Finance Director

A nationwide based business is looking to appoint an accomplished Finance Director to join their thriving business. This position will report into the part-time CFO whereby you will lead, manage and develop the Finance & Management Information team. You will be play a pivotal role in shaping the financial strategy, ensuring robust financial controls whilst delivery insightful management information to guide and support the direction of this business.

Job Title Finance Director

Term Permanent

Location Fleet

Salary £90,000 - £120,000

Reference no 15834

Finance Director Benefits

• Basic salary £90,000 - £120,000
• 25 days holiday plus your Birthday off
• Shutdown over Christmas (in addition to your annual leave entitlement)
• 1 day per year to do volunteer or charity work
• Private pension scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Discretionary bonus scheme in addition to a leadership bonus scheme

Finance Director About the Role

A commercially astute Finance Director is required to shape and drive the long-term financial strategy of a growing organisation. Reporting to a part-time CFO, you ll take full ownership of financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and fund management, while delivering valuable insights to senior leadership.

This is a hands-on leadership role where you ll mentor and develop a high-performing Finance & MI team, enhance financial systems and processes, and ensure robust risk management. You ll play a pivotal role in fund profitability modelling, contract negotiations, bid pricing, and stakeholder reporting, working closely with investors, auditors, and the Board.

If you re a strategic thinker with strong technical expertise and a passion for continuous improvement, this role offers the chance to make a real impact on organisational growth and financial health. Responsibilities:

• Take ownership of the Group s & the Funds which it manages financial reporting budgeting, and forecasting processes, partnering with senior management to drive strategic initiatives.
• Oversee management information (for the Group as well for Fund Investors / Stakeholders) ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely delivery.
• Lead new Fund / Services bid pricing & modelling
• Produce Board and Fund stakeholder investor reporting, annual audits (including Statutory Accounts and Tax).
• Own cash flow management and risk controls.
• Drive enhancements in financial systems and processes to support organisational growth and efficiency.

The successful Finance Director will have:

• ICAEW / ACCA / CA qualified with demonstrable post qualified experience in a leadership role
• Ideally experience of working within fund management or running SPVs for individual contracts.
• Experience of Secretariat duties
• Experience of limited partnerships
• Strong commercial background with a proven ability of being able to contextualise the forecasting and budget process for this business
• Working experience of Power BI

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