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Commercial Finance Director

East Midlands, England Permanent View Job Description
High profile finance leadership role interacting at the C suite level.Commercial and strategic partner with a contribution to a broader financial transformation strategy.
  • High growth developmental opportunity
  • Strategic Finance Leadership role

About Our Client

Large, complex matrix organisation operating in a fast moving business sector on a UK & International basis and undergoing a major change and transformation. Excellent opportunity for career progression and personal growth within a large International organisation.

Job Description

A high profile opportunity for an experienced senior finance leader to shape financial strategy across a business critical division with an annual budget in excess of £300m. This role partners closely with C Suite executives, influencing major transformation programmes while driving commercial performance, financial governance, and long term strategic planning.Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead financial strategy, planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance reporting across the Division.
  • Act as a strategic business partner to senior leaders, providing insight, challenge and commercially focused decision support.
  • Oversee financial controls, governance, investment appraisal, ROI decisions and major project finance support.
  • Lead, coach and develop a high performing commercial finance team with strong analytical and business partnering capability. Team size currently circa 20 with 4 Direct Line reports.
  • Drive transformation across the broader finance community sponsoring continuous improvement in capability, process, reporting and systems.
  • Ensure compliance with group policies, audit standards, regulatory requirements and transfer pricing rules.
  • Manage cross functional relationships and hold business areas accountable for achieving financial and strategic targets.

The Successful Applicant

  • Qualified accountant ACA/ACCA/CIMA with a Commercial Finance and Business Partnering background.
  • Proven track record operating at senior director level within very large and complex matrix environments.
  • Strong experience partnering with business critical business support functions at Director & C suite level.
  • Background in leading finance transformation, technology change, digital innovation and operating model redesign.
  • Exceptional communication, influencing, stake-holder management and relationship building skills.
  • The ability to operate at pace; inspiring, motivating and challenging at all levels in the business.
  • Commercially minded, strategic thinker with excellent analytical capability.
  • An inspirational leader with the ability to motivate and develop a team through a period of rapid growth and transformation.

What's on Offer

This is a rare opportunity to take a pivotal senior finance leadership role at the heart of a large scale organisation undergoing major technology and digital transformation. You will influence strategic direction, drive enterprise value, shape future facing capabilities, and play a critical role in the organisation's next phase of development.

Contact
Trevor Dimmock
Quote job ref
JN-022026-6958021

Job summary

Function
CFO & Financial Management
Subsector
CFO & Financial Management Subsector
Industry
Consumer & Retail
Location
East Midlands
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Trevor Dimmock
Job reference
JN-022026-6958021

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