Chief Financial Officer at HRtchX

IFRS Foundation

Location: London Status: permanent Reports to: Deputy Chief Financial Officer Job purpose:  The Head of Financial Control is responsible for leading the Foundation’s end to end Statutory Reporting, Management Reporting, and Financial Control activities across all operating countries and at the consolidated group level. This role will oversee the month end close, yearly audit processes, and ensure all statutory, regulatory, and internal reporting requirements are delivered accurately and on schedule. The role manages a team of accountants and financial controllers across multiple geographies, ensuring that financial controls are robust, reporting is consistent and compliant, and that the Group’s financial position is clearly and reliably communicated. A core priority is to optimise, standardise, and automate financial control processes to strengthen governance, enhance accuracy, and support timely delivery. The role will also define and monitor SLAs to ensure a consistent, high quality service across the Foundation. Principal accountabilities: Leadership & Governance * Lead and develop the Financial Control teams across all countries, fostering a culture of accountability, technical excellence, and continual improvement. * Provide strategic leadership for the Group’s financial control framework, ensuring alignment with organisational objectives and regulatory requirements. * Act as the primary contact for external auditors, regulatory bodies, and internal stakeholders on all matters relating to financial control and statutory reporting. Statutory Reporting * Oversee the preparation and submission of all statutory accounts for the Foundation across all jurisdictions. * Manage group level consolidation and the production of consolidated financial statements in accordance with applicable accounting standards. * Ensure all statutory filings are completed accurately, in full, and in line with regulatory deadlines. Management Reporting * Own the month end close process, ensuring a controlled, timely, and accurate close across all business units and geographies. * Produce high quality monthly and quarterly management reporting packs, ensuring financial performance is presented clearly, accurately, and with appropriate insight. Drive consistency in reporting standards, templates, and methodologies across all countries. Audit & Compliance * Lead the annual external audit process, ensuring timely preparation of audit schedules, coordination with auditors, and resolution of queries. * Maintain a strong internal control environment, ensuring policies, procedures, and reconciliations are adhered to across all jurisdictions. * Ensure compliance with all relevant accounting, legal, regulatory, and internal governance requirements. Process Optimisation & Automation * Identify, design, and deliver process improvements to enhance control, reduce risk, and improve reporting accuracy and speed. * Drive automation and system optimisation across financial control processes, collaborating closely with technology and systems teams. * Standardise workflows, documentation, and control processes across countries to ensure consistency and operational efficiency. Stakeholder Management * Work closely with Finance Operations, FP&A, Tax, Treasury, and other internal functions to ensure cohesive financial reporting and alignment with organisational priorities. * Provide financial insights and technical accounting guidance to senior leadership, country teams, and project teams. * Support strategic initiatives through accurate, timely financial information and strong financial governance. Service-Level & Performance Management * Develop, monitor, and continually improve SLAs and KPIs for Financial Control activities. * Ensure all tasks—month end, quarter end, annual reporting, statutory filings—are delivered accurately and on schedule. * Monitor and communicate performance metrics and control exceptions, driving accountability across the team. Qualifications, Knowledge & Experience: Qualifications Fully qualified accountant (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent). University degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related discipline preferred. Knowledge & Experience * Significant experience in Financial Control leadership roles, including managing statutory and management reporting in a multi entity or multi country environment. * Strong technical accounting expertise, ideally with experience in IFRS accounting frameworks. * Proven experience managing group consolidation processes and complex audits. * Demonstrated success in improving, automating, and standardising financial processes. * Experience leading geographically dispersed teams and working in a multinational or foundation/non profit environment (advantageous). * Strong understanding of internal controls, risk management, and financial compliance frameworks. * Experience with ERP and consolidation systems (e.g. Microsoft Business Central). Skills & Attributes * Strong leadership and people management skills, with the ability to coach and develop high performance teams. * High technical competence with exceptional attention to detail. * Excellent analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex financial information. * Strong communication skills, with the ability to present clearly to senior stakeholders and non finance audiences. * Highly organised, deadline driven, and able to manage multiple competing priorities. * Proactive, solutions focused mindset with a strong drive for continuous improvement. * High integrity, sound judgement, and a commitment to strong financial governance. * Ability to work effectively across cultures, countries, and diverse teams. Application closing date: 30th June 2026 Please note that while we have a closing date for this application, we reserve the right to interview candidates and potentially close the role early should we find a suitable candidate.   About us At the IFRS Foundation, we believe better information leads to better decisions. We set financial reporting standards that enable companies to meet the evolving information needs of the global capital markets. United by our purpose to foster trust, growth and long-term financial stability in the global economy, we engage in challenging, meaningful work every day—across all our areas of expertise. If you share our passion for this mission, we want to hear from you. Diverse perspectives. International expertise. Working for our global organisation offers many benefits, including: * rewarding work that serves the public interest; * engagement with diverse international experts; * inclusive and collaborative teams; * intellectually challenging projects; * flexible working arrangements; * numerous areas of specialisation; and * opportunities for professional growth and development. Diversity and inclusion are seen as key strengths of our organisation. These qualities are essential for us to engage with and meet the needs of our varied global stakeholders, and they are part of what makes the IFRS Foundation a great place to work. #LI-MM1

Behavox

ABOUT BEHAVOX Behavox is shaping the future for how businesses harness their most important raw material - data. Our mission is bold: Organize enterprise data into actionable information that protects and promotes the business growth of multinational companies around the world.  From managing enterprise risk and compliance to maximizing revenue and value, our data operating platform presents a widespread opportunity to build multilingual, AI/ML-based solutions that activate data for every function within a global enterprise.  Our approach is unique, and it’s validated by our customers who tell us to keep forging ahead because no one else is aggregating, analyzing, and acting on data to uncover opportunities or solve problems quite the way we are. We are looking for fearless innovators who have an insatiable appetite for building what no one has built before.  This is a hybrid role with 1 day in the office.  About the Role The Head of Finance reports to the Chief Operating Officer and leads the finance function for a global business generating over $50M in revenue, with a growth trajectory toward $100M over the next 3–5 years. The finance function must scale with that trajectory, built to investor-grade standard and ahead of the curve the business is on. The role is accountable for financial planning, accounting, reporting, treasury, compliance, controls, and investor-facing outputs across a multi-currency, multi-jurisdiction environment. The role serves as the senior financial advisor to the CEO and COO on forecasting, liquidity, capital structure, financing strategy, investment decisions, and growth planning. Behavox has a mature M&A strategy in place as one of several growth levers, and the Head of Finance is expected to bring strong hands-on financial modelling capability to acquisition evaluation, financing analysis, scenario planning, and post-transaction financial integration planning. The Head of Finance is also accountable for building a scalable, AI-native finance function. This includes managing the finance team, maturing financial systems and processes, implementing end-to-end automation, integrating AI-enabled workflows, and improving the speed, accuracy, control, and maintainability of finance operations. What You'll Bring 1. Enterprise FP&A and financial model architecture – Knowledge of forecasting, budgeting, scenario planning, revenue planning, cash flow modelling, and investment analysis. Applies this knowledge to support executive decisions, M&A evaluation, financing strategy, and board, investor, and lender reporting. 2. Capital structure and treasury – Knowledge of financing instruments, liquidity planning, banking relationships, debt facilities, covenants, FX exposure, and cash controls. Applies this knowledge to support growth while managing funding risk, timing, and cost of capital. 3. Global accounting and multi-jurisdictional reporting – Knowledge of accounting standards, revenue recognition, consolidation, intercompany accounting, transfer pricing, and financial controls across jurisdictions. Applies this knowledge to ensure financial outputs are accurate, consistent, and controlled. 4. Finance operating model and team leadership – Knowledge of how to structure finance teams, processes, systems, workflows, access controls, documentation, and operating cadences. Applies this knowledge to build a scalable and maintainable finance function with clear ownership and reduced key-person dependency. 5. AI-native finance systems and automation – Knowledge of finance systems, workflow automation, AI-enabled tooling, agentic processes, and data flows across financial operations. Applies this knowledge to identify, assess, and implement technology that improves accuracy, efficiency, control, and scalability. What You'll Do 1. Finance function leadership – Leads the finance team and owns the finance operating model across FP&A, accounting, reporting, treasury, controls, compliance, and investor relations. Holds ultimate accountability for output quality, role clarity, control discipline, and scalability. 2. Financial modelling and strategic analysis – Personally owns the quality and logic of the company’s core financial models. Reviews, challenges, and helps the team refine models used for forecasting, M&A, financing, scenario planning, and executive decision-making. 3. Budgeting, revenue planning, and performance reporting – Drives the annual budget, re-forecasting cadence, and management reporting process. Ensures Sales, RevOps, People, and Finance inputs are translated into controlled planning outputs, including pipeline-to-revenue bridges, personnel budgets, non-personnel budgets, commissions accruals, opex and capex. 4. Treasury and capital planning oversight – Oversees cash forecasting, liquidity planning, banking relationships, costs controls, payment controls, debt facilities, covenant reporting, FX exposure, and financing analysis. Provides senior judgement on capital structure, financing timing, and cost of capital. 5. Close, audit, compliance, and automation governance – Holds ultimate accountability for close, consolidation, audit readiness, statutory compliance, accounting policy application, transfer pricing coordination, and investor reporting. Ensures the team has the systems, controls, automation, documentation, and advisor support required to execute consistently. What We Offer * The opportunity to work on a global, mission-critical AI platform alongside the best engineers and technologists across multiple geographies * A role with real ownership and impact, building complex systems at scale in an environment that values speed, experimentation, and technical excellence * A highly attractive benefits package, including competitive cash compensation, an equity award aligned with long-term value creation, and comprehensive health insurance for employees and their families * Modern, comfortable offices in Montreal/Toronto/London, with an expectation of (hybrid) working from the office 1 day per week, reflecting our belief in strong in-person collaboration.  * A generous time-off policy of 30 days annually, plus public holidays and sick leave, recognizing the importance of sustained high performance About Our Process We take Talent very seriously and we are building a community of extraordinary individuals working together in very high performing teams. We also know that the best Talent always has options so we believe that the process has to be a two way assessment - the company AND the candidate assessing the business needs alignment, the career next step alignment, and the cultural alignment.  During the process we will begin by exploring the core factors regarding salary and location along with core experience and skills and values alignment. We will then deep dive explore the critical technical competencies we have identified for the role, and then we will deep dive in behavioral competencies. The most aligned candidate will then be asked to do a practical work task simulation activity so we can make sure that you will enjoy the kind of work the role requires, and this task will typically be presented and discussed with a group of colleagues and managers. Finally we will ask you to meet with a number of our senior leaders to make sure that you are making the most informed call possible. Please note that: * We want to get to know you and have a genuine conversation, so the use of AI tools or assistance during live interviews is strictly prohibited and will result in immediate disqualification from the process.  * Interviews may be recorded for internal review purposes to ensure fairness and enable collaborative hiring discussions within the team.

Sumup

Senior Strategic Business Partner  SumUp is building a full-featured personal account for consumers across Europe- making it easy to spend globally, manage money, and get rewarded for everyday spending. As our Senior People Partner, you'll act as the strategic right hand to the Tribe Lead, helping shape how one of SumUp's newest and fastest-growing businesses scales. This role will focus on driving strategic people initiatives, leading high-impact programmes, and ensuring the organisation is set up to scale successfully. Working at the intersection of strategy, operations and people, you'll partner closely with senior leaders, Talent Acquisition, Finance and the wider People team to turn ambitious business goals into practical execution. You'll use your deep people expertise to influence organisational decisions, build high-performing teams and create the operating rhythm that allows the business to scale. WHAT YOU'LL DO * Act as the strategic operating partner to the Tribe Lead, helping shape organisational priorities and ensuring key initiatives are executed successfully. * Own the tribe's people strategy, translating business objectives into clear workforce, organisational and talent plans. * Lead cross-functional strategic programmes across hiring, organisational design, leadership development, engagement and performance. * Drive the operating cadence of the leadership team, tracking priorities, surfacing risks and ensuring delivery against key people and business goals. * Partner closely with Talent Acquisition to drive hiring strategy, monitor pipeline health, remove blockers and ensure hiring plans stay on track. * Work alongside Finance and leadership to support workforce planning, organisational effectiveness and headcount decisions. * Adapt and evolve SumUp's people programmes to meet the needs of a fast-moving incubation business, knowing when to leverage existing frameworks and when to build something new. * Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on organisational health, performance, succession planning and leadership effectiveness. * Use data and AI-powered tools to identify trends, improve decision-making and scale people operations through smarter ways of working. YOU'LL BE GREAT FOR THIS ROLE IF... * You've worked in a similar role or as a Chief of Staff, Operating Partner,or Senior Business Partner in a fast-growing technology company. * HR expertise but naturally think beyond HR, using people strategy to solve broader business challenges. * Highly strategic but equally comfortable rolling up your sleeves to make things happen. * You have experience leading complex, cross-functional programmes and influencing senior stakeholders without direct authority. * Thrive in ambiguity and enjoy building structure where little exists. * You have strong organisational design, workforce planning and talent management experience. * Commercially minded, analytical and comfortable using data to shape decisions and challenge thinking. * Excited by AI and new technologies, constantly looking for ways to improve how teams operate and scale. WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN SUMUP * 🌎 Opportunity to work with a truly global, multicultural team from our central Covent Garden location, wrapped in historic charm and modern flair. This involves an office-first setup * 🌈 Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: be part of a workplace that values and promotes diversity, fostering an inclusive environment where everyone's perspectives are respected and embraced * 🚀 Enrolment onto our Virtual Stock Option programme: you will own a stake in SumUp's future success * 🏖 Generous time off: enjoy 28 days of paid leave, plus bank holidays and special leaves * 📚 A dedicated annual L&D budget for attending conferences and/or advancing your career through further education * 🏥 Health matters: private health insurance, including optical and dental * 🚗 Life made easier: salary-sacrifice commuter benefits via Gogeta * 💼 Financial security: retirement scheme (SumUp matches 7% when you contribute 5%) * 🛡 Peace of mind: life insurance from MetLife for 2× your salary * 🌴 Break4me: 1-month sabbatical after 3 years of service * 🔗 Referral Bonus: earn additional rewards by referring talented individuals to join the SumUp team ABOUT SUMUP Be empowered to do more that matters. At SumUp, we're on a mission to empower small businesses across the globe by providing simple and affordable tools that allow them to thrive. Today, over 4 million businesses in 37 markets rely on SumUp as their financial partner to manage payments, finance and customer relationships. Our commitment to small businesses is reflected in our diverse team of over 3,000 SumUppers from over 90 nationalities, united by global collaboration and an innovative mindset. Our core values lay the foundation for who we are and what we stand for, shaping our work culture and driving our success. We foster inclusivity and a continuous learning culture, providing a safe space for personal and professional growth. Our differences make us unique and strong as we strive to create an environment where everyone belongs and feels supported, no matter how they identify. SumUp is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, actively seeking and embracing diversity in our workforce. We don't make hiring or employment decisions based on race, colour, religion or religious belief, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other basis protected by applicable laws or prohibited by company policy. Our commitment extends beyond recruitment to creating a safe and respectful workplace where harassment of any form is strictly prohibited. Discover more about our culture and opportunities on our careers website, and follow our journey on LinkedIn, Instagram, and TikTok. Job Application Tip We recognise that candidates feel they need to meet 100% of the job criteria in order to apply for a job. Please note that this is only a guide. If you don’t tick every box, it’s ok too because it means you have room to learn and develop your career at SumUp.