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Vice President of Finance (UK Hybrid)
Reports to the CFO. Build the financial operating system for a future £1bn Software Platform.
The Opportunity
OneAdvanced is the UK’s largest privately owned software business, delivering mission‑critical SaaS solutions across multiple vertical markets. The Group generates £260m ARR, 90%+ recurring revenue and 40%+ EBITDA margins, and is supported by Vista Equity Partners and BC Partners.
This high‑impact executive role has significant exposure to the Board, investors and Executive Committee, and is designed as a pathway toward future CFO responsibility within a PE‑backed software business.
The Role
- Partner closely with the CFO, CEO, Board and Executive Committee.
- Architect and lead the Group’s operating performance framework.
- Elevate Finance Business Partnering into a world‑class strategic capability.
- Improve forecasting credibility, planning accuracy and operational accountability.
- Drive economically rigorous decision‐making across the organisation.
- Shape investment prioritisation, resource allocation and value creation.
- Build the financial architecture required for scalable growth.
- Help define the future operating model of a large‑scale SaaS platform.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the annual plan, long‑range plan and rolling forecasting process.
- Establish a disciplined monthly and quarterly operating cadence.
- Create forward visibility of risks, opportunities and trade‑offs.
- Build driver‑based performance management across the organisation.
- Embed a coherent financial decision‑making framework across all functions.
- Improve organisational predictability, accountability and execution discipline.
- Lead Finance Business Partnering across Product, Technology, Commercial and Services.
- Develop a high‑performance, commercially respected FBP function.
- Embed Finance deeply within operational leadership teams.
- Raise the quality of insight, challenge and decision support.
- Develop leadership capability across the broader finance organisation.
- Deliver high‑quality reporting and analysis for executive and investor stakeholders.
- Define and embed key performance architecture of a scaled SaaS platform.
- Drive deeper organisational understanding of retention, expansion, margin and growth efficiency dynamics.
- Build increasingly predictive forecasting capabilities using leading indicators.
- Support disciplined capital allocation and strategic investment decisions.
- Partner on M&A evaluation, integration and value realisation.
- Partner with Product and Commercial leaders on pricing, packaging and monetisation strategy.
- Support roadmap, GTM and segment strategy decisions with robust financial insight.
- Align customer behaviour, product strategy and financial outcomes.
- Challenge assumptions constructively to improve organisational decision quality.
- Improve how operational and financial performance data is surfaced and consumed.
- Enhance business insight and analytics capabilities across Finance.
- Simplify and automate reporting environments to improve speed and clarity.
- Enable leaders to self‑serve operational performance understanding where appropriate.
- Operate as a peer to executive functional leaders and raise overall decision quality.
- Build institutional capability rather than functional dependency.
- Simplify complexity for executives, investors and operators.
- Lead with intellectual honesty, commercial pragmatism and pace.
- Challenge constructively while maintaining organisational alignment.
- Build high‑performing teams and future leadership capability.
What Success Looks Like (12–18 Months)
- The business operates against a clear, embedded performance cadence.
- Forecasts are trusted by leadership, Board and investors.
- Commercial decisions consistently reference economic impact.
- Pricing, retention and growth efficiency improve measurably.
- Finance Business Partnering is viewed as strategic and value‑creating.
- The organisation demonstrates greater predictability and operational discipline.
- OneAdvanced is increasingly recognised as a scalable, high‑quality software platform.
- The individual is viewed as a credible future CFO successor within the organisation.
Candidate Profile
- Senior commercial finance leadership experience within a scaled SaaS or technology environment (£150m+ revenue).
- Experience operating in private‑equity‑backed businesses, ideally through significant scale or exit events.
- Track record of influencing Product, Commercial and operational leadership teams.
- Experience supporting pricing strategy, investment cases, transformation or M&A activity.
- Strong exposure to Board and investor environments.
- Experience building and leading high‑performing finance organisations.
Key Capabilities
- Deep understanding of SaaS economics, recurring revenue models and growth efficiency.
- Ability to translate complex data into clear commercial decisions.
- Strong strategic thinking combined with operational execution capability.
- High levels of intellectual curiosity, judgement and structured problem‑solving.
- Executive presence with the ability to influence at senior levels.
- Ability to balance rigour, pace and pragmatism in a scaling environment.
Benefits & Wellbeing
- 26 days’ holiday + bank holidays (option to buy more) and one paid volunteering day every year.
- Exceptional family leave: 26 weeks fully paid maternity/adoption, 4 weeks fully paid paternity, 22 weeks fully paid shared parental leave, plus 5 days paid bereavement leave.
- Robust sick pay: up to 13 weeks full pay + 13 weeks half pay.
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme for confidential support.
- Private medical insurance for everyone, no medical‑history exclusions.
- Performance‑based rewards including company‑wide bonuses to OTE and commission structures.
- Income protection: up to 75% salary for 5 years if needed.
- SkillsHub learning platform with leadership pathways, future‑manager training, and a large online library.
- Access to external training and apprenticeships.
- Flexible benefits including a car scheme, dental, health cash plan, critical illness cover and partner life cover.
Company Overview
Based in Birmingham (The Mailbox), OneAdvanced operates across the UK, Ireland, India and Australia. With a secure, scalable platform and AI services, the company delivers SaaS workflow applications and IT services for sectors such as Education, Government, Healthcare, Legal, Manufacturing, Housing and Retail.
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Job Description:
Vice President of Finance (UK Hybrid)
Reports to the CFO. Build the financial operating system for a future £1bn Software Platform.
The Opportunity
OneAdvanced is the UK’s largest privately owned software business, delivering mission‑critical SaaS solutions across multiple vertical markets. The Group generates £260m ARR, 90%+ recurring revenue and 40%+ EBITDA margins, and is supported by Vista Equity Partners and BC Partners.
This high‑impact executive role has significant exposure to the Board, investors and Executive Committee, and is designed as a pathway toward future CFO responsibility within a PE‑backed software business.
The Role
- Partner closely with the CFO, CEO, Board and Executive Committee.
- Architect and lead the Group’s operating performance framework.
- Elevate Finance Business Partnering into a world‑class strategic capability.
- Improve forecasting credibility, planning accuracy and operational accountability.
- Drive economically rigorous decision‐making across the organisation.
- Shape investment prioritisation, resource allocation and value creation.
- Build the financial architecture required for scalable growth.
- Help define the future operating model of a large‑scale SaaS platform.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the annual plan, long‑range plan and rolling forecasting process.
- Establish a disciplined monthly and quarterly operating cadence.
- Create forward visibility of risks, opportunities and trade‑offs.
- Build driver‑based performance management across the organisation.
- Embed a coherent financial decision‑making framework across all functions.
- Improve organisational predictability, accountability and execution discipline.
- Lead Finance Business Partnering across Product, Technology, Commercial and Services.
- Develop a high‑performance, commercially respected FBP function.
- Embed Finance deeply within operational leadership teams.
- Raise the quality of insight, challenge and decision support.
- Develop leadership capability across the broader finance organisation.
- Deliver high‑quality reporting and analysis for executive and investor stakeholders.
- Define and embed key performance architecture of a scaled SaaS platform.
- Drive deeper organisational understanding of retention, expansion, margin and growth efficiency dynamics.
- Build increasingly predictive forecasting capabilities using leading indicators.
- Support disciplined capital allocation and strategic investment decisions.
- Partner on M&A evaluation, integration and value realisation.
- Partner with Product and Commercial leaders on pricing, packaging and monetisation strategy.
- Support roadmap, GTM and segment strategy decisions with robust financial insight.
- Align customer behaviour, product strategy and financial outcomes.
- Challenge assumptions constructively to improve organisational decision quality.
- Improve how operational and financial performance data is surfaced and consumed.
- Enhance business insight and analytics capabilities across Finance.
- Simplify and automate reporting environments to improve speed and clarity.
- Enable leaders to self‑serve operational performance understanding where appropriate.
- Operate as a peer to executive functional leaders and raise overall decision quality.
- Build institutional capability rather than functional dependency.
- Simplify complexity for executives, investors and operators.
- Lead with intellectual honesty, commercial pragmatism and pace.
- Challenge constructively while maintaining organisational alignment.
- Build high‑performing teams and future leadership capability.
What Success Looks Like (12–18 Months)
- The business operates against a clear, embedded performance cadence.
- Forecasts are trusted by leadership, Board and investors.
- Commercial decisions consistently reference economic impact.
- Pricing, retention and growth efficiency improve measurably.
- Finance Business Partnering is viewed as strategic and value‑creating.
- The organisation demonstrates greater predictability and operational discipline.
- OneAdvanced is increasingly recognised as a scalable, high‑quality software platform.
- The individual is viewed as a credible future CFO successor within the organisation.
Candidate Profile
- Senior commercial finance leadership experience within a scaled SaaS or technology environment (£150m+ revenue).
- Experience operating in private‑equity‑backed businesses, ideally through significant scale or exit events.
- Track record of influencing Product, Commercial and operational leadership teams.
- Experience supporting pricing strategy, investment cases, transformation or M&A activity.
- Strong exposure to Board and investor environments.
- Experience building and leading high‑performing finance organisations.
Key Capabilities
- Deep understanding of SaaS economics, recurring revenue models and growth efficiency.
- Ability to translate complex data into clear commercial decisions.
- Strong strategic thinking combined with operational execution capability.
- High levels of intellectual curiosity, judgement and structured problem‑solving.
- Executive presence with the ability to influence at senior levels.
- Ability to balance rigour, pace and pragmatism in a scaling environment.
Benefits & Wellbeing
- 26 days’ holiday + bank holidays (option to buy more) and one paid volunteering day every year.
- Exceptional family leave: 26 weeks fully paid maternity/adoption, 4 weeks fully paid paternity, 22 weeks fully paid shared parental leave, plus 5 days paid bereavement leave.
- Robust sick pay: up to 13 weeks full pay + 13 weeks half pay.
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme for confidential support.
- Private medical insurance for everyone, no medical‑history exclusions.
- Performance‑based rewards including company‑wide bonuses to OTE and commission structures.
- Income protection: up to 75% salary for 5 years if needed.
- SkillsHub learning platform with leadership pathways, future‑manager training, and a large online library.
- Access to external training and apprenticeships.
- Flexible benefits including a car scheme, dental, health cash plan, critical illness cover and partner life cover.
Company Overview
Based in Birmingham (The Mailbox), OneAdvanced operates across the UK, Ireland, India and Australia. With a secure, scalable platform and AI services, the company delivers SaaS workflow applications and IT services for sectors such as Education, Government, Healthcare, Legal, Manufacturing, Housing and Retail.
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Posted: May 20th, 2026