Be part of a team powering global healthcare data and analytics!

Want to own group finance end to end and work directly with the CFO and Board of an international healthcare data scale-up?

BC Platforms is an international healthcare data company. We provide real-world data and analytics technology to global pharmaceutical sponsors, accelerating medical innovation through our trusted network of healthcare data partners. Backed by venture capital and growth equity, we operate across Europe, the US and APAC.

Join our team as our next Head of Group Finance & Reporting and bring your technical expertise and commercial judgement to a business advancing data-driven healthcare.

📍Location: UK, fully remote.

This is a fully remote, UK-based role with occasional travel.

🏠 Working pattern: Flexible working hours

We support flexibility around personal commitments while ensuring appropriate collaboration during UK and Central European working hours. You will have the autonomy to organise your working day around agreed priorities, team collaboration and key reporting deadlines.

💰 Compensation: £90,000-£110,000 per annum

📆 Start date: January 2027

Reporting to: CFO

Employment type: Permanent

Who this role is for

This role is suited to a senior finance professional who enjoys combining global technical finance expertise with commercial insight. You are comfortable taking ownership of complex IFRS reporting, consolidation, revenue recognition, budgeting and forecasting, while building effective relationships across Finance, Sales, Delivery and senior leadership.

This is a senior individual contributor role reporting directly to the CFO and working closely with the Financial Controller. While the position does not initially have direct reports, it carries group-wide ownership of reporting, consolidation, planning and audit processes, with significant exposure to the CFO, Board and investors.

3 reasons to join us

1. Purpose with international impact: Contribute to a global business helping advance precision medicine and data-driven healthcare.

2. Visible, influential work: Partner directly with the CFO and provide financial insight used by senior leadership, the Board and investors.

3. Autonomy with flexibility: Take ownership of group-wide finance processes in a fully remote role offering flexible hours and autonomy.

What you will do

As our next Head of Group Finance & Reporting, you will own BC Platforms’ group IFRS reporting, consolidation, budgeting and forecasting across our six entities.

• IFRS reporting and closing: Deliver the monthly, quarterly and annual group closes on time. Own the IFRS adjustments and the local GAAP to IFRS reconciliations

• Consolidation: Produce the group consolidation, including intercompany eliminations, recharges, intercompany invoicing and agreements, transfer pricing documentation, multi-currency translation and maintenance of a common chart of accounts across entities

• Revenue recognition: Apply the IFRS 15 five-step model to SaaS, licence, services and milestone contracts. Review new contracts and keep deferred and accrued revenue accurate

• Budgeting and modelling: Own the annual budget and driver-based P&L and cash flow models, including downside, base-case and upside scenarios

• Forecasting and cash management: Maintain rolling P&L and cash forecasts based on sales pipeline and delivery backlog, while monitoring liquidity and cash runway

• Board and investor reporting: Prepare financial reporting and partner with the CFO on commentary for Board packs and investor updates, including annual ESG reporting to investors.

• Audit: Lead audit preparation and act as the main day-to-day contact for the external auditors. Aiming for on-time sign-off with no material adjustments

What success will look like

• Delivery of agreed objectives: Monthly, quarterly and annual closes and the group consolidation delivered to the agreed timetable.

• Quality of outputs: Accurate board and investor reporting, and a clean audit with no material adjustments

• Forecast accuracy: P&L and cash-flow forecasts maintained within agreed variance thresholds, with clear visibility of cash runway at all times

• Compliance and risk management: Correct IFRS treatment, especially IFRS 15, with key judgements documented and controls maintained across all entities

• Team contribution: Effective partnership with the Financial Controller, CFO and business stakeholders, and continuous improvement of finance processes, including through automation and AI

The strengths you’ll bring to the team

• Fully qualified accountant, such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA or an equivalent international qualification.

• Significant post-qualification experience in senior finance roles within multi-entity international groups reporting under IFRS, typically gained over 8 or more years.

• Strong IFRS knowledge (IFRS 15, 16, 2, IAS 19), group consolidation, intercompany and multi-currency accounting

• Strong experience in driver-based budgeting, forecasting and scenario modelling, supported by advanced Excel skills

• Sound judgement, attention to detail and the ability to communicate complex financial matters clearly to finance and non-finance stakeholders.

• Fluent written and spoken English

You’ll stand out if you have

• Background in B2B SaaS, software or data/services businesses

• Experience in a VC or PE-backed environment

• Hands-on NetSuite experience, including cost centre, approval workflow and master data set-up

• Confident, practical user of AI tools who has clearly built them into finance workflows such as reporting, analysis, reconciliations and contract reviews

• Experience of EU or public grant financial reporting

We recognise that strong candidates may not meet every criterion listed. If you bring significant experience in group financial reporting, IFRS and planning, and believe you could make a strong contribution to the role, we encourage you to apply.

Ready to make an impact in healthcare?

Apply now! We review applications on an ongoing basis.

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We look forward to learning more about you.

Future opportunities

We are always happy to connect with talented professionals across a range of disciplines and functions, so feel free to stay in touch for future opportunities.

Equal Opportunity Statement

BC Platforms is committed to providing an inclusive workplace where different perspectives are valued and everyone has the opportunity to succeed. We welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

If you need a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know. We will work with you to make the process accessible.