VP Of Finance

Immersive Labs

Immersive Labs

Accounting & Finance
Bristol, UK
Posted on Jan 20, 2024

About Immersive Labs:

Immersive Labs is the leader in people-centric cyber resilience. We help organizations continuously assess, build, and prove their cyber workforce resilience for teams across the entire organization, from front-line cybersecurity and development teams to Board-level executives. We provide realistic simulations and hands-on cybersecurity labs to evaluate individual and team capabilities and decision-making against the latest threats.

https://www.immersivelabs.com/why-immersive-labs

Where we are now

Immersive Labs was founded in 2017, from a cargo container in Bristol, UK we’ve grown to over 300 employees globally, announced funding of more than £150 million and been voted a Best place to work for the last 3 years running! We are trusted by the world’s largest organizations including KPMG, Sophos and the NHS to measure, map to risk, and optimize the human cyber abilities of their entire workforce.

https://careers.immersivelabs.com/our-story/

We encourage people of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to maintaining an inclusive, supportive place for you to be you and do your very best work.

VP of Finance

This is an exciting opportunity to join us as VP of Finance and work closely with our CFO as Immersive enter an exciting period of growth and maturity.

In this role you will drive key decisions within the business and support us with our growth journey. You will be responsible for leading and developing both the operational and commercial finance team whilst also overseeing all disciplines within the finance org - including accounts payable and receivable, payroll, treasury, tax and financial accounting and reporting.

As VP of Finance, you will ensure that Immersive’s financial systems are robust, compliant, and support both our current activities and future growth requirements.

There are 10 of us in the finance department and we’re all in our amazing Bristol office at least once a week so ideally you will be based in Bristol or within a reasonable distance to be an active presence at our HQ.

If you are passionate about leading a team and creating strong stakeholder relationships then this could be the opportunity for you to make a real lasting impact within a growing cyber organization.

Your main responsibilities (we're scaling fast, so these may change as we grow):

  • Creation and delivery of the finance and accounting strategy for the group

  • Support stakeholders to make data driven decisions

  • Monitor key performance indicators across all areas - highlighting trends and identifying causes of unexpected variances.

  • Lead the FP&A team to achieve delivery of all FP&A goals

  • Own the group strategy across all areas of the business, challenging assumption and using data to drive decision making.

  • Act as a key member of the Executive team and collaborate with senior leadership to formulate growth strategy and business planning

You should apply if you have ​​(we know it’s tough, but please try to avoid the ​​confidence gap​.​​ You don’t have to match all the listed requirements exactly to be considered for this role):

  • Be a fully qualified ACA accountant with a number of years of experience in a senior financial role with proven success and tenure

  • Ideally, a background working for a large international organisation, with the strong financial and commercial acumen that comes from this experience

  • Have experience in SaaS organisations and extensive knowledge of key SaaS metrics.

  • Have strong interpersonal skills and be able to work in partnership with stakeholders at all levels.

Bonus:

  • Experience of working in a high growth organisation

Immersive Labs’ growth has been fuelled by our values that underpin everything we do, here's how they relate to this role:

  • Driven - continuously improving on who we are and what we do.

  • Inclusive - valuing different opinions and beliefs.

  • Customer Obsessed - We seek to develop deep relationships with our customers to help them achieve their business outcomes.

  • One Team - We are a talented global team working together to achieve our vision.

If you would like to read more about what you can expect from our recruitment process, you can visit our dedicated interview process page.

As well as an inclusive, supportive place for you to be you. We offer an extensive range of benefits so you can do your very best work:

  • Time off, flexible and remote working so you can work when is best for you, includes 25 days annual leave + 2 volunteering days and birthday half day

  • Look after your family and yourself with enhanced parental leave, mindfulness groups, critical illness cover, 7% matched pension, health plan and more

  • Career and learning development through the platform and our ‘Learn Anything’ fund

  • Recognition & Rewards for doing great work and living our values and behaviours

  • Informal or formal flexible working options, e.g. flexible start and finish times, reduced hours, job share, remote working

  • We’re a sociable, tight-knit team with monthly socials, and sports clubs. Our socials have included everything from pottery painting and paper mask making, to movie nights and escape rooms

  • When you do visit the UK hub getting there is easy: we’re based in the centre of Bristol, just a 10 minute walk from the train station. We also offer railcard loan and cycle scheme to buy a new bike

Find out more at https://careers.immersivelabs.com

Cyber threats wait for no one and neither should you. Apply now!