Financial Director in Oxford

UK Finance Director Opportunity in South Oxfordshire. 4 days a week onsite. Up to £100,000 per annum.

Are you a progressive and driven Finance Director who has a passion for delivering finance and accounting excellence? Do you want a role where you can make a significant impact within a fast-growing entity of an exciting international brand? An established global brand is looking to hire a Finance Director to lead the biggest growth opportunity within their organisation.

You will take full ownership of leading all financial planning, partnering senior leadership whilst also taking full responsibility for the day-to-day and monthly financial and accounting duties. As a key business partner and core member of the business area leadership team, you will be responsible for ensuring a deep understanding of all areas of the business and their direct impacts on financials. You will act as the primary driver of financial processes, ensuring accuracy and efficiency across the organisation. You will actively drive the UK business area's financial performance and growth.

Salary and Benefits

The salary on offer will sit in the region of £95,000-£100,000 per annum plus benefits which will include short and long-term bonus incentives, healthcare plan, pension, life assurance, critical illness cover and other company-specific discounts. This is a hybrid opportunity with the Finance Director required to be site-based 4 days per week.

Key Responsibilities

• Financial Planning & Strategy
• FP&A and Strategy Ownership: Own the core financial planning processes for the UK Business Area including strategy, budgeting and forecasting and partnering senior leadership.
• Financial Modelling: Develop and maintain financial models, assumptions, and methodologies to be used in the Annual Operating Plan, monthly forecasts, and the long-term strategic plan supporting both the P&L and Cashflow.
• Cashflow Management: Develop and maintain a cash forecasting model pulling in all programme inputs to ensure the accuracy of cashflow planning and forecasts for the Business Area.
• Workstream Implementation: Ensure that all core FP&A workstreams are properly implemented in synchrony with business needs.
• Reporting, Analytics & Insights
• Monthly Results: Own the completion, accuracy, and understanding of the monthly financial results for the UK entity, spanning both the P&L and balance sheet.
• Shared Services Collaboration: Work in collaboration with the international Shared Services Finance team, ensuring clear ownership of each individual P&L and Balance Sheet account.
• Performance Analysis: Play an essential role in analysing the financial performance and trends of the Business Area by understanding actual results vs. budget and/or forecasts, identifying and explaining the variance, and highlighting risks and opportunities.
• KPI & Spending Oversight: Monitor all relevant financial KPIs and spending.
• Growth Preservation: Make recommendations and act to preserve business growth and profitability.
• Ad Hoc Analysis: Define and deliver ad hoc financial analysis and/or reporting adapted to the business operating and strategic needs.
• Stakeholder Management
• Executive Presentation: Take responsibility for presenting the monthly financial performance to the local Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and the Global Executive Leadership team (ELT).
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate with key business partners within the Business Area, as well as corporate finance, shared services finance, and other departments as needed to validate the inputs and outputs of the financial plans.
• Proactive Communication: Ensure timely communication of issues or opportunities related to the financial commitments of the business area.
• Strategic Advisory: Provide insights and recommendations to the SLT of the Business Area and the Global ELT on how to potentially improve the financial performance of the Business Area and achieve strategic objectives.
• Proposal Financial Leadership: Lead on financial analysis and stakeholder management for all proposal activity within the business area.
• Costing & Pricing: Review and aid in the development of all costing and pricing of proposals to understand and ensure minimum contribution to the Business Area and evaluate any business or financial risk.
• Programme Financial Alignment: Work with programme management teams to ensure understanding of programme financials and their wider impact on the business.
• IFRS-15 Compliance: Ensure financial results are reflected appropriately under IFRS-15.
• Compliance, Audit & Controls
• Accounting Compliance: Ensure compliance with all accounting policies under IFRS and timelines for both actuals and financial planning deliverables.
• Statutory Audits & Tax: Own the annual statutory audit, including R&D tax credits, with the assistance of Shared Services finance.
• External Audit Relations: Develop and maintain a positive working relationship with external audit to ensure support through audit activity and continued understanding of new requirements.
• Policy Enforcement: Ensure compliance with all company policies.
• Team Leadership & Process Improvement
• Team Development: Set goals and standards for the UK finance team.
• Coaching & Performance: Provide guidance, coaching, and feedback to team members to ensure optimisation of team performance and contribution to the overall UK Business Area.
• Process Streamlining: Optimise system processes and look for continuous improvement through the use of systems and/or streamlining of processes.

What Experience Is Needed

• Leadership Track Record: A minimum of 7-10 years of financial leadership experience in a highly complex engineering, technology, or related contract-driven industry.
• Programme Systems Familiarity: Familiarity with the operating systems required to manage large-scale engineering programmes.
• Project Accounting: Experience in project accounting, alongside familiarity with programme management reporting, systems, and techniques.
• Financial Educator: The ability to educate non-financial partners on financial improvement, financial results, and requirements, driving value-add in the role.

Education & Qualifications

• Fully qualified finance and accounting professional (ACA, CIMA, ACCA).