Finance Transformation Lead - (FTC, opportunity for perm) in Stratford-upon-Avon

Affinia is the UK’s largest purpose-led, purpose-built Accountancy firm, focused on building stronger, more valuable relationships.

With over 1000 colleagues across the East, South East, London and the Midlands, we are dedicated to supporting our clients, colleagues and communities.

We advise businesses, public sector organisations, charities and individuals throughout the UK and internationally across six Service Lines - Accountancy & Advisory, Tax and Planning, Audit & Assurance, Corporate Finance, Payroll and Corporate Recovery.

Our team also offer in-depth sector expertise across a number of sectors, ensuring our clients receive the best short to medium and long-term advice, tailored to them.

We are committed to delivering excellence in every aspect of our work, adapting to the evolving technology and regulatory landscape while consistently exceeding client expectations.

Our people are our most valuable asset.

We are therefore committed to supporting our colleagues throughout their professional development, providing guidance and training at whatever stage of their career they join us.

Real people. Real growth. Real difference.

Purpose Of The Role

As Finance Transformation Lead, you will be responsible for owning and delivering a high-impact finance transformation agenda to support the Group’s growth and value creation objectives.

Working closely with the senior finance leadership, you will drive the design and execution of a scalable, efficient, and well-controlled finance operating model, underpinned by simplified processes, modern systems, and strong governance.

You will bring pace, structure, and execution discipline to a broad portfolio of initiatives, ensuring the finance function is equipped to support growth, integrations, and increasing complexity.

The role requires experience in change leadership capable of balancing strategic design with hands‑on delivery, while maintaining a strong focus on financial control, reporting quality, compliance, cash generation and operational excellence.

As a trusted senior member of the finance team, you will work across all aspects of the finance function, helping to strengthen capability, improve performance and embed sustainable change.

• Accountabilities
• Lead the end-to-end finance transformation programme, establishing appropriate governance, priorities, milestones and performance measures to deliver the Group’s finance strategy and value creation objectives.
• Design and implement a scalable finance operating model across people, processes, systems, controls and data to support business growth and increasing organisational complexity.
• Review, simplify and standardise core finance processes (R2R, P2P and O2C), driving automation, efficiency, control and consistency across the Group.
• Lead finance systems strategy and execution, including optimisation, process automation, reporting enhancements and data quality improvement initiatives.
• Strengthen the Group’s financial control environment by improving governance, balance sheet integrity, compliance, reporting processes and risk management frameworks.
• Drive improvements in management reporting, month-end close, working capital, cash flow forecasting and performance insight to support better decision making.
• Ensure finance processes and systems support compliant and accurate reporting under FRS102 and are fit for purpose in a multi-entity environment.
• Support acquisition activity, including finance due diligence, integration planning and the successful onboarding of acquired businesses into Group processes, controls and systems.
• Develop and implement standardised finance policies, procedures and operating frameworks to embed consistency and best practice across the organisation.
• Partner closely with the finance leadership team and operational stakeholders to identify improvement opportunities, challenge existing ways of working and deliver sustainable business benefits.
• Provide leadership, coaching and direction across finance teams, building capability, accountability and a culture of continuous improvement.
• Deliver measurable outcomes including enhanced financial control, improved operational efficiency, accelerated reporting timelines, stronger cash performance and increased organisational scalability.

Skills/Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, ACMA/CIMA or equivalent).
• Significant experience gained within PE-backed, high-growth or complex multi-entity organisations.
• Proven track record delivering large-scale finance transformation programmes across people, process, systems and controls.
• Strong understanding of financial control, statutory reporting, consolidation and governance requirements.
• Deep knowledge of FRS102, including revenue recognition, leases, acquisitions and group reporting considerations.
• Experience operating within, or closely supporting, a Group Financial Controller, Financial Controller or Finance Director environment.
• Demonstrable experience of improving month-end close, reporting quality, balance sheet control and finance operating effectiveness.
• Experience of system implementation, finance systems transformation and process automation.
• Strong commercial mindset with experience delivering measurable value creation, cost efficiencies and cash improvements.
• Excellent programme leadership and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability with excellent attention to detail.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and operate effectively at Board and Executive level.
• Experience supporting acquisitions, integrations and organisational change.
• Core Benefits

At Affinia, our culture is driven by ambition and a commitment to positively impact all the communities we serve.

We are dedicated to the success, development, and wellbeing of our colleagues, helping them achieve their goals and seize the opportunities that come with our growth.

• Alongside a flexible and inclusive work environment, we offer the following core benefits:
• 25 days holiday (FTE) plus Bank Holidays (Sept-Aug).
• Opportunity to purchase 3 extra days holiday per year.
• Auto enrolment Pension Scheme with True Potential.
• Death in Service.
• Professional membership support.
• Paycare – claim money back for Dental / Optical / Professional Therapies
• Dress for your Diary Policy.

Please note that this job profile is not an exhaustive list of duties but merely an outline of the key components of the role.

You may be required by your line manager to take on additional responsibilities when requested.

Affinia is committed to being an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Our policy is unequivocal: we do not tolerate discrimination based on age, disability, sex, race, religion, or belief, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy, or maternity, or sexual orientation.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive organisation that actively promotes equality of opportunity for all, valuing the right mix of talent, skills, and potential.

We welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates, and selection for roles is based solely on individual merit.

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