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Job Title:

Finance Director

Reports to:

CFO

Location:

Manchester (site based 4-5 days a week)

Contract Type:

Permanent / Full-Time

Salary & Benefits:

Competitive Salary + Benefits Package

Overall responsibility:

As Finance Director, you will play a key hands-on role in helping drive the financial strategy of the company, ensuring compliance with AIM & Euronext Growth rules, delivering accurate and timely financial reporting, and supporting strategic decision-making at the highest level.

Key areas of responsibility:

Strategic & Financial Leadership

Provide financial insight and analysis to support strategic and operational decision-making. Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning.

AIM & Euronext Compliance & Governance

Ensure compliance with AIM & Euronext Rules for Companies, including timely publication of regulatory announcements, interim and annual reports. Liaise with auditors, legal advisors, and other external stakeholders. Maintain robust internal controls and risk management processes. Support board governance, including preparation of board papers. Ensure that the finance systems and control processes in place are sufficient to pass the annual finance IT audit

Financial Operations & Reporting

Oversee all financial and management reporting, ensuring accuracy and integrity. Participate in the monthly sales scrum and monthly business review meetings. Manage the Group and local statutory audit processes and the relationship with external auditors. Ensure compliance with IFRS and all relevant tax and regulatory requirements. Oversee multi-country payroll.

Team Leadership

Lead and develop the finance team, building a high-performance culture including running monthly team meetings. Work collaboratively with other departments to embed financial discipline across the organisation.

Risk Management:

Identifying and mitigating financial risks, ensuring the company's assets are protected.

Compliance:

Ensuring adherence to all relevant financial regulations and reporting requirements.

Strategic Input:

Contributing to the overall business strategy, providing financial analysis and insights to support decision-making.

Stakeholder Management:

Effectively communicating financial information to various stakeholders, including the board, investors, and other team members.

Commercial Acumen:

Understanding the broader business landscape and how financial decisions impact the overall success of the company.

Other

Support and lead ad hoc projects as necessary. Work collaboratively with other departments to embed financial discipline across the organisation.

Supervisory/Management Responsibilities:

Lead the finance team

Qualifications, Skills and Abilities:

A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with significant experience in a senior financial role. A strong academic background in finance, accounting, or a related field. Proven experience as Finance Director or senior financial leadership role ideally in a publicly listed company; AIM or Euronext experience highly desirable. Strong knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Experience in leading and managing a finance team, with the ability to inspire and motivate others. Ability to communicate financial information clearly and concisely to both financial and non-financial audiences. Ability to analyse financial data, identify trends, and develop strategic recommendations. Understanding of the business environment and the impact of financial decisions on the overall business strategy. Familiarity with financial software and systems - Sage and NetSuite preferred. Strong MS Office skills Understanding of the unique challenges and opportunities of working in a smaller business environment.

Closing Date:

Friday 1st August 2025

Equal opportunities:

Yourgene Health and the Novacyt Group of companies provides equal employment opportunities for all current employees and applicants for employment. This policy means that no one will be discriminated against because of race, religion, creed, color, national origin, nationality, citizenship, ancestry, sex, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, genetic predisposing characteristics or any other basis prohibited by law.

Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives:

Yourgene Health and the Novacyt Group of companies is not accepting unsolicited resumes from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. Resumes submitted to any Yourgene Health and Novacyt Group employee by a third party agency and/or search firm without a valid written and signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Yourgene Health and the Novacyt Group of companies. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you.