Head of Finance in Stafford

Responsibilities

• Lead end‑to‑end delivery of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Billing and Cash operations, ensuring accuracy, compliance and strong performance against SLAs and KPIs.
• Improve working capital through effective cash forecasting, aged debt management and enhanced cash conversion.
• Oversee period‑end activities including reconciliations, cut‑off support, and audit readiness.
• Provide strategic finance partnering, delivering insight, forecasting, budgeting and scenario planning aligned to client objectives.
• Produce high‑quality MI and analysis to support decision‑making and drive margin, cost and cash improvements.
• Support commercial activity including pricing, bid modelling, value cases and change control assessments.
• Strengthen financial controls, master data governance and risk management across all finance processes.
• Drive continuous improvement through standardisation, lean methods and automation.
• Lead and develop finance teams, ensuring the right skills, capacity and a high‑performance culture.
• Manage third‑party partners and collaborate with client stakeholders across operations, commercial, technology and audit.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in finance operations and strategic finance, with credibility to influence senior stakeholders and the drive to deliver measurable improvement.
• Strong capability in planning, forecasting, performance management and scenario analysis.
• A proven track record of improving finance processes through standardisation, lean and automation.
• Excellent controls and governance experience, with a strong risk and audit mindset.
• Outstanding stakeholder management and the ability to translate complex financial information for non‑finance leaders.
• Commercial awareness across pricing, contract performance and working capital levers.
• Confidence with ERP systems and reporting tools (SAP or equivalent desirable).
• Professional finance qualifications (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) or equivalent senior shared services experience.

Benefits

• A competitive basic salary (up to £75,000).
• 23 days holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave.
• The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice.
• Auto‑enrolment to our company pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks and plenty more.
• Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle, from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology.
• Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform.

Equal Opportunity and Accessibility

At Capita, we’re committed to providing an inclusive, barrier‑free recruitment process and working environment for everyone. We want everyone to have the best chance of succeeding as they move through their application and start their career with us. We are an equal‑opportunity and Disability Confident employer; we want you to let us know if you’d like to discuss any adjustments you might need during your recruitment process.