City of London, England, United Kingdom · Hybrid
$70k–$80k/yr
Job Role: Finance Manager Business Area: Finance Reporting to: Jamie Tulloch (CFO) Location: Remote or Hybrid (UK-based) We get financial data… About Validis We’re a team of passionate, data-driven people on a mission to…
Skills: Financial Modelling, Budgeting, Forecasting, Cashflow Management, SaaS Metrics
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The Finance Manager will support the CFO by producing rolling forecasts, managing cashflow, and building integrated financial models to drive strategic decisions. They will also track SaaS KPIs and oversee essential finance operations including audits, payroll, and regulatory filings.
Candidates must be qualified accountants (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA) with strong experience in financial modelling and reporting for board-level audiences. Experience within SaaS, fintech, or high-growth startups is highly desirable.
Job Role: Finance Manager
Business Area: Finance
Reporting to: Jamie Tulloch (CFO)
Location: Remote or Hybrid (UK-based)
We get financial data…
About Validis
We’re a team of passionate, data-driven people on a mission to help the accounting and financial services industries move faster with better data. Our platform is built to extract and standardise accounting data, making it easy for audit firms and financial institutions to securely connect to their customers’ accounting packages. Validis is a B2B SaaS company with operations in the UK, US, and Australia.
Our clients include the Big Four, global banks, and national firms who use Validis to streamline data collection. Validis has experienced significant growth since its inception and to support this, we are looking to expand our teams across a number of strategic areas.
About the role
Off the back of our growth trajectory and ambitious plans, this is a high-impact role supporting the CFO in providing insight into the financial performance of the business while identifying and seizing opportunities. It’s a genuinely commercial, analytical role within a fast-paced SaaS start-up, ideal for a qualified accountant who wants to move beyond reporting the numbers to shaping the decisions behind them.
You’ll work in close partnership with department leads and the executive team to provide accurate, timely and comprehensive forecasting.
We’re a modern finance function, moving from static annual budgets toward continuous, driver-based planning, owning the SaaS metrics that matter,
Key responsibilities of the Finance Manager
Produce and continually refresh monthly and rolling forecasts as actuals land, flagging variances early so leadership’s view of the year stays current and reliable.
Own cashflow forecasting, runway and burn, with weekly look-forward reporting on sales pipeline and working capital requirements.
Deliver monthly and quarterly cashflow reporting to the CFO at a strategic level, clear and decision-ready, so it can be taken straight to Leadership & Board
Lead “what-if”, downside and upside modelling to quantify risk and opportunity, with actionable commentary for the CFO
Build and maintain the integrated P&L, balance sheet and cash flow model, creating new models from scratch to support strategic initiatives and fundraising.
Work alongside department leads in Product, Engineering, Sales and Customer Support supporting them on their numbers and the financial impact of operational decisions.
Develop, track and report company-wide KPIs and SaaS metrics — ARR/MRR, net revenue retention, gross margin, churn and cohort analysis, burn and runway. Surfacing trends and unit-economics insight.
Drive continuous improvement toward scalable, well-controlled planning processes and a single source of truth, applying automation and AI to streamline forecasting, reporting and analysis.
Own the year end audit process and liaise with external auditors
Drive process improvements and implement robust financial controls
Oversee accounts payable, accounts receivable and payroll
Prepare and submit VAT reqtuens and other regulatory filings
Manage cash flow, working capital requirements and treasury activities
About you
You’re a hands-on, commercially minded qualified accountant who’s comfortable being close to the detail in a lean start-up finance team while still communicating at a strategic level. You’re motivated to add value and insight, not just report on the numbers
Qualifications: ACA, ACCA, CIMA
Strong, hands-on experience across budgeting, forecasting and cashflow. Comfortable owning the detail as well as the strategic picture.
Experience preparing monthly and quarterly reporting for senior and Board-level audiences, able to distil the detail into a clear strategic narrative for the CFO.
Strong Excel and financial modelling skills, including building integrated three-statement (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow) models from scratch.
Experience in SaaS, fintech or a high-growth / invested start-up or scale-up (very desirable), and comfortable in a fast-moving, resource-conscious environment.
Confident with data-visualisation tools and using automation or AI to streamline reporting and analysis (desirable).
Strong commercial acumen, able to translate pipeline detail into clear, actionable insight for senior, non-finance stakeholders.
Excellent stakeholder engagement, with a proven ability to build effective working relationships and influence at a senior level.
Highly organised, able to prioritise and work to tight deadlines.
Award-winning accounting data extraction and standardization specialists - We get financial data.
Validis - We get financial data. We work with accounting firms and financial institutions to seamlessly connect them to their clients' accounting packages in real-time. In a matter of minutes, our award-winning platform extracts and standardizes live accounting data, transforming it into analysis-ready formats for audits, M&A, and complex corporate lending. We are the only platform on the market that delivers clean, standardized, transaction-level General Ledger and Accounts Receivables/Payables data that is right-the-first time. Ultimately enabling our clients to make smarter, data-driven decisions - faster. Clients can connect directly to every major accounting package on the market through our intelligent, purpose-built portal or API. This is why over 100 firms globally trust Validis, allowing their teams to shift from data chasing and compliance tasks to higher-value activities. This shift significantly improves the customer experience and boosts team job satisfaction.
Offices: 71-73 Carter Ln London, London, UK EC4V 5EQ, GB · 2301 W Anderson Ln., Suite 102, Austin, Texas 78757, US
Award-winning accounting data extraction and standardization specialists - We get financial data.
Validis - We get financial data. We work with accounting firms and financial institutions to seamlessly connect them to their clients' accounting packages in real-time. In a matter of minutes, our award-winning platform extracts and standardizes live accounting data, transforming it into analysis-ready formats for audits, M&A, and complex corporate lending. We are the only platform on the market that delivers clean, standardized, transaction-level General Ledger and Accounts Receivables/Payables data that is right-the-first time. Ultimately enabling our clients to make smarter, data-driven decisions - faster. Clients can connect directly to every major accounting package on the market through our intelligent, purpose-built portal or API. This is why over 100 firms globally trust Validis, allowing their teams to shift from data chasing and compliance tasks to higher-value activities. This shift significantly improves the customer experience and boosts team job satisfaction.
Offices: 71-73 Carter Ln London, London, UK EC4V 5EQ, GB · 2301 W Anderson Ln., Suite 102, Austin, Texas 78757, US
