Finance Director

About Aphex

We're the construction planning platform replacing outdated spreadsheets with multiplayer tools that delivery teams love. Major contractors like Laing O'Rourke, Acciona, CPB Contractors, and McConnell Dowell use Aphex to deliver projects from £50 million to multi-billion pound mega projects.

We're market-leading in Australia and the UK, with early traction in North America. Our teams support the people building the roads, rail, tunnels, and hospitals that millions rely on every day.

We're building the global orchestration platform for major project delivery—multiple products, multiple geographies, and the team to make it happen.

The Role

We're hiring a Finance Director to build the finance function for the next phase.

We've scaled with a tiny finance team and a lot of resourcefulness. That got us here. It won't get us to where we're going. We need someone to professionalise finance without over-engineering it—build the infrastructure for scale while keeping us fast.

You'll inherit a working system, not a blank slate. External accountants in UK and AUS. Rippling for payroll. Xero, Chargebee, Airwallex. A family office FD who's done a brilliant job and will stay on as oversight. Your job is to take ownership, raise the bar, and build a small team that punches above its weight.

What You'll Do

Own the numbers

The financial model is yours. Forecasts, scenarios, cash runway, sensitivity analysis. When the CEO asks "what if we accelerate NA hiring by 6 months?" you have the answer—or you know how to get it fast. You're not just reporting what happened; you're pressure-testing what's next.

Run the machine

Month-end close across two entities. Payroll in four countries. Multi-currency treasury. Intercompany accounting. Revenue recognition on a subscription model. Billing and collections. Commission calculations. None of this is optional, and none of it should require heroics every month. Your job is to systematise it.

Build the team

You'll hire and lead a small finance team—probably 1-2 people focused on finance operations. We're automation-first: every process you build should assume you won't have headcount to throw at it.

Be in the room

This isn't a back-office role. You'll be in leadership meetings, challenging assumptions, flagging risks, and helping the business make better decisions. When we're debating whether to open a new market or accelerate a product bet, finance has a seat at the table.

Why This Matters

We're building a global platform. New markets opening. Multiple products in flight. The decisions we make in the next few years will determine whether we become the category leader or an also-ran.

Finance isn't a support function here—it's how we know if our bets are working. We need someone who can give us that visibility without slowing us down. Someone who builds for the long term but moves fast in the short term.

This is a CFO-track role. We're not hiring a caretaker; we're hiring someone to build a crack finance operation and be around the table as we build the company.

About You

You've done this before (or you're ready to)

You've been FD or Head of Finance at a scaling company—or you've been the senior finance person doing FD-level work without the title. Either way, you know what good looks like and you're not intimidated by building it.

You're commercial, not just technical

You can close the books, but that's table stakes. What matters is whether you can translate the numbers into decisions. Can you sit in a leadership meeting and add value beyond the finance update? Can you challenge a plan that doesn't make sense?

You build small, efficient teams

You don't want a big team to manage. You want a small team that ships. You think about automation first, headcount second. You set high standards and hold people to them.

Essential:

• SaaS/subscription revenue model experience

• Multi-entity, multi-currency operations

• Strong FP&A skills—can build and own the model

• Experience building or leading finance teams

• Clear communicator who translates numbers into decisions

Highly valued:

• Experience scaling a finance function through significant growth

• Vertical SaaS or construction/infrastructure exposure

• Xero, Chargebee, Airwallex, Rippling familiarity

• Investor reporting and board experience

Not looking for:

• Audit/compliance backgrounds without commercial experience

• Finance-as-gatekeeper mindset

• Discomfort with ambiguity

What We Offer

Work & Culture:

• Hybrid role based in London (2 days in office)

• Flexible working with async collaboration across UK and APAC

• A leadership team that values finance as a strategic partner

Strategic Impact:

• CFO-track role with genuine pathway

• Direct CEO relationship with real influence

• Build the finance function your way

Team Connection:

• 2x annual team offsites (recent trips: Da Nang, Siquijor)

• Monthly online socials with Airwallex card for team activities