Finance Manager

Job description

What We’re All About. Quantexa is a global leader in AI-powered Decision Intelligence. As one of the UK's fastest-growing tech companies, we're on a mission to help organizations make better, more trusted decisions. As we continue our rapid global expansion, we are looking for a commercially minded and technically strong Finance Manager to join our dynamic finance team. At Q, we’re looking for people who share that vision. People like you. The opportunity. We are seeking a highly detail-oriented and commercially astute Finance Manager to play a pivotal role in safeguarding and optimising revenue performance across our global business. As a trusted Finance Business Partner to our sales, delivery, and operations teams, you will take ownership of revenue recognition and gross margin integrity, ensuring compliance with IFRS 15 while providing clear, actionable insights that influence deal structuring, project performance, and strategic decision-making. This is a high-impact role at the heart of a fast-growing, global SaaS organization—offering the opportunity to gain deep exposure to complex customer contracts, regional commercial dynamics, and evolving revenue models, while driving automation and continuous improvement across financial processes. What you’ll be doing. - Lead regional month-end close activities with a focus on revenue recognition (IFRS 15 / GAAP), project cost validation, and gross margin reporting, ensuring compliance with internal policies and external accounting standards. - Own transactional accuracy across revenue, cost of sales, project setup, contract amendments, and change orders, ensuring all financial data flows correctly through to gross margin, project, and customer analysis. - Prepare and reconcile deferred and accrued revenue schedules, validating the completeness and accuracy of supporting documentation. - Deliver actionable insights to commercial and delivery teams, highlighting trends, risks, and opportunities to optimise project profitability and revenue performance. - Partner with cross-functional teams (Sales, Delivery, Operations, and Legal) to understand commercial activity, project performance, and operational drivers impacting financial results. - Support global audit and compliance requirements, providing timely reconciliations, evidence, and documentation for internal and external auditors. - Drive process improvements and automation across reporting, data capture, and financial processes, enhancing efficiency, control, and scalability (such as NetSuite and Salesforce integrations). - Contribute to the design and implementation of new financial processes, ensuring alignment with global standards and best practice. - Support ad hoc commercial analysis and business projects, providing insights that influence decision-making across the organisation. What you’ll bring. - Qualified accountant – ACA / ACCA / CIMA. - Significant experience in a relevant accounting role, with a strong focus on revenue recognition in a commercial environment. - Proven hands-on experience applying IFRS 15 revenue recognition principles (experience with US GAAP is highly advantageous). - Demonstrated experience reviewing and assessing customer contracts, including multi-element arrangements, deferred revenue, and contract modifications. - Experience operating as a Finance Business Partner, working closely with commercial teams to support deal structuring, pricing, and revenue treatment decisions. - Strong understanding of SaaS or subscription-based revenue models (highly desirable). - Experience automating and improving processes through systemisation and controls. - Experience building and preparing reporting packs using a reporting tool. - Advanced Excel skills. - Ability to work under pressure, manage competing priorities, and operate effectively in a fast-paced environment. Our perks and quirks. What makes you Q will help you to realise your full potential, flourish and enjoy what you do, while being recognised and rewarded with our broad range of benefits. We offer: - Competitive salary & Company bonus - 25 days annual leave (with the option of buying up to 5 days, and rolling over up to 10), plus national holidays + your birthday off! - Pension scheme with a company contribution of 6% (when you contribute 3%) - Private Healthcare, including dental & optic cover - Life Insurance and Income Protection - Regularly bench-marked salary rates - Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, or Shared Parental Leave - Well-being days - Volunteer Day off - Work from Home Equipment - Commuter, Tech and cycle to work schemes - Free Subscription to a meditation, relaxation and sleep app - Continuous Training and Development - Spend up to 2 months working outside of your country of employment over a rolling 12-month period with our ‘Work from Anywhere’ policy - Team Social Budget & Company-wide Socials Our mission. We have one