Head of Finance

Role Overview

• Play a pivotal role in driving performance, supporting strategic decision-making, and ensuring financial integrity across the business.
• Partner with business leaders across commercial, operations, and marketing to drive financial performance and accountability.
• Lead financial analysis and reporting, providing insight into key drivers of revenue, margin, and profitability.
• Develop and maintain dashboards and analytics to monitor business performance, trends, and KPIs
• Manage the month-end close process with our off shored financial service team (AP, AR, R2R), ensuring timely and accurate reporting driving continuous improvements.
• Prepare and present monthly performance reviews and variance analysis to senior management.
• Own the budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning activities.
• Manage the integration accounts of a newly acquired business unit.
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance financial visibility and efficiency.
• Drive and Support strategic projects including investments from appraisal, execution to ROI analytics, corporate tenders, pricing analysis, product profitability and support ambitious growth plans
• Responsible for the health of the business units balance sheet in close collaboration with the regional financial controller supporting with explanations, investigations and clear down activities.
• Lead the outsourcing of Payroll
• Line management of a team of 2-3
• Manage and engage with the offshored team closely to ensure all financial processes are adhered to and results are correct and well controlled.

Requirements

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Proven experience in a Finance Business Partner or Commercial Finance role as well as strong management accounting skills.
• Strong analytical and data interpretation skills, with the ability to tell the story behind the numbers and develop new analytics models and tools that make an impact.
• Experience across analytics, FP&A, management accounting and finance business partnering preferred
• Excellent Excel and data visualisation skills
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence and challenge stakeholders.
• Organised, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple priorities.
• Experience working in Oracle would be a plus

Tech Stack

• Oracle

Benefits

• Work-life balance
• 26 days annual leave
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing
• Pension
• Discretionary Bonus
• Discounted staff pet care
• Dog Friendly office
• Free Parking available at Head Office