Global Group Finance Director – Strategic Leader (Hybrid) in Manchester

Location - UK based (Hybrid), Monthly meetings in Manchester and occasional overseas travel.

Full-time Permanent Salary - £80k–£90k plus benefits (depending on experience).

The opportunity:

We are looking for an exceptional Group Director Finance to join our senior leadership team, reporting directly to the CFO. This is a high-impact opportunity for a commercially minded finance leader who thrives in dynamic, fast-paced environments and enjoys influencing strategic decision-making at the highest level. As a trusted deputy to the CFO, you will lead Group financial performance, control and compliance across a multi-jurisdictional environment, while providing commercial insight to support growth, drive profitability and strengthen decision-making across major contracts, tenders and strategic initiatives. A core part of the role is driving financial planning, cashflow management and finance transformation, strengthening systems, processes and team capability to support scalable international growth.

Leadership scope:

You will lead a globally distributed finance team and work closely with senior leaders across the Group and corporate functions.

Key responsibilities:

• Deputise for the CFO, providing strong financial leadership and continuity, including supporting Board and senior leadership discussions with clear financial insight.
• Lead Group financial control, delivering accurate, timely and fully compliant reporting across all entities and jurisdictions, with strong balance sheet integrity and consistent application of controls and standards.
• Oversee statutory, tax and compliance obligations across jurisdictions, proactively managing exposure and risk and maintaining high standards of governance.
• Provide commercial business partnering, strengthening pricing discipline and improving profitability across major bids, tenders and contracts through insight and constructive challenge.
• Lead financial planning and performance, delivering aligned budgets and forecasts with forward-looking visibility through scenario modelling and forecasting.
• Own cashflow and treasury management, improving cash conversion, managing working capital and multi-currency operations, and mitigating key financial risks including FX exposure.
• Ensure robust contract accounting and consistent revenue recognition across consultancy and government contracts, strengthening transparency and financial control across complex portfolios.
• Drive finance systems and process improvement, improving the quality, timeliness and accessibility of financial reporting and reducing manual inefficiencies.
• Build and lead a high-performing, internationally dispersed finance team, embedding accountability, commercial focus and continuous improvement across the function.

Requirements:

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CAANZ, or equivalent).
• Degree in finance, accounting, business, or equivalent experience.
• Proven Group-level finance leadership within a multi-entity, international organisation.
• Strong knowledge of international financial reporting, control and compliance (IFRS) across jurisdictions.
• Demonstrable experience leading audit, statutory and regulatory compliance internationally.
• Expertise in planning, forecasting, cashflow and treasury in multi-currency environments.
• Strong commercial finance capability (pricing, modelling, contract risk).
• Experience leading high-performing, geographically dispersed teams.
• Track record delivering finance transformation and scalable systems/processes.

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave - plus bank holidays.
• An annual day off for birthday leave, a wellbeing day and a day off for volunteering.
• Life Assurance.
• Employee Assistance Program.