Head of Finance - UK

Ricoh; Northampton; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Ricoh is seeking a Head of Finance to lead its UK finance function with a focus on strategic planning and financial performance. The ideal candidate will possess a chartered accounting qualification and extensive experience in financial leadership, ensuring compliance and driving transformation initiatives while managing a diverse team. This role offers flexible working options and a competitive salary package.

Benefits

Flexible and hybrid working

Company car / car allowance

Career development opportunities

Excellent holiday entitlement

Wellbeing schemes

Qualifications

• Extensive experience at senior finance leadership level.
• Expert knowledge of financial reporting standards.
• Previous experience in a client-facing/multi-site industry.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the UK Finance function as a strategic partner.
• Drive financial transformation and process improvement initiatives.
• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing finance team.

Skills

Financial accounting skills

Analytical skills

Commercial acumen

Leadership

Education

Charted accounting qualification (CIMA, ACCA, ACA)

MBA or equivalent

Job description

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Role: Head of Finance - UK
Located: Northampton (Ricoh operate a vibrant working policy giving you flexible hybrid working options)
Package: Competitive Salary, Car Allowance, Bonus, Pension plus other company benefits.

About Ricoh:

Ricoh is a global technology business. As a company born in print, we design and manufacture graphic solutions that transform communications. To keep up with the pace of change in the workplace, we have built an extensive portfolio of innovative, industry-leading digital services spanning everything from Cloud & IT infrastructure solutions to process automation tools.

Everything we do is designed to help individuals achieve fulfilment through work. Through technology, we make work smarter and more creative. Enabling people to lead purposeful working lives and organisations to become more productive, sustainable and profitable.

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As the Head of Finance you will oversee the UK Finance function and act as a strategic partner to the UK Board and the senior leadership team, responsible for financial planning, performance management, governance and transformation initiatives, and assisting in decision making processes required for the delivery of strategic objectives and annual budget.

Key Accountabilities :

• Financial Planning, Reporting & Analysis - to lead accurate monthly reporting, forecasting, cash management and strategic financial planning activities, ensuring clear financial insight is given to the CEO and Board and strategic financial KPIs are met

• Business Partnering - Collaborate with the UK board and functional leaders to shape strategy, enhance profitability and support decision making by providing high quality, strategic contributions and ensuring operational decisions are supported by financial insight
• Financial Compliance and Risk Management - To ensure full compliance with Ricoh Group policies, SOX, IFRS, and local statutory regulations and be responsible for learning internal and external audits resulting in all deadlines being met, clean audit outcome and no compliance breaches
• Financial Transformation & Process Improvement - to drive Finance transformation, process automation, system enhancements and cost efficiency initiatives to ensure key transformation milestones are delivered for the business and cost savings are achieved
• Commercial Finance Leadership - to support Sales and contract negotiations through modelling financial outcomes for new business and drive margin improvements to ensure margin uplifts, successful tender support and client financial risks are minimised
• People Leadership - To lead, coach and develop a high-performing team of qualified and part qualified financial professionals and associated support functions, to enhance the team's execution and delivery of their responsibilities. Creating an environment of high energy and performance excellence to contribute to employee engagement and effective succession planning.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience required:

• Comprehensive financial accounting skills supported by a charted accounting qualification (CIMA, ACCA, ACA) is essential
• MBA or equivalent business qualification is desirable
• Expert knowledge of financial reporting standards (IFRS/UKGAAP/SOX)
• Strong commercial acumen with ability to challenge and influence business decisions confidently in a wide range of situations
• Advanced analytical skills, capable of translating complex data into actionable insights
• Extensive, proven experience at a senior finance leadership level; managing diverse teams, internal stakeholders and external client engagement.
• Excellent presentation skills - able to translate complex data for non-finance audience
• Project and change management expertise
• Previous experience gleaned in a client-facing/multi-site industry, ideally technology / professional services business.
• Proven experience of successful commercial/finance transformation assignments in corporate environment.
• Substantial experience at senior management level with responsibility for line management of multiple direct reports and demonstratable experience of providing strong leadership, coaching and team development activity
• Proven success in senior financial leadership roles within a multi-site, customer-focused business, ideally technology or professional services.
• Extensive experience of transformation projects, mergers & acquisitions support, and operational finance leadership.

We receive a high volume of applications for our roles, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible

We're looking for individuals with values and causes, strengths and weaknesses, passions and ideas. Bring your unique energy, and we'll match it with opportunities to create the future.

In return for your commitment, we can offer you:

• Flexible and hybrid working in line with role requirements
• An inclusive workplace
• Excellent package with solid basic, strong bonus and company benefits including:
  • A competitive holiday entitlement, two days special leave per annum for volunteering, additional holiday purchase scheme
  • Flexible retirement plan
  • Wellbeing schemes to support your physical, emotional and financial health including Employee Assistance Programme, financial protection, life cover and will writing, medical protection, gym, travel and retail discounts, and more.
  • Company car / car allowance (role-specific), cycle to work scheme
• Career development and life-long learning opportunities
• Opportunity to join a global company

Life at Ricoh:

Ricoh's Core Values

Our values encourage us to constantly improve and contribute to the wellbeing of all stakeholders, including our customers, employees and society.

For our leaders, we deliver training and mentorship to ensure our managers can positively contribute to our company culture, with inclusive behaviours that are aligned to our values.

Be part of something bigger

Our approach to sustainability touches every part of our organisation: from manufacturing to distribution, business sites to recycling, and how we support our customers.

By working with Ricoh, you choose to work for a company that cares about its impact on the planet and takes steps to reduce it each year. We have a number of global sustainability accreditations . You can read more about our work toward the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals here .

We are an equal opportunities employer

We are open to discussing adjustments to the recruitment process if needed. No applicant or employee will be treated less favourably than another on the grounds of a protected characteristic which are defined as sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender reassignment, trade union membership or non-membership, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race and religion or belief.

Striving for inclusion and diversity isn't just the right thing to do. Diverse approaches, perspectives and experiences make us more innovative, lead to better decisions and help us better understand the needs of our customers.

To empower you to bring your full identity to work, we have employee-led affinity groups in LGBTQ+, gender and ethnicity that allow members to explore issues and challenges surrounding shared identities, experiences and beliefs.

Click here to learn more about life at Ricoh.