Head of Finance
Posted on 4 August 2026
£110,000
Permanent
London
Private Equity
32609
Opportunity description
Job Title:
Head of Finance
Role; Head of Finance
Location; London (Hybrid Working)
Competitive Salary + Bonus + Benefits
Job Reference; 32609
Company
Stanton House is partnering with a high-growth, technology-enabled financial services business to appoint a senior finance leader reporting directly to the CFO.
Operating within a regulated environment, the organisation has established strong funding relationships and is entering a significant phase of growth. This role offers the opportunity to shape the finance function, improve reporting and controls, support strategic decision-making, and work closely with senior leadership, funding partners, and investors.
Role
This is a senior leadership position with responsibility for the finance function, encompassing FP&A, financial control, finance operations, funding oversight, and treasury-related activities.
Reporting to the CFO, the successful candidate will provide financial leadership across the business, ensuring accurate reporting, strong governance, effective planning processes, and robust support for strategic decision-making.
The role offers significant exposure to the Executive team and Board, alongside ownership of key external stakeholder relationships including auditors, lenders, and funding providers.
Responsibilities
Essential
Location; London (Hybrid Working)
Competitive Salary + Bonus + Benefits
Job Reference; 32609
Company
Stanton House is partnering with a high-growth, technology-enabled financial services business to appoint a senior finance leader reporting directly to the CFO.
Operating within a regulated environment, the organisation has established strong funding relationships and is entering a significant phase of growth. This role offers the opportunity to shape the finance function, improve reporting and controls, support strategic decision-making, and work closely with senior leadership, funding partners, and investors.
Role
This is a senior leadership position with responsibility for the finance function, encompassing FP&A, financial control, finance operations, funding oversight, and treasury-related activities.
Reporting to the CFO, the successful candidate will provide financial leadership across the business, ensuring accurate reporting, strong governance, effective planning processes, and robust support for strategic decision-making.
The role offers significant exposure to the Executive team and Board, alongside ownership of key external stakeholder relationships including auditors, lenders, and funding providers.
Responsibilities
- Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes.
- Deliver timely and insightful financial and operational performance reporting to senior stakeholders.
- Develop financial models to support strategic initiatives, investment cases, and business decisions.
- Provide commercial challenge and insight to improve performance, profitability, and cash generation.
- Support strategic planning, growth initiatives, and capital allocation decisions.
- Own month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes.
- Ensure accuracy and integrity of management accounts, statutory reporting, and financial statements.
- Lead external audit processes and maintain strong relationships with auditors and advisers.
- Maintain and enhance financial controls, governance frameworks, and risk management processes.
- Drive automation, process improvement, and reporting efficiencies across finance.
- Oversee finance operations including accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash management, and transactional finance activities.
- Ensure finance processes remain scalable and fit for purpose as the business grows.
- Manage lender and funding stakeholder relationships.
- Oversee liquidity planning, funding utilisation, covenant compliance, and capital management activities.
- Support refinancing, funding optimisation, and facility expansion initiatives.
- Develop and lead high-performing teams across FP&A, financial control, operations, and funding activities.
- Build strong business partnering capabilities across the wider organisation.
Essential
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
- Proven finance leadership experience within a growth-focused organisation.
- Strong technical and commercial expertise across FP&A, financial control, and finance operations.
- Experience presenting financial performance and strategic insight to Executive and Board-level stakeholders.
- Strong track record of financial reporting, audit management, and control framework ownership.
- Ability to translate financial information into clear business recommendations and actions.
- Experience leading, developing, and retaining high-performing finance teams.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills.
- Strong analytical, planning, and problem-solving capabilities.
- Experience within financial services or another regulated environment.
- Knowledge of treasury, liquidity management, and capital planning.
- Experience supporting or leading finance transformation and automation initiatives.
- Track record of scaling finance functions in high-growth businesses.
- Experience working closely with data, analytics, technology, and operational teams to improve decision-making and business performance.
