Head of Finance

ivolve care & support; Swansea; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care and support provider based in Wales is seeking an experienced Head of Finance to oversee financial operations for its Wales division. This senior leadership role includes responsibilities for financial performance, team development, and strategic business partnering. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in finance and leadership, along with proven skills in stakeholder management and process improvement. The role offers a competitive remuneration package, including 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays and additional benefits.

Benefits

25 days of annual leave + bank holidays

Birthday off with pay after a year of service

£300 refer a friend scheme

Training and development to reach potential

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a finance business partner in a commercially focused role.
• Strong leadership credentials with a track record of building high-performing teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial operations for the Wales division.
• Produce accurate and timely management accounts with performance analysis.
• Maintain and enhance financial controls across the division.
• Drive process improvements and operational efficiencies.
• Support the successful implementation of Oracle NetSuite.

Skills

Finance business partner experience

Leadership skills

Stakeholder management

Ability to manage competing priorities

Translating financial data for non-finance audiences

Process improvement

Job description

Job Title: Head of Finance

Location: Wales (with travel as required)

Reporting to: Group Finance Director

Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience

About the Role

We’re looking for an experienced and commercially astute Finance Lead to oversee financial operations for our Wales division. This is a senior leadership role with direct accountability for divisional performance, financial control, and team development.

You’ll lead a team of two Finance Business Partners and four Management Accountants, working closely with the wider finance function and partnering directly with the Managing Director to deliver annual targets and drive operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead financial operations for the Wales division, ensuring alignment with group strategy
• Produce accurate and timely management accounts with insightful performance analysis
• Maintain and enhance financial controls across the division
• Act as a strategic business partner to the Managing Director and divisional leadership
• Drive process improvements and operational efficiencies
• Manage and develop a high-performing finance team
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders across all levels of the organisation
• Deliver accurate and timely management accounts highlighting key areas of performance for attention of senior leaders (e.g. loss making services)
• Holding operations teams to account to deliver payroll budgets in services, understanding underlying issues driving costs and ensuring actions taken to address.
• Support the successful implementation of Oracle NetSuite across business (going live imminently) and ensure that the system, new processes and ways of working are embedded.
• Build understanding of financial performance across the divisional leadership team and ensure operations teams understand and own performance of their services.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as a finance business partner in a commercially focused role
• Strong leadership credentials with a track record of building high-performing teams
• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills
• Ability to manage competing priorities and influence outcomes
• Skilled at translating complex financial data into actionable insights for non-finance audiences
• Demonstrated success in improving processes and implementing robust financial controls

Our Support

We go beyond expectations for our colleagues as well as the people we support. Our reward package includes much more than pay, 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays and pension. Your birthday off with pay after a year of service and there is a £300 refer a friend scheme too!

In addition, we also offer the following:

• Industry-leading recognition
• Social, financial and emotional wellbeing
• Training and development to reach your potential

If you’re ready for a job that can truly make a difference and you’re up for a challenge, then this is the role for you!