Finance Manager

Company Background

ValStream serves to deliver significant savings to our customers by turning their procurement models upside down through the provision of key data insights. 

Having invested heavily in innovation and product over the last 5 years the business has built a global-first digitisation and structuring SaaS platform with unique analysis tools for both single and aggregate data sets. 

Our impressive team have a proven track record in data value creation, aviation and SaaS and are on a mission to achieve global success as we deliver accurate and insightful data. The business truly has no peers in its execution and creates genuine and demonstrable value for its customers. 

ValStream are all about innovation and integrity over ego. Ready for a challenge? Then please read on…

Role Summary

It is an exciting time to join ValStream as we gear for growth, expand our customer base and continue to explore global markets. If you are passionate about helping business’ build back better, love data and its uses and enjoy being part of a welcoming group, ValStream may be a perfect platform to enable you to express and enhance your talents. 

The Finance Manager reports to the Finance Director to support and facilitate finance team operations for the ValStream Group.

This is very much a hands-on operational role, working within a lean, value adding finance team. The role requires accuracy, timely delivery and communication and lots of enthusiasm.

The role requires a working knowledge of Xero and integrated apps and would best suit an AAT+ qualified professional with an appetite to work and grow in a dynamic, challenging start-up environment.

With a broad remit, company secretarial and core administration skills are a real plus!

Your New Team

The Finance team is responsible for putting in place appropriate systems and processes to keep the business financially sustainable and compliant.

The key objectives for the finance team are focused on delivering continuous improvement to drive business value.

As we enter 2026, the team are defining objectives in respect of funding, people, systems, outputs and engagement for the ValStream Group.

Key Stakeholders

·     Finance Director

·     Finance & Admin Executive

·     Outsourced financial advisors, accountants, auditors and payroll bureau

·     Wider leadership team and business units

·     Suppliers and customers

·     And, as a key finance team contact and business partner, all staff for ad hoc finance queries

Role & Responsibilities

The Customer Success Director (CSD) role main responsibility is to ensure the delivery of agreed software and services to their designated customer accounts, ensuring all contractual requirements are met and proactively driving added value to their customers whilst delivering P&L targets.

Reporting to VP Customer Success with direct reporting CSM’s and account support functions from analysis, operations and product departments.

Key Responsibilities

The following reflects ValStream definition of essential deliverables and activities for this position, but this does not restrict the tasks that may be assigned. The business may assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this post at any time, due to reasonable accommodation or other business reasons:

Bookkeeping and general

·     Maintenance of bookkeeping records including the review of supporting documentation and approval of transactions in Xero and integrated apps, timely reconciliations, treasury management and expense administration

·     Valued input into the development and documentation of financial policies and standard operating procedures for the finance team

·     Proactively promote the visibility of the finance team to add value to the business through effective business partnering and recommendations

·     Accounts payable responsibilities including

·     Accounts receivable responsibilities

·     Identification of opportunities and recommendations for automation of processes and sophistication of approval workflows as we gear for growth

Month end

·     Month end balance sheet responsibilities including timely reconciliation of lead schedules for the group, prior to review

·     Automation of standard accounting journals and bank rules on Xero

·     Support the timely delivery of consolidated management information for the group and reconciliation of intercompany transactions and balances

·     UK VAT compliance and owner of the relationship with the outsourced UK payroll bureau sales tax advisors and overseas payroll platform Gusto

Year end

·     Duties include assistance with year-end actions and the preparation of robust reconciliations and other audit deliverables in coordination with the FD

Forecasting

·     Assistance with monthly update of forecast model and scenario planning in coordination with the FD

·     Effective cashflow management and forecast maintenance

Wider duties

·     Assistance with employment related securities compliance

·     Support with EIS administration and compliance

·     Preparation of deliverables for R&D advisor to support tax credit claim

·     Support with investor materials in coordination with the Finance Director

Assistance with the maintenance of statutory books and company secretarial support for the business

Person Specification

·     AAT+ qualified or with demonstrably similar level of technical knowledge

·     Successful track record operating as finance manager level within a small team

·     Strong IT skills including a working knowledge of SharePoint, Xero and integrated apps and advance excel

·     Excellent organizational and communication skills

·     Strong work ethic and a commitment to ValStream mission and values

·     Comfortable taking on new challenges and keen to learn new skills

·     Ability to prioritise and deliver

·     Strong knowledge of UK GAAP including revenue recognition, leases and right of use assets, intercompany transactions and development capitalisation

·     Proven capability working within:

o  an innovative start-up, gearing for growth

o  a paperless setting

o  an international group dealing with multiple currencies and local compliance