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Finance Director Job Description: Top Duties and Qualifications

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Last updated 5 November 2025
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A Finance Director, or Head Finance Officer, works at the executive level of a company and helps make long-term financial decisions regarding the company’s future. Their duties include analysing departmental finances, creating a company budget and ensuring the financial health and stability of the company.

Finance Director duties and responsibilities

A Finance Director must have the competency and knowledge to carry out high-level financial decisions for their organisation. Some of their main tasks include:

  • Using financial modelling to simulate potential scenarios
  • Performing financial analysis on the company to predict financial health
  • Monitoring spending and creating budgets
  • Preparing company reports for investors
  • Finding ways to reduce costs and increase profits
  • Collaborating with management to create funding strategies
  • Ensuring adherence to national and international financial regulations
  • Overseeing a company’s payroll and bookkeeping system

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Finance Director Job Description Examples:

Example 1

Financial Controller

Are you an ambitious and qualified accountant with a passion for driving financial success?
Do you aspire to advance your career to Finance Director level within a dynamic and fast- growing organisation? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!

Salary- £55k to £65k depending on experience

Location – South Wales M4 corridor – typically 2 days a week “on the road” working with members of the finance team and the wider business and 3 days per week in an office location of your choice and / or working from home.

Redkite

Redkite is a fast-growing law firm based in South Wales, with a total of 16 offices between
Haverforwest in Pembrokeshire and Cirencester in Gloucestershire. Since 2017 the firm has been expanding rapidly and has a turnover of £15m and ambitions to grow turnover beyond £20m.

Role Description

Role reports into the CEO.

You will be responsible for leading and managing a finance team with 4 direct reports and a total of 14 people.

The finance team comprises of 4 main functions:

  • Legal cashiering and compliance
  • Management accounts, forecasting, budgeting and business partnering
  • Reporting and data
  • Working capital management

The Financial Controller would also be the Compliance Officer for Finance and
Administration (“COFA”). As a regulated law firm (regulated by the Solicitors Regulation
Authority (“SRA”), we are required to appoint a COFA.

Ideal Profile

Qualified accountant with at least 3 years PQE with ambition to be promoted to Finance
Director level.

Would suit someone with a background in professional services businesses with a flair for partnering with operational teams to help drive performance.

How to Apply

If you are ready to take your financial career to new heights and be an integral part of a growing organisation, we would love to hear from you.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £55,000.00-£65,000.00 per year

Benefits:
  • Company events
  • Company pension
  • Gym membership
  • Sick pay
  • Work from home
Schedule:
  • Monday to Friday

Work Hybrid remote in Cardiff

Example 2

Please do not apply without reading the post in its entirety.

CFO Hub provides outsourced CFO, controller, and accounting services for growing enterprises to augment and streamline their operations. By partnering with the CFO Hub team, our clients have access to financial professionals with decades of experience without the need for a full-time staff.

What makes CFO Hub different? Clients don't see CFO Hub as another vendor providing accounting services. They see that the CFO Hub team cares about the well-being of each company they service and see CFO Hub as their one trusted partner. Team members are resourceful, detail-oriented individuals who like to learn and work alongside other professionals. Employees enjoy working with amazing clients from various industries with the freedom and opportunity for both on-site and remote work.

CFO Hub is seeking a Consulting Controller/CFO level individual to help manage the accounting functions for various clients. This position is initially a part-time position with an opportunity for full-time employment in the near future. The ideal controller candidate has experience in technical accounting and financial statement preparation with CFO candidates having additional experience in financial modeling and strategic financial planning. Public accounting experience is a plus for both levels.

Qualifications:
  • Solid understanding of GAAP
  • Comfortable with meeting deadlines and budgets
  • QuickBooks Online, Intacct, Xero or other accounting/ERP system experience preferred
  • CPA License or licensing in-process preferred
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field is required
  • Resourceful and comfortable with the unknown - not afraid to Google

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
  • Monthly financial statement preparation
  • Management of bookkeeping, cash, and AR/AP
  • Monitor and improve upon clients' internal controls
  • Manage and/or assist with the implementation of accounting systems and processes

Here’s what your first year might look like:
  • Within the first 3 days… You will be fully onboarded and set up in company’s administrative systems.
  • Within the first month… You will be trained to successfully follow and implement established company processes and work closely with clients, staff, managers, and directors.
  • Within the first 3 months… You will be able to address and route all client questions coming in effectively and navigate all relationships with partners and staff.
  • Within the first 6 months… You will have responsibility of enough client engagements so that the rest of the team is not overloaded, while leading assigned engagements from start to finish and daily client interaction and management.
  • Within the first year… You will have been proactive to identify problems that will or have arose, and you have offered actionable ideas/solutions to partners.

Our employee benefits include:

  • Competitive salary and commission structure
  • Medical, dental and vision insurance
  • 401k with employer discretionary profit sharing
  • Mileage reimbursement

Job Type: Part-time

Benefits:
  • Work from to Friday

Example 3

The Company:

We are recruiting for a fast moving and high growth entrepreneurial business headquartered in Derbyshire with a reputation for ongoing product innovation and development. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an award-winning mail order and online business operating in the public/private sector.

Operating in a profitable niche market they design, develop, source and market specialist sustainable products in the UK and overseas. As an organisation they are hugely people centric and have a team of individuals that are passionate about the organisation, their products and their community.

The Opportunity:

This is a business-critical role because of consistent business growth and the need to deliver the people infrastructure to support this. A number 1 Finance Leadership role reporting to the Managing Director this role will give the right candidate the opportunity to progress with the business. This is a very fast paced business and will require a highly motivated and career focussed individual who is able to succeed in their core role whilst managing multiple business critical projects in support of the Senior Management Team and board.

This role will suit a Finance Director looking for a broader operational/strategic role and perhaps a new challenge. The dynamics of the role and the organisation will provide a great opportunity to help grow a business, upscale its support infrastructure and to be a full Board member with significant Operational and Strategic input.

Key Responsibilities:

You will be required to run all aspects of the day-to-day operations of the Finance function with a current team of eight. This will cover everything from banking, payroll, AP, AR, accounts preparation and business partnering. In addition, improving financial controls, processes, driving automation and systems to enable effectiveness and efficiency will be hugely important.

  • Managing, motivating and developing the Finance team to ensure a focus on delivering the correct transactional tasks and value-added business partnering
  • Proactively monitor the business performance to ensure financial/operational trends and issues are clearly highlighted and communicated early, working effectively with other departments to drive improvements
  • Own the business planning and forecasting cycle. Ensure that the right KPIS are in place to track progress to deliver financial targets whilst highlighting and driving profit improvements through growth and cost reduction and control
  • A key member of the board, driving the strategic planning and performance of the business by the provision of effective analysis, modelling and advice
  • Ensure the monthly management pack is prepared in a timely manner with easy-to-understand variance analysis covering margin/channel/carriage and cashflow
  • Deliver the annual cash flow plan and deal with all cash related matters (bank, hedging)
  • Drive process improvement within the department, with increased automation and a far more paperless function

Skills & Experience Required:

  • This role requires an individual with a proactive and flexible outlook and someone who is prepared to roll their sleeves up and get involved in every part of the function. We require a highly analytical individual good at data manipulation, suiting a Qualified ACCA, ACA, CIMA accountant with a background in businesses with a high volume of transactions and stock movements - such as retail, mail order or manufacturing
  • Hands on and able to take on many tasks themselves with excellent organisational skills
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced growing business with the skills required to meet deadlines and manage a high level and variety of tasks
  • Strong people management skills with experience of managing similar sized teams
  • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to create good relationships to get buy in and drive improvements across the business
  • Highly developed stakeholder management skills with the ability and confidence to operate at Board level as an equal partner
  • Strong and rounded commercial and business awareness
  • Excellent analytical, IT (Excel) and modelling skills. Good attention to detail, likely to be or have been an expert in Excel
  • Excellent systems experience and high-level ability to pick up the processes within system with experience of developing reporting and improving processes

Benefits:

  • Competitive salary plus car allowance
  • 15% bonus
  • Flexible hours
  • Private health
  • Pension
  • Free car parking
  • Other flexible benefits package

Job Types: Full-time, Location: In person

Example 4

Background to organisation:

Electro Rent is a global leader in the supply and management of electronic Test and Measurement equipment. This equipment is critical for users across a broad range of industries, including Telecommunications, Aerospace and Defence, Automotive, InfoTech and Semiconductors, General Electronics and more.

The proposition is an innovative service solution, as an alternative to outright purchase, which allows customers to deploy equipment in the most efficient way, when and where needed, with full-service support, resulting in considerable time and cost savings. It is backed by $1.2 billion of inventory, a team of over 600 and offices in 23 regions servicing over 100 countries.

The opportunity of EMEA Finance Director is playing a highly visible role in planning, implementing, managing and running all finance related activities across EMEA.

Main Responsibilities:
  • Leading and developing a team of finance professionals covering Billing and Collections, Accounts Payable, Financial Control and Financial Planning & Analysis
  • Presenting financial reports and analysis to executives, board members, investors, and other stakeholders
  • Running the annual budgeting process and tracking key performance indicators
  • Assessing and evaluating key drivers of the business with the goal of helping the company improve its performance
  • Focusing on identifying and driving efficiencies and ensuring they improve the bottom line
  • Implementing policies, procedures and controls to ensure regulatory compliance and sustainable business growth
  • Providing leadership, decision making and advise for all finance related decision making in EMEA
  • Operating in close cooperation with the Global Finance team based in California

Supervisory Responsibility:

This position is responsible for the performance management and hiring of the employees within that department.

Skills and experience:
  • Qualified accountant
  • Advanced Excel skills
  • Extensive experience as Finance Director in multijurisdictional company
  • A hands-on leader willing to roll up their sleeves and do whatever is necessary to ensure the Company’s success
  • Ability to create a results driven, team oriented environment
  • Excellent managerial skills; experience managing teams in a deadline driven environment
  • Persuasive and effective influencing skills
  • Good presentation skills
  • Self-motivated
  • Excellent written and communication skills
  • Ability to work independently as well as part of a team

Education and qualification:
  • Degree or equivalent
  • Qualified (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Job Location: Harrow Wealden

Work Authorization:

Must be eligible to work in UK all of the EMEA countries within the Electro Rent network.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Competitive compensation package

Equal Opportunities Statement
  • It is the policy of Electro Rent Corporation to provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. This policy relates to all phases of employment, including, but not limited to, recruiting, employment, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, reduction of workforce and termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation, selection for training, the use of all facilities, and participation in all company-sponsored employee activities. Provisions in applicable laws providing for bona fide occupational qualifications, business necessity or age limitations will be adhered to by the company where appropriate.
  • As part of the company’s equal employment opportunity policy, Electro Rent Corporation will also take affirmative action as called for by applicable laws and Executive Orders to ensure that minority group individuals, females, disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, other protected veterans, Armed Forces service medal veterans, and qualified disabled persons are introduced into our workforce and considered for promotional opportunities.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Additional pay:
  • Bonus scheme
  • Quarterly bonus
Benefits:
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Discounted or free food
  • Gym membership
  • On-site parking
  • Private medical insurance
  • Work from home
Schedule:
  • 8 hour shift
  • Day shift
  • Monday to Friday

Application you eligible to work in UK all of the EMEA countries within the Electro Rent network?
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What does a Finance Director do?

Finance Directors lead a company’s finance department and focus on the current health and stability of a company while also thinking about long-term funding strategies. They collaborate with the executive management of a company to create a budget that will keep the company’s costs down while also looking forwards to potential growth in the future. As head of a company’s financial department, they create and set procedures for all finance employees to follow, as well as cultivate a unique financial culture for the company.

Finance Director skills and qualifications

A successful Finance Director will have various prerequisite skills and qualifications including excellent leadership skills and a strong understanding of the company’s financial situation., these can make a candidate stand out. Other skills to look for include:

  • Creativity and critical thinking skills
  • The ability to work well with others
  • Ambition and a strong desire to succeed
  • The ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
  • Strong communication and presentation skills
  • Thorough attention to detail
  • Proven ability to manage at the executive level
  • Understanding of how to use industry software

Finance Director experience requirements

A complete understanding of the company and how to manage finances within the industry is necessary for all candidates. Previous experience in the financial industry, such as a Finance Assistant or Business Adviser, is typically required by most companies. Other experience requirements vary based on the industry and the company. For many organisations, more than two years of experience are necessary to be considered for this position.

Finance Director education and training requirements

Employers require applicants to have a university degree in a relevant subject such as finance, accounting or business studies. After gaining education qualifications, most people will obtain relevant experience through a trainee job with a financial firm or by completing an advanced accounting apprenticeship. Some employers will hire candidates that only have higher education certification in bookkeeping, accounting or financial studies, as long as they also possess many years of experience in the financial sector. Exceptional candidates will also have certification from The London Institute of Banking and Finance.

Finance Director salary expectations

According to Indeed Salaries, the average salary for a Finance Director in the UK is £79, 196 per year. Salary may be dependent on experience, location and company.

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