• Lead transformation in a respected organisation shaping financial clarity and long-term success.
• Take ownership, influence strategy, and drive meaningful change in a growing business.

Client Details

The client is a long-established, highly respected organisation with a strong heritage and a reputation for quality, reliability, and long-standing customer relationships. Operating across multiple markets, the business combines technical expertise with a commitment to excellence, supported by a robust order book and a loyal client base. With solid foundations in place, the organisation is now entering a pivotal period of transformation aimed at simplifying its structure, strengthening financial control, and positioning the business for long-term, sustainable growth. This is a confident, ambitious company that values integrity, clarity and continuous improvement-offering incoming leaders the opportunity to make a meaningful impact at a defining moment in its journey.

Description

This role focuses on financial clarity, strengthening control, and simplifying a complex group structure while providing insightful, commercially driven support to the CEO during a pivotal transformation period.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver accurate monthly reporting with clear variance analysis and reliable performance insight.
• Maintain full visibility over cash, working capital and profitability across the group.
• Strengthen and embed a robust financial control environment.
• Lead the clean-up and simplification of intercompany balances and structures.
• Introduce disciplined cost-control processes and transparent governance of external spend.
• Provide commercial insight and act as a trusted advisor to the CEO.
• Constructively challenge and support strategic decision-making at group level.

Profile

The successful candidate will bring proven financial leadership, strong technical capability, and the calm, pragmatic judgement required to deliver clarity, control and commercial insight within a complex, fast-moving organisational environment.

Successful Candidate Profile:

• Proven Finance Director experience within SMEs or mid-sized, multi-entity organisations.
• Demonstrated success improving financial clarity, control and reporting accuracy.
• Hands-on, detail-focused approach, comfortable operating at both strategic and operational levels.
• Robust understanding of intercompany structures, restructuring or carve-out environments.
• Sound judgement, integrity and the ability to challenge constructively.
• Calm, pragmatic and collaborative leadership style, earning trust across stakeholders.

Job Offer

What's on Offer:

• A competitive executive package aligned to the responsibility and impact of the role.
• The opportunity to join a business with an established history and strong commercial heritage.
• A robust order book providing stability and confidence in long-term performance.
• An excellent reputation and a loyal, diverse client base.
• A pivotal role at the start of a significant transformation journey.
• Real influence over structure, reporting, controls and commercial decision-making.
• A platform to drive sustainable improvement and shape the organisation's next chapter.