Position: Finance Director
Location: South Oxfordshire (Hybrid)
Salary: c.£100k per annum (plus excellent benefits and strong progression opportunities)
Hours: Monday – Friday (Full Time)
Experience: Finance Director, Financial Strategy, Operational Finance, Biotech, Scale-Up, CFO Pathway

The Opportunity

Thompson & Terry Recruitment are proud to be working with an innovative and high-growth biotech business based in South Oxfordshire, who are looking to recruit a commercially minded Finance Director to join their senior leadership team.

This is a rare and exciting opportunity for a driven and strategically focused finance professional to work closely with the two entrepreneurial founders, helping to shape the next chapter of the business as they continue to scale rapidly and partner with some of the world’s most recognised organisations. The successful Finance Director will bring structure and clarity to ambitious ideas, and drive the day-to-day operational excellence.

Alongside owning all financial planning and reporting, the successful candidate will play a vital role in driving wider operational strategy, building scalable systems and processes, and supporting on major commercial decisions. The long-term ambition is for this person to grow into a CFO role as the business continues to evolve.

In summary, our client is looking for a proactive and ambitious Finance Director who is passionate about innovation, thrives in a scale-up environment, is able to wear many hats and is excited to make a real impact at both a strategic and operational level.

The Company

Thompson & Terry Recruitment are proud to be working with a highly innovative and fast-growing biotech business, based in South Oxfordshire, who are on a mission to solve a genuinely technical and meaningful challenge; one that has the potential to change lives on a global scale.

Despite still being relatively small (around 30 people), the business is scaling quickly, already partnering with major international names, and are now looking to strengthen their leadership team with the addition of a commercially focused and operationally minded Finance Director.

They pride themselves on their collaborative, down-to-earth culture and are offering a generous package, strong benefits, a clear path to CFO, and a chance to make a real impact in a value-led and mission-driven environment.

Requirements

• Proven experience in a senior finance role, ideally within a scaling SME or high-growth environment
• Strong commercial acumen with a hands-on approach to both finance and operations
• Comfortable wearing multiple hats and working closely with entrepreneurial founders
• Experience working with or reporting to a board or senior leadership team
• Confident in bringing structure, process, and rigour to support business growth
• Passionate about making a difference through innovation and mission-driven work

Thompson & Terry Ltd, trading as Thompson & Terry Recruitment (thompsonandterry.co.uk), are an Abingdon based recruitment agency specialising in placing candidates into jobs in Oxford and across Oxfordshire.

We typically source candidates into Office Administration Jobs, Sales Jobs and Marketing Jobs. No terminology used in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of any of the protected characteristics.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to a high volume of applications, if you have not heard from us within 5 working days, unfortunately, your application has been unsuccessful at this time.