Head of Finance

SF Recruitment; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a Head of Finance to lead finance initiatives in a manufacturing environment. The position requires a qualified finance professional with experience in cost management and data analysis, reporting directly to the COO and liaising with the CFO. Key responsibilities include overseeing financial reporting, supporting budget processes, and ensuring data-driven decision-making within the operations of the business. The role offers a hybrid working model, requiring 4 days on-site and flexibility for remote work.

Qualifications

• Experience in finance lead roles within a manufacturing environment.
• Exposure to private equity backed business is ideal.
• Ability to work in a hybrid model.

Responsibilities

• Support COO in operations strategy focusing on cost management.
• Oversee financial reporting processes ensuring accuracy.
• Work with the business to monitor and review KPIs.
• Support budget and forecasting processes.

Skills

Finance leadership

Cost management

Data analysis

KPI monitoring

Education

Qualified (ACA/ACCA/ACMA)

Job description

Overview

SF Executive is partnered with a private equity backed, manufacturing business that is seeking a Head of Finance (HOF). You will report to Chief Operations Officer (COO) and have a dotted line to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The HOF will drive a strong finance agenda across the operations parts of the business and will ensure the adequacy of systems and controls and adopt a rigorous data driven approach to information management, ensuring the business has the right data and insights to make optimal decisions in line with its operations strategy.

Responsibilities

• Support the COO in operations strategy and recognising that one of the key ways that the organisation captures value, is through superior cost management and service delivery
• Oversee weekly and monthly operations financial reporting processes, ensuring accuracy and timeliness and which are action-oriented
• Work with the business to ensure that the appropriate KPIs are monitored and reviewed alongside a robust reporting drumbeat
• Responsible for supporting the operations leadership team in the budget and forecasting process covering operations, supply chain and procurement
• Provide value-added business partnering, by moving through the cycle of providing data to providing action-oriented insights that help transform the business
• Support COO in achieving their organisational goals and ensuring that the operations organisation is making data-driven decisions
• Identify, assess, and mitigate operations risks facing the organisation
• Ensure full understanding of cost drivers and to highlight/advise stakeholders on key variances and how to capitalise/correct on trends
• Own product costing within the business by establishing clear, transparent ways of establishing a fully loaded costs onto each customer/sku combination, which will allow the business to make data driven decisions
• Design, develop and own cost-to-serve model. Use the data within the cost-to-serve model, work with the business to optimise its cost to serve based on strategic goals

Qualifications

The successful HOF will be a qualified (ACA/ACCA/ACMA) and experienced finance lead. You will have worked within a manufacturing environment and you will have ideally been exposed to the pace of private equity backed business.

Working Conditions

This role is being offered on a hybrid basis. The expectation is to work 4 days from site with a flexible day from home.