Group Finance Director

🕒 September 7

🌐 United Kingdom, Italy, +3 more countries – Remote

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote 🇮🇹 Italy – Remote 🇵🇹 Portugal – Remote 🇪🇸 Spain – Remote 🇫🇷 France – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

💸 Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

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Modaxo

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1001 - 5000 employees

🚗 Transport

☁️ SaaS

🤝 B2B

Transport • SaaS • B2B

Modaxo is a global acquirer and operator of vertical-market software companies that power people transportation. The company provides a permanent, long-term home for transport-focused software businesses, offering financial backing, collaborative autonomy, and a people-first culture while keeping brands and teams independent. Modaxo’s portfolio covers software for buses, rail, demand response, taxis, private cars and aviation, and it focuses on scaling solutions that improve planning, payments, safety, and operational efficiency across public and commercial transport.

📋 Description

• Own financial strategy, statutory reporting and financial governance across the Group • Provide the Group Leader and BU Managing Directors with financial insight and control • Work on a dotted-line basis with the Portfolio CFO for the Eskenazi Portfolio • Lead annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting and long-range financial planning across all four businesses • Own the Group's Quarterly Strategic Review process, including sales pipeline and cost analysis, forecast development and improvement opportunities • Lead initiatives to improve ROIC, working capital and growth performance; advise on market and deal pricing • Own consolidated statutory reporting and Group-level financial performance reporting to Modaxo Finance • Oversee internal and statutory audits for all business units • Ensure compliance with local statutory and tax requirements, IFRS 15 revenue recognition and project accounting • Maintain a consistent chart of accounts and reporting calendar • Establish and maintain the financial control framework • Identify, monitor and mitigate financial and commercial risk; review bid and contract terms • Approve and monitor capital expenditure and investment cases • Escalate material financial risk to relevant Group, Portfolio and Modaxo stakeholders • Line manage the Group Financial Controller and act as escalation point for finance judgement calls • Partner with BU Managing Directors and Finance Heads • Build finance capability and consistent ways of working across the Group • Support acquisition due diligence and lead financial integration of newly acquired businesses, including finance resource, systems, processes and KPI education

🎯 Requirements

• Experienced finance leader with a track record of owning financial control and reporting across multiple businesses or entities • Ideally experienced within a multi-entity or private equity-backed group structure spanning more than one country • Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) • Significant experience in a senior finance leadership role spanning multiple business units or legal entities • Track record of managing statutory reporting, external audit and IFRS 15 revenue recognition across more than one jurisdiction • Experience building and leading a finance function, including direct line management of a Financial Controller • Strong working knowledge of financial control frameworks and risk management • Comfortable operating with a high degree of autonomy and holding a Group Leader and BU Managing Directors to account on financial matters • Desirable: experience in a software, technology or B2G/B2B services business • Desirable: experience integrating newly acquired businesses into a Group finance function • Desirable: experience working across Portugal, Italy, the UK and/or Israel

🏖️ Benefits

• Regular travel to all four Modaxo business units is required