Finance Transformation Director

Dot Partners; Lancashire; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus linked to milestones

LTIP/share options

Hybrid working

Job summary

DOT Partners in Manchester is seeking a finance leader to lead a business-wide transformation, building the foundations for the next growth stage. Reporting to the Group CFO, you will drive the transformation program and work across Finance and the wider business.

The role requires a qualified accountant with a track record of delivering meaningful change in a growing, operationally complex business, plus an interest in AI-enabled tools within finance.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with strong financial control experience.
• Experience leading finance transformation.
• Experience in growing, operationally complex businesses.

Responsibilities

• Improving the speed, accuracy and consistency of financial reporting.
• Strengthening balance sheet controls and cash flow visibility.
• Reviewing team structures, capabilities and responsibilities.
• Improving how operational and financial data flows across the business.
• Assessing existing systems and identifying opportunities for integration, automation and AI-enabled tools.
• Evaluating where AI can improve processing, reconciliation, reporting and analysis, supported by reliable data and effective controls.
• Reducing manual processing, spreadsheet dependency and duplicated work.
• Embedding clear ownership and sustainable ways of working across departments.

Skills

Financial control experience

Change management

Strategic leadership

Education

Qualified accountant

Job description

£90,000-£100,000 + bonus + LTIP/share options

Manchester Hybrid - 1-2 days per week in the office

Lead a business-wide transformation and build the foundations for the next stage of growth.

Having achieved 100% revenue growth over the past 5 years, this ambitious group is targeting a further doubling in size. It now needs an experienced finance leader to transform the people, processes, systems and data that will support those plans.

Reporting directly to the Group CFO, you'll lead the programme from initial assessment through to implementation, working across Finance and the wider business.

The opportunity

The business has grown quickly, with teams, processes and systems developing along the way. There is now an opportunity to rethink how they work together, strengthen financial control and deliver more timely, reliable information.

You'll assess the current operating model, establish the underlying causes of existing challenges and build a practical, prioritised transformation roadmap. You'll then lead its delivery, bringing colleagues together around clear responsibilities and measurable improvements.

Your remit will include:

• Improving the speed, accuracy and consistency of financial reporting.
• Strengthening balance sheet controls and cash flow visibility.
• Reviewing team structures, capabilities and responsibilities.
• Improving how operational and financial data flows across the business.
• Assessing existing systems and identifying opportunities for integration, automation and AI-enabled tools.
• Evaluating where AI can improve processing, reconciliation, reporting and analysis, supported by reliable data and effective controls.
• Reducing manual processing, spreadsheet dependency and duplicated work.
• Embedding clear ownership and sustainable ways of working across departments.

About you

You'll be a qualified accountant with strong financial control experience and a track record of delivering meaningful change.

You may already lead finance transformation, or be an FD or senior finance leader who has delivered substantial improvements alongside broader responsibilities.

You'll combine strategic thinking with a hands-on approach, confidently challenging established practices while building relationships and bringing people with you. An interest in emerging technology, including the practical application of AI within Finance, will be valuable.

Experience within a growing, operationally complex business would be particularly relevant.

The package

• £90,000-£100,000 basic salary.
• Bonus linked to agreed milestones.
• LTIP/share options.
• Hybrid working, with 2-3 days per week in Manchester.
• A broad remit, direct access to the Group CFO and the opportunity to share in the value you help create.