Head of Finance
Leeds
Marks Sattin are delighted to be working with a well-known Leeds based business who are looking for a Divisional Head of Finance. This role has arisen due to internal promotion and is a very exciting time for the business, offering fantastic career progression for the right candidate.
Responsibilities will include:
Build and lead a high performing and effectively structured team based across multiple locations and business units
Play an effective role within the Finance senior leadership team, participating and contributing in the achievement of functional goals and objectives
Develop and maintain effective stakeholder relationships, ensuring goals and ways of working remain aligned at all times
Act as an advisor to the operational and sales leadership teams, providing financial support both proactively and reactively to drive business growth
Use the financial results, forecasts & KPIs to identify trends in performance - communicate these clearly to the business to ensure that any risks / opportunities or changes in the market are understood and where appropriate acted upon
Collaborate with all functions across the Company to support with commercial decision making, with a particular focus on the financials and risk management
Preparation of monthly management information including financial results, KPIs and key narrative against the forecast, budget and prior year
Engage in regular insightful financial reviews with key stakeholders to review performance and to agree actions to maximize opportunities and remedy key risks to achieve financial targets
Lead the rolling annual forecasting process through independent analysis and engagement with key business stakeholders with a focus on short term accuracy and the identification of key risks and opportunities
Identification of both business and financial control improvements with subsequent responsibility to implement recommendations
This opportunity is ideally suited to a qualified (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) candidate with extensive commercial experience. Excellent communication skills are required, with the ability to advise, challenge and influence.