Head of Finance

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 24 April 2026
LOCATION
London
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
SALARY
£100,000 / year
CATEGORY
Finance
This employer holds a UK Home Office sponsor license — sponsorship for this specific role is at the employer’s discretion

SKILLS

Financial Modeling FP&A Financial Reporting Budgeting Financial Analysis Accounting Compliance Payroll

FULL DESCRIPTION

As Head of Finance for this start-up lending fintech you will oversee all aspects of finance reporting to the CEO with a strong focus on FP&A and commercial finance including.

  • Leading on annual budgeting, 3-year financial plan and forecasting
  • Owning the business model and running scenarios to aid decision making
  • Supporting further funding rounds and investor presentations
  • Loan portfolio reporting and analysis and really telling the story behind the KPI’s and numbers
  • Driving value added MI
  • Preparing management accounts, board and investor packs
  • Running monthly payroll
  • Ensuring compliance with all VAT/Tax and year end accounting requirements and submissions
  • Overseeing an external bookkeeper
  • Ensuring a strong financial control environment

Head of Finance

You will be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with post qualified experience and with experience working within the lending industry (business or consumer) and ideally some exposure to working in a start-up or scale-up. You will be competent at building financial models from scratch.

This is a very tech focused business, offers 3 days office and 2 days working from home. As the business grows this will allow development to progress to FD/CFO.

Location: Central London/Hybrid

Salary: To £100,000 + options

If you are interested in discussing this role please call Steve on; [contact hidden] or email: [contact hidden]

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