Location: Guildford

Hours: Full time

Duties & Responsibilities

  • Shape the financial strategy of ambitious SMEs and owner-managed businesses, acting as their senior financial adviser and guiding boards through critical decisions that drive growth, resilience, and long-term value.
  • Transform financial insight into action by leading budgeting, forecasting, and performance reporting, turning complex data into clear, compelling narratives that influence strategic direction.
  • Safeguard clients through expert governance by ensuring rigorous financial integrity, regulatory compliance, and high-quality statutory reporting that supports confident, informed decision-making.
  • Lead high-impact client conversations in regular board-level meetings, challenging assumptions, identifying opportunities, and providing the forward-looking advice clients rely on to navigate change and accelerate growth.
  • Build deep, trusted advisory partnerships by becoming a key strategic voice for clients, collaborating seamlessly with audit, tax, payroll, and wider teams to deliver a cohesive, insight-driven service.
  • Strengthen clients’ financial foundations by identifying emerging risks, designing robust controls, and advising on improvements that enhance stability, efficiency, and long-term sustainability.
  • Elevate finance capability by coaching and developing in-house or outsourced finance teams, embedding best-practice processes, and empowering them to operate with greater confidence and strategic awareness.
  • Champion talent development by overseeing and mentoring trainees and other relevant members of staff, creating opportunities for growth, sharing technical expertise, and guiding individuals through their professional qualifications and career progression to strengthen the capability of the wider team.

Requirements

  • Fully qualified finance leader (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with a minimum of two years’ experience at Director level and the professional credibility to advise boards, challenge thinking, and shape strategic direction.
  • Has proven experience in delivering high value outsourced finance solutions within a practice environment, but could also suit a Finance Director with practical experience in a relative industry.
  • Strong background supporting UK SMEs across diverse sectors, bringing commercial insight.
  • Commercially astute with the insight to influence financial strategy, identify opportunities, and guide clients through complex decisions with clarity and confidence.
  • Exceptional communicator and relationship-builder who can inspire trust, lead board-level conversations, and translate financial insight into compelling, actionable advice.
  • Experienced team leader elevating capability, and fostering a high-performance, advisory-driven culture.
  • Excellent presentation skills and ability to deliver clear, persuasive insights to senior stakeholders, shaping conversations and influencing outcomes.
  • Experienced in growth and transformation environments with a background supporting scale-ups, high-growth businesses, or turnaround situations where strategic financial leadership is critical.

We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process – this should be requested during the application process.

Apply now