Head of Finance

Company Overview

team.blue is an ecosystem of 60+ successful brands working together across 22 European countries to provide its 3.3 million SMB customers with everything they need to succeed online by offering best-in-class expertise and services.

team.blue's brands are a mix of traditional hosting businesses that offer services from domain names, email, shared hosting, e-commerce, and server hosting solutions and, as specialist SaaS providers, adjacent products such as compliance, marketing tools, and team collaboration products. This broad product offering makes it a one-stop partner for online businesses and entrepreneurs across Europe.

About the role

We are seeking a strategic Head of finance to partner with our Portfolio Director for the Engagement cluster (Sales & Marketing products), covering operations across France, Czech Republic, Spain, Switzerland, and Austria.

This is a pivotal role that bridges Group finance and regional operations, driving financial performance and enabling strategic decision-making across multiple markets. You will be the trusted financial adviser, providing insights that shape the direction of our Engagement cluster.

You will report into the Divisional CFO of the SaaS function, with dotted line management of the local finance teams within the Engagement businesses.

Key responsibilities

Strategic partnership

• Provide strategic financial insights and analysis to the Portfolio Director.

• Act as trusted business partner, challenging assumptions and driving commercial decision-making

• Support development and execution of Engagement strategy with robust financial planning

Financial planning and analysis

• Oversee budgeting, forecasting, and long-term business planning processes for the Engagement cluster.

• Analyse financial performance of the Engagement cluster, working with the local finance leads to identify trends and opportunities

• Drive operational efficiency and margin improvement initiatives

Reporting and governance

• Ensure month-end and year-end reporting processes carried out correctly by the local Finance teams, providing support where needed in Group consolidation.

• Ensure compliance with group policies and local financial reporting and regulations

• Partner with Group Finance on consolidation and reporting requirements

• Adopt statutory board positions where required across the Engagement entities

Acquisitions

• Partner with the Portfolio Director to review, interrogate and constructively challenge business plans for acquired entities, ensuring assumptions are robust and commercially credible.

• Support the assessment of accounting policies applied by target entities pre-acquisition, identifying any restatements or policy harmonisation required to align with team.blue Group standards under IFRS.

• Ensure newly acquired entities adopt and comply with team.blue accounting standards and Group finance policies from the outset, identifying gaps and working proactively to close them ahead of key reporting deadlines.

• Serve as the primary finance contact for local finance teams during the integration period, providing guidance, training and ongoing support to embed team.blue ways of working and build capability within acquired businesses.

Requirements

Essential qualifications and experience

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)

• Significant business partnering experience in complex environments, ideally across multiple countries

• Strong commercial acumen and strategic thinking abilities

• Experience managing complex financial models and forecasts

• Proven track record working with senior leadership teams

• Experience in multi-entity, multi-currency operations

Technical skills

• Advanced financial analysis and modelling capabilities

• Expert knowledge of management accounting principles

• Strong systems proficiency

• Understanding of IFRS and local GAAP requirements

Personal attributes

• Exceptional communication and presentation skills

• Ability to influence and constructively challenge senior stakeholders

• Comfortable working with ambiguity in a fast-paced environment

• Strong cultural awareness

• Self-motivated with ability to work autonomously

• Collaborative mindset with customer-first approach

What we offer

As Head of Finance for the Engagement Cluster, you will:

• Work in direct partnership with the leadership teams

• Gain exposure to several countries and diverse markets across our global operations

• Develop your career in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment

• Be part of a collaborative culture built on our core values

Our values

At team.blue, our values guide everything we do:

• Customer first – we put customers at the heart of everything

• Trusted collaboration – we're stronger together and trust each other

• Openness – we tell it like it is and keep our minds and doors open

• Respect – we treat each other with respect and regard

• Pace and momentum – we're always thinking 'what's next?'

"Come as you are"