Head of Finance in Warwick

The Point, Warwick

Permanent, Full time

Are you ready to take the next step in your leadership career?

We're looking for an ambitious and commercially minded finance leader to join our Extended Leadership Team as Head of Finance. This is a unique opportunity to influence strategic decision-making, lead a high-performing finance team, and play a pivotal role in shaping the future direction of Calor.

As a trusted partner to the CFO and Senior Leadership Team, you'll combine financial expertise with commercial insight to drive performance, support business growth, and ensure we continue to deliver exceptional results for our customers and stakeholders.

This role offers significant exposure across the organisation and would particularly suit someone looking to broaden their leadership experience and develop towards a future CFO position.

What You'll Be Doing

As Head of Finance, you will:

• Partner with the CFO, Executive Team and senior stakeholders to support strategic decision-making and business performance.
• Lead and develop a talented Finance team, creating a culture of accountability, development and continuous improvement.
• Ensure the delivery of accurate and timely financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting and business planning.
• Drive financial governance, compliance and risk management across the organisation.
• Lead relationships with external auditors, tax advisors and key stakeholders.
• Support effective cash flow, working capital and capital expenditure management.
• Champion process improvement, automation and the use of AI and technology to enhance finance capabilities.
• Provide commercial insight and challenge to support sustainable growth and profitability.
• Play a key leadership role in delivering Calor's vision, values and strategic objectives.

What Success Looks Like

We're looking for someone who can:

• Influence and build strong relationships across all levels of the organisation.
• Balance strategic thinking with a hands-on approach when needed.
• Lead, motivate and develop people to achieve their full potential.
• Use financial insight to drive business decisions and continuous improvement.
• Navigate change with confidence and bring others on the journey.
• Create an environment where people feel supported, engaged and empowered.

About You

You'll be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with significant post-qualification experience in a finance leadership role.

You'll also bring:

• Proven experience leading and developing finance teams.
• Strong commercial awareness and business acumen.
• Experience in financial reporting, governance, budgeting and forecasting.
• The ability to communicate and influence at senior leadership level.
• A proactive, collaborative and customer-focused approach.
• Experience working with ERP systems (SAP experience advantageous) and strong analytical skills.
• A passion for continuous improvement, innovation and embracing new technologies.

Why Apply?

This is an exciting opportunity to:

• Join the Extended Leadership Team and contribute to key business decisions.
• Gain broad exposure across the organisation.
• Lead important transformation, automation and AI initiatives.
• Develop your leadership capability within a supportive and values-driven organisation.
• Position yourself for future senior leadership opportunities.

Please note: we have identified a preferred candidate for this vacancy; however, the opportunity remains open to internal applications. We recognise that other colleagues may wish to express an interest in the role, either for this opportunity or as part of their future career development, and we welcome applications from anyone who believes they meet the requirements of the role. All applications received will be considered against the requirements of the position