Director of Software Engineering (Finance)
12 days ago
Ruddington
\n At MHR, our employees are central to our success and play a key role in helping customers achieve sustainable high performance. With a team of over 900 professionals, we work to make things flow smoothly, whether it's for large organisations or individual employees. As businesses face rapid changes in the world of work, our team is here to help them adapt and thrive. \n By focusing on the core needs of efficiency, productivity, growth, and impact, our employees use their expertise to deliver real solutions through our People and Finance platform. This system, which covers finance, HR, payroll, and learning, helps businesses run more smoothly and make better decisions in real time. \n With over 40 years of experience behind us, MHRâs track record as a high-performance organisation is built on clear goals, a shared vision, and strong communication - all of which we pass on to our customers. \n MHR is more than just a place to work; itâs a platform for empowerment. Joining us means bringing innovation, technology, and teamwork seamlessly removes obstacles, enhances your skills, and allow you to focus on whatâs most important to you- work that matters. \n With us, youâll grow, find your flow , and make a lasting difference in your career, your team, and your impact. \n As Software Director for our Finance product, you'll lead one of MHRâs most strategically important technology investments: the creation and launch of our nextâgeneration Finance platform. This is a rare opportunity to shape a greenfield SaaS product that will expand MHRâs portfolio, unlock new revenue opportunities, and strengthen our position in the market. \n Working as a key member of the technology leadership team, you'll define and execute the engineering strategy for the platform, ensuring it is secure, scalable, resilient, and built to support longâterm growth. Partnering closely with the CTO, Product, and senior stakeholders, you'll balance commercial objectives with technical excellence, driving innovation while ensuring predictable, highâquality delivery. Your leadership will help transform a strategic business vision into a marketâleading product that delivers measurable value for customers and the organisation alike. Your Team\n Youâll build, lead, and develop a highâperforming engineering organisation capable of delivering a worldâclass SaaS platform at scale. Through strong leadership and clear direction, youâll create a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement across both inâhouse and outsourced teams. \n Working across Engineering, Product, Security, Compliance, and the wider business, you'll ensure teams are aligned around common goals, customer outcomes, and delivery priorities. You'll establish the structures, processes, and technical standards needed to accelerate delivery, improve quality, and enable the organisation to scale effectively as the Finance platform grows. Your Impact\n Your impact will extend far beyond software delivery. You'll play a critical role in bringing MHR's Finance platform to market, creating a new growth engine for the business and helping shape the future of our product portfolio. \n By defining a clear technical vision, building a highâperforming engineering organisation, and delivering a secure, scalable, and commercially successful platform, you'll drive customer adoption, support revenue growth, and strengthen MHR's competitive position. You'll influence technology strategy at both a product and organisational level, helping MHR innovate faster, operate more efficiently, and deliver greater value to customers. Ultimately, your leadership will leave a lasting legacy across our technology function and contribute directly to the longâterm success of the business. Benefits to support you personally and professionally\n Alongside the opportunity to work with an incredible team and express your individuality, we offer a range of personalised benefits including: \n \n ⢠Access to over 60 internal training courses, professional qualifications, and crossâdepartmental mentoring and coaching programs\n, ⢠24/7 access to a GP through Help at Hand for you and your family, confidential mental health support, and paid sick leave\n, ⢠Ability to purchase or sell additional holiday days beyond 25 days and bank holidays\n, ⢠Enhanced Family leave\n, ⢠My MHRewards offering discounts at over 900 retailers\n, ⢠Monthly employee recognition program and departmental awards\n, ⢠Referral bonus scheme of up to ÂŁ2,000\n, ⢠Employeeâled social events such as running clubs, football teams, book clubs, and bakeâoffs\n, ⢠Onâsite subsidised restaurants offering a variety of fresh meals daily\n, ⢠Optâin benefits schemes such as private medical insurance and dental coverage\n \n We value the wellâbeing, financial stability, and inclusivity of our employees, and strive to provide a supportive working environment. \n At MHR, weâre completely committed to creating a supportive and inclusive workplace where all voices are heard, and everyone feels valued and supported. \n Whatever your background, abilities and experiences, if youâre excited by this role we want to hear from you. If you require assistance for an interview, please let us know and weâll make sure your needs are met when you arrive. \n If we receive an exceptionally high volume of applications, we reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than originally advertised. \n #J-18808-Ljbffr