Head of Finance

Busy Bees Nurseries; Park Central; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing organization in the UK is seeking a Head of Finance to lead financial control and reporting processes. This newly created role offers autonomy and the opportunity to shape the finance function during a period of growth. You will work closely with a senior leadership team, overseeing integrations, process improvements, and consistent reporting across multiple entities. The ideal candidate is a qualified accountant with experience in a multi-entity environment and a collaborative mindset.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with relevant certifications (ACA/ACCA/CIMA).
• Experience in a multi-entity/group finance environment.
• Strong background in financial control, reporting, and business partnering.

Responsibilities

• Lead integrations following recent and future acquisitions.
• Restructure and improve financial processes across multiple entities.
• Upgrade systems and embed better financial controls.
• Support European business with reporting and compliance.
• Drive continuous improvement across finance and operations.

Skills

Financial control

Reporting

Business partnering

Project work

Process improvement

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

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.

Responsibilities

• 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

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
• Ideally experience in a multi‑entity/group environment
• Background in financial control, reporting and business partnering
• Exposure to project work - new systems, integrations, process improvement, change
• Comfortable operating as the senior finance voice in the room, Collaborative onsite team