Head of Finance

Broster Buchanan; West Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Home working

Regular UK-wide travel

Job summary

A high-growth B2B company is seeking a Head of Finance based in the Midlands. This role entails significant responsibilities including financial reporting, planning, and analysis. The successful candidate will engage with senior managers to support commercial decision-making and improve financial performance. Additionally, they should be ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified with strong business partnering skills, effective stakeholder engagement, and a passion for continuous improvement, alongside a management capability to lead a high-performing team. UK-wide travel is required, with hybrid work settings available.

Qualifications

• Strong business partnering skills essential for financial decision-making.
• Effective in engaging with senior stakeholders across multiple sites.
• Comfortable with influencing finance and non-finance personnel.

Responsibilities

• Build partnerships with senior managers providing financial support.
• Oversee financial control activities, managing month-end processes.
• Challenge assumptions and make recommendations for efficiency improvements.
• Demonstrate thought leadership with alternative recommendations.
• Manage and develop a high-performing finance team.

Skills

Business partnering

Analytical skills

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Leadership

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified

Job description

Broster Buchanan are working with a high growth B2B company to recruit a Head of Finance to be based in the Midlands (hybrid options).

As Head of Finance you will have responsibility for reporting, planning and analysis and act as a trusted advisor for business leaders to assist decision making and improve financial performance.

Key responsibilities will include

• Building partnerships and strong relationships with all senior managers, stakeholders and their teams providing financial support to commercial decision making.
• Overseeing financial control activities, e.g. managing month-end close process
• Challenging assumptions, influence decisions and make recommendations for efficiency improvements in order to sustain growth.
• Demonstrating thought leadership by presenting alternative recommendations to existing approaches
• Manage and develop high performing team.

The successful candidate will be ACA/ACCA/ CIMA qualified with strong business partnering and analytical skills. Effective stakeholder engagement skills are essential for this role.

My client is looking for an exceptional communicator who is comfortable business partnering and influencing senior finance and non-finance stakeholders. They will possess demonstrable experience of operating in a complex, multi-site organisation, and from a personality perspective candidates will have an appetite for driving continuous improvement.

This role will offers home working but will require regular UK wide travel.