Finance Director

Overview

In this role you will lead the finance function in a high-profile, growth-oriented business, partnering with the CEO and senior management to drive performance and governance. You will shape financial strategy, reporting, and controls across multiple sites, balancing hands-on leadership with board-level insight. You will influence commercial decisions, fund growth initiatives, and ensure robust financial systems and compliance. This opportunity offers strategic impact, change leadership, and a platform to influence the company’s trajectory.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Finance and Loss Prevention teams to high performance
• Provide financial leadership to optimise performance and support strategic objectives
• Deliver timely, accurate financial information to the CEO and senior stakeholders
• Oversee budgets, forecasts, management reporting and financial reporting with robust, useful insight
• Ensure effective cash management and forecasting for operations and capital expenditure
• Maintain strong financial governance, controls and compliance across the business
• Ensure systems and processes support current operations and future growth
• Develop policies/procedures for sound financial management and control
• Ensure statutory and regulatory requirements are met; ensure policies align with standards
• Partner with senior leaders to strengthen commercial decision-making and business performance
• Ensure accurate forecasting aligned with business priorities and transparent reporting
• Provide financial guidance on commercial contracts, pricing, and negotiations
• Build trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Drive continuous improvement across finance processes, capability and performance reporting
• Support the wider business through change, growth and operational development

Key requirements

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified with 10+ years’ post-qualification experience in a commercial environment
• Significant experience in a complex, multi-site or operationally focused business
• Executive-level strategic and financial leadership with credibility at Board level
• Strong commercial acumen, analytical capability and confidence supporting operational performance
• Proven ability to lead change and deliver results
• Strong leadership, relationship-building and people-management skills
• Sound judgement and ability to develop practical, commercially focused solutions
• Excellent communication skills with stakeholders at all levels
• Open, proactive and approachable style with resilience for a challenging environment
• Hands-on, adaptable and determined leadership and delivery

• leadership
• communication
• relationship-building
• financial planning and analysis
• budgets and forecasting
• financial reporting and governance

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