You’ve led finance functions before and you know the difference between reporting numbers and shaping a business. Improving systems, setting direction, and bringing structure to growing engineering or technical environments is where you do your best work. Now you’re looking for a role where finance has a real voice at the table.What matters most at this stage is ownership. Influence over strategy, a clear path toward board-level impact, and the chance to build a finance function that supports how the business grows next. You want to help steer decisions that shape the future.This Finance Director role gives you that. You’ll join the senior leadership team, taking responsibility for strengthening systems, guiding performance, and helping set the direction of the business as it scales. It’s a role for someone who wants visibility, responsibility, and the chance to build something that lasts.Who’s it for?Our client is a technology company that helps manufacturers better understand what’s going on inside their equipment while it’s actually in use. Put simply, they create smart sensing tools that quietly collect useful performance data from things like vehicles, machinery and tyres, so businesses can run more efficiently, reduce risk and avoid costly problems before they happen.What will your day to day look like?This role sits at the heart of the business. Both operational and strategic, you’ll work closely with the Board to strengthen financial insight, control and systems. Here’s just some of what you’ll be doing:Leading on all aspects of financial reportingIdentifying opportunities to improve margin, performance, and efficiencyMaking sure activities comply with all relevant regulationsMaintaining strong financial controls, policies and audit readinessLeading on financial planning, budgeting and forecastingKeeping cash flow and liquidity management running smoothlyManaging banking relationships and financing arrangementsOwning and optimising Sage and procurement systemsSupporting compliance and investor-related activitiesLeading and developing the wider finance teamOverseeing risk, tax and HMRC compliance, and grant reportingThere’s so much scope to make a real impact in this role. You’ll be elevating the way they handle financial management and transforming the function for the future. Plus, from a professional development perspective, you’ll grow into a key member of the senior leadership team.This role will suit you if you…Have 10+ years’ experience post-qualificationHave worked in an environment that has investor stakeholdersKnow how to improve finance systems (ideally Sage)Are comfortable in a scaling technology, engineering, or manufacturing environmentLove getting hands‑on in your leadership approach #J-18808-Ljbffr