Finance Director

Do you want to be part of the future of value transfer? Are you excited about helping is scale that future at pace? Are you looking for a values led company, which cares about the growth of its employees? The impact you will have: This is a critical role for the next phase of Elliptic’s growth. You will help build out scalable systems, processes and workflows to ensure finance has the foundations to scale. Not only that, but you’ll build on top of those foundations - creating a world class finance function. What you will do: Financial Reporting & Control: Lead the preparation of timely, GAAP/IFRS-compliant monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements. Establish and maintain a rigorous internal control environment to safeguard assets and ensure data integrity. Systems & Infrastructure: Own the selection, implementation, and optimization of the company’s tech stack, including a Tier-1 ERP migration (e.g., NetSuite, Rillett) and integrated expense management tools. Tax & Compliance: Oversee global tax strategy, including VAT/sales tax compliance across multiple jurisdictions, and manage corporate tax filings. Audit Management: Act as the primary point of contact for external auditors, ensuring a clean and efficient year-end audit process. Operational Excellence: Manage day-to-day finance operations including Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), payroll, and global employee expenses. Treasury & Cash Management: Monitor liquidity, manage banking relationships, and implement automated cash flow tracking. Team Leadership: Build and mentor a high-performing accounting team, filling talent gaps as the business scales. What you will achieve in the first 6 months: ERP Migration & Systems Launch : Lead the transition to a new ERP. Your focus will be on data cleansing, ensuring historical invoice data transfers accurately, and setting up automated approval workflows. Chart of Accounts (CoA) Review : Redesign the CoA to support granular reporting by department and geography, ensuring it aligns with SaaS-specific revenue recognition standards. Aged Debt Mitigation : Conduct a deep-dive aged debt analysis and implement a proactive "Order-to-Cash" (O2C) policy to reduce Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) and improve working capital. FY26 Audit Preparedness : Establish an audit timeline, standardise documentation for technical accounting positions (e.g., revenue recognition, stock-based comp), and resolve legacy reconciliation issues. Process Automation : Identify key areas for automation and launch 1+ RFP for tools (e.g. procurement, expenses). You will be a great fit here if you: Accept reality - propose solutions Win with grit Own it Are a team player (but know that sometimes that means challenging the team to do all they can do) Our ideal candidate has: Qualified ACA (or equivalent), ideally at Big 4 Been responsible for successful scaling of financial controls in a high growth environment Led transformation projects across reporting tooling and processes (e.g. ERP implementation, BI/MI tool implementation) Run statutory and tax compliance (incl. audit) for multiple entities, including UK companies Built and coached a world class finance team Bonus Points for: Netsuite (or similar) integration experience Familiarity with crypto industry Job Benefits > How we work: Hybrid working and the option to work from almost anywhere for up to 90 days per year £500 Remote working budget to set up your home office space > Learning & Development: $1,000 Learning & Development budget to use on anything (agreed with your manager) that contributes to your growth and development > Vacation/ Leave: Holidays: 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays An extra day for your birthday Enhanced parental leave: we provide eligible employees, regardless of gender or whether they become a parent by birth or adoption, 16 weeks fully-paid leave and leave. > Benefits: Private Health Insurance - we use Vitality! Full access to Spill Mental Health Support Life Assurance: we hope you will never need this - but our cover is for 4 times your salary to your beneficiaries £100 Crypto for you! Cycle to Work Scheme