury requirements of the business, including foreign exchange
• Continue to evolve robust financial systems and controls, taking responsibility for risk and finance policies; multi-jurisdiction tax analysis, planning and structuring
• Regularly initiate full operational review to improve order fulfilment performance
• Develop tracking methods for all costs, in particular production-related ones

Profile:

• Qualified accountant
• Experience of working within a high growth FMCG / FMG / CPG startup with an excellent understanding of the key market drivers and potential issues
• A proven Finance Director / CFO with a demonstrable track record of scaling a hyper-growth business
• Significant fundraising experience
• US experience is advantageous (however if not then definitely multi-national)
• Strong analytical skills and advanced Excel
• An articulate and inquisitive business partner who equally loves rolling their sleeves up & getting their hands dirty
• Experience with Xero & Unleashed

This is an opportunity not to be missed, so please get in touch ASAP if you have the required experience.

About Allica Bank

Recently named by The Times newspaper as one of the UK’s Top 20 financial technology (Fintech) companies, Allica is a new bank for established small & medium sized enterprise (SME) customers. We have just closed a £100m Series C fundraise led by leading global investor TCV.

Established SMEs are one of the last underserved opportunities in UK fintech. They are the backbone of local communities - representing over a quarter of our economy - yet have been largely neglected both by traditional high street banks and modern fintech providers. We’re here to change that. We’ve already established a clear competitive advantage, and that should only increase as we scale.

Finally, we really care about attracting the best people. It’s amazing what a small team of committed and talented people can do, if not weighed down by poor culture, leadership and processes. We’re building something important and impactful at Allica and we’re always looking for exceptional people to join the mission. Could that be you!

Department Description

The Finance & Treasury function covers a broad spectrum of financial responsibilities for the Bank. Under the leadership of the CFO and the finance department heads, the team is responsible for equity raising and investor relations; treasury and liquidity management; prudential risk and regulatory reporting; financial reporting and accounting, financial planning, and tax management activities.

Role Description

We are looking for a Financial Reporting Accountant to join our Financial Control team at an exciting phase of our growth journey. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to lead across a number of areas of our close and reporting processes, own the review and challenge of certain key accounting assessments & judgments, support the maturity and automation of our controls, test the accounting impact of new product initiatives, as well as many other tasks.

Principal Accountabilities

• Responsibility for the accounting of all treasury instruments, including but not limited to hedge accounting, collaterals, bonds and gilts.
• Review of the management information prepared by Treasury, including the challenge and verification of their key models including IRRBB and liquidity metrics.
• Preparation of monthly and annual financial statements (including P&L, Balance Sheet, Cashflow and supporting files.
• Provide oversight over the Bank’s external financial reporting requirements, including any investor reporting.
• Performance of variance analysis, reviewing variances against prior period actuals and forecasts and preparing summary commentary for management.
• Review of key accounting areas such as ECL/IFRS 9 assumptions, capitalised development costs and EIR.
• Working with the Finance Transformation team to support new product initiatives, including any accounting considerations.
• Assessing the impact of corporate development activity to our financial statements.
• Support the year-end audit process, working closely with the Bank’s external auditors.
• Identify improvements in internal controls, as well as working with the Finance Transformation team to automate processes.
• Assist with ad-hoc duties as needed.

Personal Attributes & Experience

• Qualified ACA/ACCA or equivalent, ideally gained within a Big 4/Top 10 accountancy firm.
• Experience of working in the Banking/FinTech/Financial Services industry, either in audit or in industry.
• A genuine passion for FinTech and wants to contribute to the growth of Allica at an exciting phase of our journey.
• Have strong analytical skillset, including the utilisation of data and reporting tools
• Have the ability to work autonomously and be initiative-taking as required whilst working well within a team
• Be able to solve complex problems
• Strong influencing and people skills
• Strong skills in MS Office, especially Excel.

Don’t tick every box?

Don’t worry if you don’t have all the skills or requirements listed on the job description. If you think you’ll be a good fit, we’d still love to hear from you!

Flexible working

We know the ‘9-to-5’ isn’t right for everyone. That’s why Allica Bank is fully committed to flexible and hybrid working. Please let us know what is best for you and, if we can, we will do our best to accommodate.

Diversity

We’re a diverse bunch here at Allica, with all kinds of experiences, backgrounds and lifestyles. Our openness and differences make us stronger, and we want everybody to feel comfortable bringing as much of themselves to work with them as they like.

Working at Allica Bank

At Allica Bank we want to ensure our employees have the right tools and environment in which to succeed in their role and in support of our customers.

Our employees are at the heart of everything we do, so our benefits are designed with you in mind;

• Full onboarding support and continued development opportunities
• Options for flexible working
• Regular social activities
• 25 days holiday
• Pension contributions
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Private health cover (with the option to add family members)
• Life assurance
• Critical illness cover
• Family friendly policies including enhanced Maternity & Paternity leave

Financial Planning & Reporting Manager

5 days a week on site
Based in Blackfriars, London
Paying up to 65,000 based on experience

We're looking for a commercially minded Financial Planning & Reporting Manager to join a busy, fast-growing sales-led organisation.

Reporting to the Associate Director of Finance & Reporting, you'll be building new reporting capabilities from the ground up, delivering high-quality analysis, and giving senior leadership the insights they need to drive performance. You'll be hands-on with budgets, forecasts, monthly reporting, and deep-dive analysis into areas such as new business growth, discount profiles, client retention, and cancellations.

You'll also partner closely with the CFO, the Sales Team, and Group Finance - so relationship-building skills will be just as important as your technical expertise. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys combining data-driven analysis with commercial thinking, and who wants to make a visible impact.

What you'll be doing:

• Leading the business planning and forecasting processes
• Preparing monthly management reports with clear, actionable insights
• Supporting annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, KPI tracking, and metrics reporting
• Delivering analysis on new business trends, discounting, retention, cancellations, and client base changes
• Working alongside the leadership team on presentations and strategic discussions
• Business partnering with sales and finance teams to improve commercial performance
• Managing a small team of analysts and sales accountants

What we're looking for:

• Strong Excel skills (ideally including macros and VBA), plus confidence in PowerPoint and Word
• A recognised accountancy qualification (or working towards one)
• Proven analytical ability with a proactive, problem-solving mindset
• The ability to manage deadlines while staying adaptable to changing priorities
• An eagerness to understand complex systems, processes, and the mechanics of a business
• A "can-do" approach and the confidence to turn multiple data inputs into clear, concise information

If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy turning numbers into stories, and want to be part of a business on a steep growth trajectory, we'd love to hear from you.

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