Interim Director of Finance - Financial Shared Services

Page Executive; East Midlands; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK retail brand is seeking an Interim Director of Finance to steer significant transformation. This senior leadership role involves managing global finance operations, ensuring compliance, and driving process improvements. The ideal candidate will have a proven background in large organizations, governance expertise, and experience in managing large teams. The position offers a 9-12 month contract with an attractive salary of £125,000 - £145,000 per annum, plus a car allowance.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Finance Director or senior finance leader in a complex organization.
• Expertise in managing outsourced service providers and large-scale teams.
• Experience in transformation and digital finance initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial services teams, including governance of outsourced finance operations.
• Manage relationships with global outsourcing partners.
• Ensure compliance with SOX and internal controls.
• Drive process standardization and continuous improvement.

Skills

Governance and compliance expertise

Stakeholder management

Leadership capabilities

Transformation and process improvement

Digital finance initiatives

Job description

• High profile leadership role
• Management of a large team through significant change and transformation

About Our Client

Join a leading UK retail brand with a strong heritage and a reputation for innovation and customer care. The organisation operates at scale, serving millions of customers across the UK and internationally, and is committed to delivering excellence in both products and services. They are undergoing a major transformation project currently to re‑engineer their processes and systems.

Job Description

We are recruiting for an Interim Director of Finance – Shared Financial Services to provide support for multiple projects within their Financial SSC. This is a senior leadership role with responsibility for global finance operations and governance, ensuring best‑in‑class service delivery and operational performance.

• Lead financial services teams, including governance of outsourced finance operations (PTP, OTC, RTR, Master Data, Controls).
• Manage relationships with global outsourcing partners, ensuring KPIs and SLAs are met.
• Oversee contract governance and performance management frameworks.
• Ensure compliance with SOX and internal controls, raising risks appropriately.
• Partner with divisional CFOs, VPs, and corporate finance teams across a complex matrix structure.
• Drive process standardisation and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provide leadership for onshore and offshore teams, including a large offshore resource base.
• Develop and deliver a digitisation road‑map and automation initiatives (RPA, workflow tools).

The Successful Applicant

• Proven experience as a Finance Director or senior finance leader in a large, complex organisation.
• Strong governance, compliance, and operational finance expertise.
• Skilled in managing outsourced service providers and large‑scale teams with direct exposure to SSC's.
• Excellent stakeholder management and leadership capabilities, delivering major projects.
• Experience in transformation, process improvement and digital finance initiatives.
• Leadership and development of large teams through change and transformation.

What’s on Offer

9-12 month contract | £125,000 - £145,000 pa+ car allowance (depending on level of skills and experience.)