Company: HMN Capital
Location: London
Posted: May 11th, 2026
Scaling SaaS Business | London, UK | Hybrid (3 days in-office)
£150,000 to £180,000 OTE | Equity Eligible | Exclusively via HMN Capital
A scaling SaaS company based in London at a critical point in its growth. The business has operations across multiple international markets, a recently completed acquisition to integrate, and a full CEO mandate to professionalise and automate the finance function.
The current state of the finance function is honest. Financial reporting is Excel-based, there is no visibility on customer-level or product-level revenue data, contract renewal tracking is manual, and the Xero and HubSpot integrations are incomplete. The incoming VP Finance will be the first senior finance leader with complete ownership of this build.
Reporting directly to the CEO, the VP Finance / Finance Director takes end-to-end ownership of the finance function from day one. This includes standing up SaaS-grade financial reporting, leading the FY27 budget cycle, driving systems automation, and serving as a trusted commercial partner to the wider leadership team.
The role carries genuine equity upside and clear influence as the business scales. A full handover from the outgoing finance lead is in place through September/October.
There is a July start target. August is a difficult month for executive recruitment, and the FY27 budget cycle cannot be owned by someone who is not yet in seat. Candidates who are available or within a short notice period should move quickly.
Build and maintain a dynamic SaaS forecasting model covering ARR, MRR, NRR, churn, CAC, and LTV. Develop a full revenue bridge and customer-level data model. Partner with Sales and the C-Suite on pipeline transparency, deal inspection, and contract renewal visibility.
Lead the FY27 budget and rolling 12 to 18 month forecast. Produce board-ready monthly reporting packs. Manage group consolidation across multiple entities and maintain compliance with UK GAAP and applicable international standards.
Migrate the business from manual, spreadsheet-driven processes to scalable automated infrastructure. Implement and optimise Xero and HubSpot for financial operations. Identify and deploy AI-led automation across finance workflows.
Serve as a thought partner to the CEO on commercial strategy, board reporting, and capital allocation. Own the integration of the recently completed acquisition, covering accounting, consolidation, and reporting alignment across entities. This role requires someone who leads from conviction: who can influence the CEO and C-suite from a grounded position, not one who waits for direction and executes.
Oversee corporate tax, VAT, and regulatory filings across multiple jurisdictions. Manage cash flow, banking relationships, intercompany funding, and FX exposure.
Design and implement company-wide compensation and incentive structures. Assume oversight of the HR function with a dedicated HR team member as a direct report.
This business has previously hired senior finance leaders from large, structured corporate and enterprise environments. Those hires did not succeed here. The right candidate has operated in a lean, founder-led SaaS business where they were expected to build without external support, move between every level of the function without direction, and influence the leadership team from a position of conviction. If that environment is unfamiliar, this role is unlikely to be the right fit.
This search is being managed exclusively by HMN Capital. All approaches should be made in confidence to:
hmn-capital.com