Strategic Finance Leader: Forecasting & Insight

CMA Recruitment Group; Fareham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

High-profile role with CEO and senior

Lead and develop finance function

Travel to other locations

Fareham-based role

Job summary

CMA Recruitment Group is partnering with an established organisation in Fareham to recruit a Head of Finance for its senior leadership team. You will lead the finance function, deliver accurate reporting, and provide insightful financial analysis to support performance and decision making.

Based in Fareham with some travel to other locations, you will oversee budgeting, forecasting, cash management and system improvements while developing the finance team and partnering with senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA with significant post-qualification experience.
• Proven senior finance leadership in a sizeable, commercially focused org.
• Strong technical skills in financial control, reporting, budgeting and cash management.
• Excellent communication, analytical skills, and advanced Excel.

Responsibilities

• Lead the finance function, taking ownership of accurate management reporting, financial controls, statutory requirements and audit.
• Lead the budgeting and forecasting cycle, providing meaningful analysis of performance, profitability, risks and opportunities.
• Maintain strong oversight of cash flow, debt, working capital and financial risk, ensuring emerging issues are identified and addressed promptly.
• Lead and develop the finance team while driving improvements to reporting, systems, processes and the quality of financial information.

Skills

Financial control

Management reporting

Budgeting

Forecasting

Cash management

Business partnering

Stakeholder management

Education

ACCA/ACA/CIMA

Tools

Finance systems

Business intelligence tools

Job description

CMA Recruitment Group is partnering with an established organisation in Fareham to recruit a Head of Finance for its senior leadership team. You will lead the finance function, deliver accurate reporting, and provide insightful financial analysis to support performance and decision making.

Based in Fareham with some travel to other locations, you will oversee budgeting, forecasting, cash management and system improvements while developing the finance team and partnering with senior stakeholders.