Head of Cost & Strategic Finance
Are you a commercially sharp, qualified finance leader who thrives on turning cost insight into strategic advantage?
We're looking for a Head of Cost & Strategic Finance to lead best-in-class cost business partnering across Distribution and Group. This is a high-impact, executive-facing role responsible for shaping, challenging and optimising a c.£400m cost base and c.£70m strategic investment portfolio
This isn't a reporting role. It's about influence, value creation and delivery.
The Opportunity
You'll act as a trusted partner to Executive stakeholders, providing clear insight, robust challenge and forward-looking analysis to ensure cost targets are delivered and strategic investments drive real value. You'll lead budgeting, forecasting and cost planning across Distribution & Group, drive synergy savings, and ensure financial discipline and model governance remain strong as the business evolves. With 9 reports and manager-of-managers responsibility, you'll build and develop a high-performing team while staying close enough to the detail to ensure quality, integrity and commercial clarity.
What You'll Be Doing:
Strategic Cost Leadership
1. Partnering with Executive stakeholders on cost performance and investment decis...