Head of Commercial Finance

Due to continued success a Head of Commercial Finance is required by my multi-site Bedfordshire based client in order to drive future growth, decision making and develop short and long term financial planning.

Whilst reporting into the Group Financial Director and working closely with the Financial Controller the Head of Commercial Finance will provide commercial insight to the business along with decision support around future investment to maximise profit and minimise risk.

Whilst leading and developing a team of 5 your day to day accountabilities and responsibilities will include:

Oversight and ownership of Budgeting and forecasting, providing business partnering to a number of areas including sales, marketing, property and purchasing. Ongoing development of business KPI's and provision of analysis across various revenue streams to increase profit and minimise risk, assisting with investment appraisal to ensure return on investment, oversight of monthly management reporting, overheads and cost management along with commentary and recommendations, assisting with the continuous development of the financial planning process and business intelligence tools, supporting and driving commercial finance activities such as investment appraisal and potential M&A activity.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate a strong career momentum, excellent leadership skills and will have the capacity to grow with the business.

You will be a commercially minded qualified Accountant, ACA, CIMA or ACCA with at least several years post qualified experience.

You will be hands on and will have the ability to gain the buy in and build strong working relationships across all levels throughout the business.

On offer is a competitive base salary, Car allowance, bonus and core benefits.