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This is huge. Want to join us?\nAbout the role.\nZilch is seeking an experienced Finance Director to operate as a senior leader within the Finance function, working closely and reporting into the SVP of Finance to ensure the integrity, accuracy and timeliness of financial information across the business.\nThe role combines strategic oversight with hands-on ownership of complex technical, audit and cash management matters, ensuring both strong governance and practical execution. 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The role combines strategic oversight with hands-on involvement in complex technical, audit and cash management matters, ensuring both strong governance and practical execution.\nDay to day responsibilities.\nLeadership & stakeholder management\nAct as a senior finance partner to ExCo, working closely with the SVP of Finance to ensure aligned messaging, clear financial ownership and high-quality decision support, ensuring financial information is accurate, delivered at pace and framed appropriately for decision-making\n\nProvide leadership and coherence across Internal Reporting, External Reporting and Treasury, ensuring clear accountability and alignment across specialist teams\n\nServe as the senior escalation point for complex financial, technical and stakeholder matters\n\nSupport the SVP of Finance in maintaining high standards of governance, control and financial discipline\n\nTransaction readiness & corporate activity\nLead finance preparation and execution support for major corporate transactions, including capital raises, acquisitions and other significant corporate transactions.\n\nEnsure appropriate financial controls, documentation, reconciliations, policies and governance frameworks are in place and continuously strengthened to meet transaction and governance standards.\n\nAct as senior finance lead during due diligence processes, coordinating across reporting, treasury and operational finance teams\n\nEmbed a culture of audit readiness and control discipline across the Finance function, strengthening sustainable control and documentation standards that enhance the business irrespective of transaction timing\n\nInternal reporting oversight\nProvide senior review and challenge over monthly management accounts, MI and Board reporting produced by the Internal Reporting team and Financial Controller\n\nEnsure reporting is accurate, timely and decision-useful, with clear linkage between performance metrics and financial outcomes\n\nElevate the clarity and 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external reporting quality\n\nTreasury & capital management\nProvide senior oversight, governance and strategic direction across treasury activities, working closely with the Treasury lead\n\nProvide senior financial oversight and challenge in relation to capital management, liquidity risk and funding discussions, ensuring alignment with broader financial reporting, control and governance priorities, while working in close partnership with those leading Treasury and Capital Markets.\n\nProvide senior oversight and challenge in respect of treasury controls, processes and reporting frameworks, supporting their robustness, scalability and alignment with regulatory and governance requirements.\n\nSupport optimisation of balance sheet efficiency and funding structures, ensuring clear integration between treasury, reporting and audit requirements\n\nGovernance, controls & risk\nMaintain strong financial control frameworks across reporting and treasury, aligned with FCA expectations and best practice\n\nOversee development and maintenance of accounting policies and financial governance standards\n\nEnsure key processes (including audit and annual reporting) run smoothly, with clear ownership and disciplined execution\n\nEnsure that financial processes deliver both accuracy and speed, enabling high-quality decision-making without compromising control\n\nIdentify and mitigate financial and operational risks, escalating appropriately to the SVP of Finance and Board where required\n\nSystems & Finance Transformation\nProvide senior sponsorship and oversight of finance systems architecture, ensuring reporting, control and treasury systems are scalable and fit for purpose.\n\nChampion automation and process improvements to enhance the speed, accuracy and resilience of financial reporting.\n\nEnsure documentation, reconciliations and control frameworks are effectively embedded within systems to support audit and governance standards.\n\nSupport ERP optimisation and continuous improvement of the month-end close process.\n\nWhat we’re looking for...\nFully qualified Chartered Accountant (ACA [ICAEW or equivalent body] / ACCA)\n\nStrong technical accounting knowledge (IFRS essential; US GAAP advantageous).\n\nSignificant post-qualification experience in senior finance leadership or controllership roles.\n\nStrong experience across external reporting, audit and cash management within a regulated environment.\n\nDemonstrable experience supporting or leading finance workstreams for corporate transactions (e.g. M&A, fundraising)\n\nProven ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders, operating effectively at senior leadership and Board level.\n\nStrong understanding of finance systems, data architecture and reporting pipelines, with experience working effectively alongside data and engineering teams to improve automation and reporting integrity.\n\nExperience working effectively with and across specialist finance functions, providing senior oversight, integration and judgement rather than duplicating operational delivery.\n\nBackground in FinTech, Financial Services or regulated lending products is preferred\n\nComfortable operating in a fast-paced, scaling environment with evolving requirements\n\nBenefits.\n\nCompensation & Savings:\nPension scheme.\n\nDeath in Service scheme.\n\nIncome Protection.\n\nPermanent employees enjoy access to our Share Options Scheme.\n\n5% back on in-app purchases.\n\n£200 for WFH Setup.\n\nHealth & Wellbeing:\nPrivate Medical Insurance including;\n\nGP consultations (video, telephone or face-to-face).\n\nPrescribed medication.\n\nIn-patient, day-patient and out-patient care.\n\nMental health support.\n\nOptical, dental & audiological cover.\n\nPhysiotherapy.\n\nAdvanced cancer cover.\n\nMenopause support.\n\nEmployee Assistance Programme including:\nUnlimited mental health sessions.\n\n24/7 remote GP & physiotherapy.\n\n24/7 helpline for emotional & practical support.\n\nSavings & discounts on 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