Head of Finance

Distinct Recruitment; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing finance-focused company in the UK seeks a Head of Finance to shape financial processes. In this newly created role, you will partner with senior leadership to oversee financial control, reporting, and planning. The company offers a hybrid working model with flexible hours, allowing you to manage your time effectively while driving continuous improvement.

Benefits

Hybrid working

Flexible hours

Supportive work culture

Qualifications

• Experience in financial control and reporting.
• Strong analytical and financial planning skills.
• Ability to implement process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Oversee financial control, reporting, and planning.
• Integrate recent acquisitions into the financial system.
• Restructure and improve processes across entities.
• Upgrade systems and enhance controls.
• Support with consistent financial reporting.

Skills

Financial control

Reporting

Planning

Business partnering

Process improvement

Job description

If you’re after a Head of Finance role where you get the breadth, impact and influence you’d find in a large group — but with the pace, visibility and autonomy of an SME — this one’s well worth a look.

The business sits in that sweet spot : global scale, investment, multi-entity complexity… but a UK team that’s small enough for you to genuinely shape how things are done. They’re on a clear growth plan following recent investment and are putting finance at the centre of that journey.

This is a newly created Head of Finance role (due to growth), partnering directly with an impressive senior leadership team. You’ll be the go-to person for everything across financial control, reporting, planning and business partnering — and you’ll have the freedom to modernise, challenge and improve things as you go.

A lot of the work ahead is project-led. You’ll play a key role in :

• Integrations following recent and future acquisitions
• Restructuring and improving processes across multiple entities
• Upgrading systems and embedding better controls
• Supporting the European business with consistent reporting, compliance and performance insight
• Driving continuous improvement across finance and operations

They’re very flexible in their approach. Hybrid working (2 days in the office), flexible hours, and a grown-up working culture where you’re trusted to manage your own time. The team is experien...