Finance Director

Strategic Financial Leadership

• Lead the development and execution of the organisation's financial strategy aligned to corporate objectives.
• Act as a strategic advisor to the Board and Executive Team on financial planning, investment decisions, and commercial performance.
• Provide clear insight and analysis on performance, identifying opportunities for growth initiatives including pricing, margin optimisation, and route-to-market expansion.
• Support business cases for capital investment, acquisitions, or major strategic initiatives.

Drive Commercial Performance

• Act as a key business partner to sales, marketing, operations, and supply chain teams.
• Provide actionable insight on product profitability, customer performance, and cost drivers.
• Lead pricing strategy and promotional analysis within an FMCG context.
• Support negotiations with key retail and foodservice customers.

Operational Efficiency & Performance Management

• Drive operational efficiency by partnering closely with operations to identify inefficiencies, streamline processes, and optimise costs and margins across the business.
• Build and enhance dashboards, reporting tools, and analytics to give real-time visibility of key financial and commercial metrics.

Financial Management & Control

• Ensure the integrity and accuracy of financial reporting, management accounts, and statutory accounts.
• Manage external audit process and relationships with auditors, tax advisors, banks, and other financial stakeholders.
• Ensure robust financial governance, compliance, and risk management frameworks are in place.
• Ensure strong cashflow management and working capital optimisation.

Risk Management

• Lead the development and oversight of the organisation's financial risk management framework.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate financial, operational, and strategic risks.
• Oversee treasury management, funding arrangements, and covenant compliance.

IT & Systems/Process Improvement

• Support the IT strategy, ensuring systems and infrastructure support a scaling, multi-channel FMCG business.
• Ensure robust data governance, cybersecurity and IT infrastructure.
• Review and enhance systems, reporting tools, and data integrity.
• Lead system improvement initiatives (ERP optimisation, automation, BI reporting).
• Drive process efficiencies within the finance function to support scalability.

Leadership & Team Development

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing finance team.
• Build capability to support a larger, more complex business.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and commercial awareness.