Interim Director of Finance Financial Shared Services

Michael Page (UK); East Midlands; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK retail brand is seeking an Interim Director of Finance to oversee shared financial services. This senior role will manage global finance operations, ensuring best-in-class service delivery while driving transformation initiatives. The position offers a contract of 9-12 months with a salary ranging from £125,000 to £145,000 plus car allowance, depending on experience.

Benefits

Car allowance

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Lead financial services teams, ensuring governance of outsourced finance operations.
• Manage relationships with global outsourcing partners to meet KPIs and SLAs.
• Drive process standardisation and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Governance expertise

Stakeholder management

Leadership capabilities

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.)