Finance Director

finova; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000

Job description

Finance Director - London

About finova

finova is the UK's largest cloud-based mortgages and savings software provider, supporting over 60 leading lenders, 3000 mortgage brokers and 200 financial institutions. Our suite of award-winning software includes a Core Banking Platform, Broker Platform and finova Connect, a range of solutions that connect lenders, intermediaries and consumers. Fast implementation and open architecture are at the center of our technology, giving our customers the flexibility to integrate into their existing system or configure solutions to meet the needs of their business.

About the role

The Finance Director will play a key role in the financial leadership of the company, providing strategic insights, overseeing financial planning and analysis, and supporting operational and growth initiatives. This role will require deep expertise in managing private-equity-backed financial environments, including M&A activities, value-creation planning, and financial reporting. The ideal candidate will have strong technical finance skills, strategic vision, and experience partnering with executives and senior stakeholders.

About You:

You will be passionate about the colleague experience at finova and feel comfortable collaborating with other members of the team and wider Group.

We truly believe your attitude is everything, but we'd particularly love to see the following skills and relevant experiences:

• This is a hybrid role based onsite 3 days per week.
• 10+ years of finance experience, with at least 3-5 years in a leadership role within a private-equity-backed environment.
• Proven experience in financial planning, analysis, and operational finance, ideally within the software or technology industry.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with experience presenting to executive teams and investors.
• Proven track record of process improvements and coaching a team.
• Excellent technical knowledge of accounting standards, tax, and reporting requirements.

What will you be doing?

• Manage financial processes and controls to support scalability and accuracy in financial reporting.
• Lead the month-end close process to ensure timely and accurate completion of financial statements, insights, and variance analysis.
• Drive working capital optimization, including management of receivables, payables, and cash flow.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and internal financial reporting requirements, including timely and accurate production of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements.
• Ensure compliance with all tax requirements, including optimizing R&D tax credits.
• Oversee internal and external audits, managing relationships with auditors and ensuring compliance with accounting standards (GAAP, IFRS as applicable).
• Serve as a strategic partner to the CFO and executive team in driving business performance and supporting strategic initiatives.
• Support M&A activity, including valuation, due diligence, integration planning, and post-merger integration of financial operations.
• Build and lead a high-performing financial control team, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Implement and maintain efficient financial systems, policies, and processes to build a strong governance and financial control environment.

What will you get from joining the finova family?

Flexible Working:

• 25 days holiday in each calendar year plus bank holidays.
• Bank Holiday trading: flexibility to work bank holidays and take another day off that fits your values, beliefs, or celebration calendar better.
• Increasing your work-life balance, holiday trading allows employees to buy an extra 5 days holidays.
• Work from anywhere in the world for up to 4 weeks a year.
• We recognize the importance of juggling family and work life; therefore, finova offers a flexible hybrid working policy.
• We're open to applicants from all walks of life; please feel free to ask us if you require flexible working, and we'll do our best to accommodate.

Looking After You:

• Life Assurance, Group Income Protection, and Private Medical Insurance.
• Pension scheme via Salary Exchange.
• Employee Assistance Programme with counseling sessions available.
• Virtual GP to save you time in trying to get an in-person appointment.

Family Friendly policy:

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
• Paid time off for fertility treatments and pregnancy loss.

Extra Perks:

• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Access to a huge range of benefits & discounts for shops, restaurants, and gym memberships.
• Free fresh fruit daily.
• Share your passions and interests with like-minded people through our colleague networks and social groups - from book clubs to fitness challenges and group parties.

Giving you the chance to give back:

• Give-As-You-Earn scheme allowing you to support your favorite charities straight from your monthly salary.
• One day's paid volunteering day a year.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Diverse teams really are the best teams; we promote a working environment in which diversity is recognized, valued, and encouraged. We acknowledge the multi-cultural and diverse nature of the UK workforce and society in general. We are committed to principles of fairness and mutual respect where everyone accepts the concept of individual responsibility. Our policy seeks to ensure job applicants and employees are treated fairly and without favor or prejudice. We are committed to applying this throughout the entire employee lifecycle.

We know that some candidates (and, from the research we've seen, especially women) may feel less inclined to apply for a role if they don't quite meet every requirement of the role. If you like the look of a role but you're not 100% sure if your skillset will meet our requirements, please reach out, and we will be happy to talk through your experiences.

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