Interim Finance Director

Interim Finance Director

Location: Remote (UK)

Employment Type: Temporary

Department: CoO

Key Details

• Location: Candidates must be located and have long-term working rights in the UK.
• Flexibility: Choice-first work approach allows fully remote work from Day One.
• Salary: £800-1,000/day for the ~8-month contract (equivalent to MN3 Director level).
• Start date / duration: 19 Oct, 2026 - May 28, 2027
• Reporting to: Richard Mabey, CEO
• Direct reports: Charlotte (Financial Controller) + Irina (Finance Ops Associate)
• Interview process: 3 stages totalling around 2.5 hours over 2 weeks.

Role Overview

This is a player-coach role in FP&A, not a caretaker or pure people-leadership position. You'll personally run the FY27 FP&A cycle end-to-end, partner with executives as a peer to shape strategy, and coach a Financial Controller and Analyst.

Key Responsibilities

1. Own and run the FY27 FP&A cycle end-to-end: budget, monthly reforecast, board packs, monthly exec business reviews.
2. Partner with the CEO and exec team as a peer, shaping board and investor reporting and influencing strategic finance decisions as they arise.
3. Lead the finance team, with an active coaching load on month-end.

Required Qualifications

• You've worked in a B2B SaaS company for a significant part of the last 2 years.
• You've personally run a full FP&A cycle end-to-end (budget, reforecasts, board reporting), not just contributed to one someone else owned.
• You're accounting-literate and can support and challenge a controller, even if you're not the one closing the books.
• You've been the finance owner in a diligence process (built the data room and held numbers up under external scrutiny).
• You've partnered directly with execs and a board; not just reporting numbers to them, but shaping and influencing their decisions.
• You've led a small finance team.
• You've been hands-on and energised by rolling up your sleeves.

Not Suitable If

• You need time and coaching to grow into the role; we need someone who can land running.
• You'd rather direct than build.
• High-stakes corporate moments (transactions, diligence, board scrutiny) are unfamiliar territory.
• You've never partnered with execs or led a team.
• Your FP&A experience is "supporting" rather than owning.