Finance Director

Employment type: Permanent
Salary: 170k/year - 200k/year

London | Hybrid

£170,000 - £200,000 + benefits

A Private Equity backed telecommunications business is looking to appoint a Finance Director to join its senior leadership team as the company enters the next phase of its growth journey.

The business has strong backing, ambitious expansion plans and a leadership team focused on building a high performing, scalable organisation. Finance will play a critical role in that journey.

This appointment is about far more than reporting numbers. The successful candidate will help shape commercial strategy, bring clarity to performance and ensure the business has the financial discipline required to deliver long-term value.

Working closely with the CEO and senior leadership team, the Finance Director will act as both strategic advisor and operational leader, ensuring the business has the insight, controls and financial infrastructure needed to scale.

What the role will involve

This position carries full responsibility for the finance function and will play a central role in the leadership of the business.

The Finance Director will:

• Provide financial leadership across planning, forecasting and performance management.
• Support the executive team with commercial analysis and strategic decision making.
• Ensure the business has strong financial controls, governance and reporting frameworks.
• Lead board level reporting and investor communication.
• Oversee statutory reporting, audit and compliance obligations.
• Manage cash flow, funding relationships and capital planning.
• Build and develop a capable finance team.
• Ensure finance systems and reporting processes support a growing organisation.

Your Profile:

This opportunity will suit an experienced finance leader who enjoys operating within ambitious, fast moving businesses.

Candidates will typically bring:

• Experience operating at Finance Director or senior finance leadership level.
• A strong technical grounding in accounting, reporting and controls.
• Experience within Private Equity backed or growth environments.
• The ability to combine commercial thinking with operational discipline.
• Credibility with senior leadership teams, boards and investors.
• A pragmatic, hands-on approach alongside strong strategic capability.
• Ideally Telco experience, b2b, infrastructure.

The Opportunity:

This role offers the chance to play a key leadership role in a well-backed telecommunications business with significant growth ambitions.

For a finance leader who enjoys building, influencing strategy and operating close to the leadership team, this is a highly visible and rewarding position.

• Seniority Level
• Executive
• Industry
• TelecommunicationsBusiness Consulting and Services
• Employment Type
• Full-time
• Job Functions
• FinanceAccounting/AuditingAnalyst
• Skills
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• Private EquityCommercial FinanceCorporate FP&AFinancial ReportingControllership FunctionsCapital BudgetingInfrastructureTelecommunicationsBusine