Head of Finance - Sourcing

Kingfisher plc; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Kingfisher plc is seeking a Head of Finance for their Offer & Sourcing operation in London. This role involves leading an international finance team, ensuring operational delivery of financial reporting and controls, and fostering strong relationships across multiple stakeholders. The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant with proven leadership skills and a strong commercial acumen.

Benefits

Private Health Care

Kingfisher Pension Scheme

25 Days' Holiday

Staff Discount

Kingfisher Share Incentive Plan (SIP)

Life Assurance

Competitive bonus scheme

Kingfisher Share Save

Qualifications

• Proven leadership skills with the ability to work effectively across cultural and language boundaries.
• Solid technical accounting expertise.
• Skilled in planning and forecasting within complex environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the O&S Sourcing Finance team, fostering high engagement.
• Ensure accurate and timely management and statutory reporting.
• Monitor financial risks, ensuring early identification and effective mitigation.

Skills

Leadership

Financial Control

Commercial Reporting

Strategic Business Partnering

Education

Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)

Job description

We’re Kingfisher, A team made up of over 76,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas - to life. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in.

At Kingfisher our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.

We are open to flexible and agile working, both of hours and location. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our offices, located in London, Southampton & Yeovil. Talk to us about how we can best support you!

This is an exciting role that will allow you to bring your Finance experience to a very commercial environment at the heart of our Offer & Sourcing operation. A truly fantastic opportunity to lead an international finance team in a multinational plc retailer!

The Head of Finance, O&S Sourcing is responsible for leading the O&S Sourcing Finance teams, ensuring the operational delivery of all Commercial Finance, Accounting and Reporting, and financial control requirements across the O&S Sourcing Finance organisation.

Outputs will be used to inform and support decision making across multiple stakeholders including the Sourcing Board, O&S Board, Banners and Group Finance Teams.

Overview

We’re Kingfisher, A team made up of over 76,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas - to life. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in.

At Kingfisher our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.

We are open to flexible and agile working, both of hours and location. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our offices, located in London, Southampton & Yeovil. Talk to us about how we can best support you!

This is an exciting role that will allow you to bring your Finance experience to a very commercial environment at the heart of our Offer & Sourcing operation. A truly fantastic opportunity to lead an international finance team in a multinational plc retailer!

The Head of Finance, O&S Sourcing is responsible for leading the O&S Sourcing Finance teams, ensuring the operational delivery of all Commercial Finance, Accounting and Reporting, and financial control requirements across the O&S Sourcing Finance organisation.

Outputs will be used to inform and support decision making across multiple stakeholders including the Sourcing Board, O&S Board, Banners and Group Finance Teams.

Lead and develop the O&S Sourcing Finance team, fostering high engagement

Build strong cross-functional relationships, including with the Sourcing Board

Deliver insightful commercial reporting, highlighting performance drivers and future risks/opportunities

Ensure accurate and timely management and statutory reporting

Uphold strong financial controls and governance across the Sourcing Finance function

Monitor financial risks, ensuring early identification and effective mitigation

Champion continuous improvement and contribute to both finance and commercial sourcing initiatives

What's the job

• Lead and develop the O&S Sourcing Finance team, fostering high engagement

• Build strong cross-functional relationships, including with the Sourcing Board

• Deliver insightful commercial reporting, highlighting performance drivers and future risks/opportunities

• Ensure accurate and timely management and statutory reporting

• Uphold strong financial controls and governance across the Sourcing Finance function

• Monitor financial risks, ensuring early identification and effective mitigation

• Champion continuous improvement and contribute to both finance and commercial sourcing initiatives

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)

Proven leadership skills with the ability to work effectively across cultural and language boundaries

Solid technical accounting expertise

Experience in strategic business partnering

Skilled in planning and forecasting within complex environments

Builds trusted relationships while confidently challenging and influencing decisions

Experienced in navigating matrix organizational structures

Be Customer Focused – constantly improving our customers’ experience

• I listen to my customers
• I use available data to help make decisions

Be Human – acting with humanity and care

• I do the right thing

Be Curious – thrive on learning, thinking beyond the obvious

• I build and share new ideas
• I try new things and share my learnings

Be Agile – working with trust, pace and agility

• I have courage to be creative
• Done is better than perfect, I aim for 80/20

Be Inclusive – acting inclusively in diverse teams to work together

• I embrace allyship
• I have self-awareness and a desire to learn

Be Accountable – championing the plan to deliver results and growth

• I own my actions
• I understand the Kingfisher plan and how it relates to my role

At Kingfisher, we value the perspectives that any new team members bring, and we want to hear from you. We encourage you to apply for one of our roles even if you do not feel you meet 100% of the requirements.

In return, we offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination! We encourage new ideas, actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self. Find out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Kingfisher here!

We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career.

Interested? Great, apply now and help us to Power the Possible.

What we offer.

Private Health Care

Opportunity to receive up to family level cover with Bupa. Join within three months of starting or at annual renewal in April. (This benefit is subject to Benefit In Kind taxation).

Kingfisher Pension Scheme

Immediate eligibility through auto-enrolment. Contribute 8% to receive a max 14% from the Company.

25 Days' Holiday

25 days per annum plus bank holidays as stated in your contract (pro rated for part time colleagues).

Staff Discount

20% discount at B&Q and Screwfix. Eligible after 3 months service.

Kingfisher Share Incentive Plan (SIP)

Share ownership in a tax efficient way. Save between £10 to £150 per month. Join at any time once three months service is reached.

Life Assurance

x4 Salary plus benefit equal to value of your Retirement Account (if an active member of KPS-MP) or x1 Salary if not active member.

Bonus

Competitive bonus scheme that aligns to work level of role.

Kingfisher Share Save

Save with the option to buy Kingfisher plc shares at the end of a 3 or 5 year period. Offered annually. Three months service is required at the annual invitation date, normally in October.

Our Behaviours

At Kingfisher, we are united by our 6 core behaviours

Constantly improving our customer experience

Acting with humanity and care

Be curious

Thriving on learning, thinking beyond the obvious

Be inclusive

Acting inclusively in diverse teams to achieve together

Be agile

Working with trust, pace and agility

Be accountable

Championing the plan to deliver results and growth

Our employees know us best. We wouldn’t be Kingfisher without them. So, we want to share what they think with you.

Since joining Kingfisher in 2007, I have made many genuine friends and the company has helped me to grow both professionally and personally.

Training & Development

There are so many ways you can grow, learn, and develop here at Kingfisher. At whatever pace suits you.

Conversations with senior leaders

Resources and tools to help you grow

Improving without instruments to help you learn is near impossible. That's why we make sure you have everything at your fingertips to find exactly what you need to keep growing.

Initiatives that measure development

With plans that ask you what you want to achieve and when you want to achieve them by, tracking progress and keeping development at the forefront of conversation is easy.

Find your path

The scale of group functions within Kingfisher is huge. That means you have the chance to build different career paths within multiple areas of the organisation.

Sharing is caring

We aren't selfish here at Kingfisher. Whatever your level of experience, you'll work with colleagues who are always welcoming and ready to share their knowledge whenever you need it.

Reach for the stars

So your ambitions are high? Good thing we have opportunities to find experiences in line with more senior roles and responsibilities. Here, you can evolve your career, no matter your level.

Why Kingfisher

We’re an innovative, international retailer on a journey to actively make a difference. Always striving to take that next step. You can be part of the difference. From bottom to top you can progress in a collaborative environment. So, why not Kingfisher?

Application Process

What to expect from our application process...

Step 1: Application

Send in your application via our Kingfisher Careers website.

Step 2: Review

A member of the Talent Acquisition team will then review your application let you know if you have progressed to the next stage of the process.

Step 3: Interview 1

You’ll then have a telephone interview/one to one conversation with a recruiter.

Step 4: Interview 2

As you progress, you’ll be invited to attend a face to face or virtual interview.

Step 5: Feedback

Your recruiter will be in contact with feedback and, if successful, the details of your job offer!