Your mission
Role Overview
The Group Head of Finance will provide strategic and operational leadership across the finance function for a diversified group of companies with over 100 employees. This role will be responsible for structuring, scaling and professionalising the finance function to support growth, improve control and enhance reporting, while also directly managing one report.
The role requires a commercially astute and hands‑on finance leader who can operate at both a strategic and operational level, partnering with leadership on business strategy while driving robust financial discipline, governance and process improvement across the Group.
About The Role
Strategic Finance Leadership
* Act as a strategic partner to the senior leadership team, supporting growth, investment and value creation initiatives.
* Develop and execute a finance strategy aligned to each company’s commercial objectives.
* Provide financial insight to support strategic decision‑making, business planning and risk management.
* Support initiatives to improve business valuation through stronger financial reporting, governance and audit readiness.
Cash Flow Management
* Establish and maintain a rolling 90‑day cash flow forecast across all operating companies and holding entities.
* Enhance liquidity visibility to support proactive decision‑making and mitigate financial risk.
* Oversee treasury management, working capital optimisation and cash preservation strategies.
Management Accounting & Management Information (MI)
* Deliver a robust and accurate monthly management information pack within 14 days of month‑end.
* Ensure reporting provides timely insight into financial performance, KPIs, margins, cash and operational drivers.
* Improve the quality, consistency and usefulness of management reporting to support executive decision‑making.
* Lead forecasting, budgeting and reforecasting processes across the Group.
Financial Control & Governance
* Strengthen financial controls, governance frameworks and reporting disciplines across all entities.
* Work closely with leadership to improve accountability, compliance and transparency.
* Ensure appropriate financial policies, delegations of authority and internal controls are embedded.
* Oversee statutory compliance, tax obligations, audit coordination and regulatory requirements.
* Drive audit‑ready accounts and improve the quality and integrity of the books.
Process & Policy Optimisation
* Review, standardise and enhance financial processes, controls and policies to improve:
o Efficiency
o Consistency
o Internal control
o Scalability
* Identify and implement process improvements and automation opportunities.
* Strengthen financial operating procedures to support a scalable growth platform.
Finance Function Transformation
* Define and implement a scalable finance function structure capable of supporting Group growth.
* Assess existing team capabilities, roles, systems and processes, and implement an appropriate target operating model.
* Build and lead a high‑performing finance team, including recruitment, development and succession planning.
* Drive improvements in systems, controls, reporting infrastructure and finance operating models.
* Introduce best‑practice disciplines across FP&A, control, treasury and commercial finance.
Budget Ownership & Compliance (JDL)
* Educate budget holders and embed a culture of financial accountability across the business.
* Improve budget ownership, management discipline and compliance.
* Implement a structured Monthly Budget Review process with budget owners.
* Challenge spend, improve forecasting accuracy and support cost optimisation.
Commercial Contract Insight
* Provide financial oversight and commercial insight into key customer, supplier and funding contracts.
* Support commercial negotiations through financial analysis, risk assessment and margin insight.
* Review contractual commitments to improve profitability, mitigate risk and strengthen commercial outcomes.
Financial Close
* Improve speed, accuracy and discipline around monthly and year‑end financial close.
* Ensure timely delivery of funding, reporting and compliance milestones.
Financial Institution Relationships
* Build and maintain strong relationships with banks, lenders and other financial institutions.
* Support funding requirements, optimise financing structures and improve financing terms.
* Enhance strategic flexibility through proactive management of funding options.
* Act as the primary finance lead for lender reporting and financing negotiations.
Your profile
Essential
Knowledge & Skills required
* Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
* Proven finance leadership experience within a multi-entity or group structure.
* Demonstrated success in scaling or transforming finance functions.
* Strong experience across cash flow management, management accounting, controls, reporting, funding and commercial finance.
* Experience dealing with banks, lenders, auditors and external stakeholders.
* Experience in growth, restructuring, private equity‑backed or entrepreneurial environments advantageous.
Skills & Attributes
* Strategic thinker with strong operational execution capability.
* Hands‑on and willing to operate in detail where required.
* Commercially astute with strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
* Strong people leadership and stakeholder management capabilities.
* High standards around control, governance and financial discipline.
* Change‑oriented with a track record of improving systems, processes and performance.
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