Finance Director (1st hire)– Seed stage eCommerce
Ref: 2691 Date Posted: Monday 29 Sep 2025 LinkedInFacebookX
100% office based (West London)
£110/120k + options
Talentedge are proud to be partnering with an early stage, rapid scale eCommerce startup who are already generating sales of £400k+ p/m having only started trading within the last 18 months. Having recently secured a significant amount of Seed investment from a well known VC, this is an incredibly exciting time to join.
As Finance Director (1st finance hire), you’ll work in close partnership with the extremely passionate & ambitious Co-Founders on scaling the business internationally.
You’ll be amazing for this role if you are a strong coder, a strategic and commercially focused accountant, have a high passion for consumer products & love startups!
Key responsibilities:
1. Design and roll out key scalable processes, controls and systems, utilising technology to automate
2. Own monthly management and annual statutory reporting
3. Prepare strategic, commercial and financial objectives for the business
4. Business partner cross-functionally, in particular with Product, Data and GTM teams
5. Work closely with Founding team on international expansion
6. Drive future VC fundraising rounds
Profile:
7. ACA qualified with a strong academic background (in this instance a STEM degree from a top university)
8. Software engineering / coding exposure
9. Experience of working within a high growth D2C / eCommerce / FMCG business that has scaled rapidly
10. Fundraising exposure
11. Strong analytical and data visualisation skills with advanced Excel
12. Xero + wider ecosystem of apps exposure
Please get in touch ASAP as this role will not be around for too long!