Group Finance Director

RECfinancial Careers; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A high growth SME based near Leicester is seeking a Group Finance Director to provide strategic financial stewardship. The successful candidate will lead a finance team, support commercial decision-making, and drive financial process improvements. This exciting role comes at a pivotal time as the firm aims to double its turnover over the next four years.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a senior financial role, ideally as a Finance Director.
• Strong understanding of financial strategies and business development.
• Leadership skills to oversee and develop a finance team.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the finance function and lead a team of 7.
• Support key decision-making with financial insights and analysis.
• Drive improvements in financial processes and reporting.

Job description

RECfinancial is partnering with a high growth, privately owned Leicester based SME in the appointment of a Group Finance Director.

The role is based at the firm's head office which is commutable distance from all areas of Leicester / Leicestershire, Nottingham, Derby and Coventry / Warwickshire.

Working closely with the Managing Director, the Group Finance Director role will support them in providing financial stewardship for the business as they embark on their next period of growth. It's an exciting time for the business, currently they have a turnover of circa 40 million pounds per year with a growth plan to double the turnover in the next 4 years. The growth will be partly organic and through acquisitions.

Day to day responsibilities will be to oversee the finance function which is a team of 7 and to develop the function and information that it provides the wider business. There is a strong element to the role in supporting the wider business in key decision making from a commercial point of view. The role is a good mix of routine and technical accounting, as well as adding to the business through commercial impact and business partnering.

The business is keen to see the impact from this role reorganising the finance team, developing and improving the processes, driving data from the management accounts and kpi reporting to more the business to being a data lead decision maker and integrating / supporting as the bu...