Head of Finance

About Prevail and the role

Prevail is a multidisciplinary risk and advisory group that helps governments and businesses navigate the contemporary risk environment as their Complex Mission Partner. We are at an inflexion point, moving from a founder-led, opportunity-driven business into a repeatable, investable platform where the work we deliver today funds the capabilities we are building for tomorrow. The business is currently founder-funded, with no external investors today; over the next twelve months, we intend to raise external investment for the first time with M&A forming a deliberate part of the use of funds - and to roughly double revenue over the following three years through a combination of organic growth and targeted acquisition.

Prevail operates as a group of trading companies, with consolidated reporting currently managed through Xero and Joiin, while financial planning and forecasting remain largely Excel-based. The finance function has a s...