Head of Finance

Overview

In this Head of Finance role, you own the finance function within a project-led, growth-focused organisation. You will partner with senior leadership to shape strategic decisions, improve margins, and strengthen controls. You drive profitability through commercial insight, robust forecasting, and disciplined financial management. This is a high-impact, non-traditional finance leadership position where you influence cross-functional teams and strategic initiatives to enable long-term growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing finance team
• Own financial reporting, forecasting, budgeting and planning
• Deliver commercial insight to drive business performance
• Drive financial discipline and accountability across the organisation
• Manage cash flow, liquidity and working capital
• Partner with operational leaders to improve project and contract profitability
• Ensure governance, risk management and regulatory compliance
• Lead audit processes and maintain external relationships
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes, systems and reporting capability
• Support strategic initiatives and future growth plans

Key requirements

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification
• Proven track record in a senior finance leadership role
• Strong commercial acumen with ability to influence senior stakeholders
• Experience in engineering, contracting, manufacturing, construction, infrastructure, utilities or other project-based sectors
• Excellent financial planning, analysis and cash management capabilities
• Hands-on leadership style balancing strategy and operations
• Experience leading teams through change, growth or transformation
• Confidence to be a key member of the senior leadership team

• ambitious and influential
• ability to challenge the status quo
• strong stakeholder influence
• financial planning, forecasting and budgeting
• cash management and liquidity
• management of financial reporting and governance

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