At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the finance function, ensuring financial robustness and supporting business growth in adult social care.
- Company: Values-led adult social care provider with a focus on high-quality care.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, opportunity for professional development, and a chance to make a real impact.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with opportunities for career advancement and personal growth.
- Why this job: Join a senior leadership team and shape the financial strategy of a growing organisation.
- Qualifications: Recognised accountancy qualification and significant experience in senior finance roles.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 75000 £ per year.
Pioneer Talent is proud to be partnering with a values-led, growing adult social care provider to recruit a Head of Finance to join their Senior Leadership Team. Working closely with the CEO, Managing Director and operational leaders, you'll provide the strategic and operational leadership of the finance function — ensuring the business remains financially robust, commercially focused and well governed.
This is a hands-on leadership role that combines financial strategy with day-to-day financial management, playing a key part in supporting business growth, acquisitions, service development and investment decisions, all while enabling the delivery of high-quality care.
The role as Head of Finance includes:
- Developing and delivering the finance strategy, aligned to corporate objectives and long-term business plans
- Providing strategic financial advice to the CEO, Managing Director, Board and Senior Leadership Team
- Leading budgeting, forecasting, management accounts, cash flow and performance reporting
- Leading financial modelling and scenario planning to support growth, investment and service development
- Leading the financial appraisal, modelling and due diligence of acquisitions and new services, and supporting post-acquisition integration
- Developing the annual fee-uplift strategy, using analysis and benchmarking to support negotiations with local authorities, NHS commissioners and other funding bodies
- Maintaining robust financial controls, governance and compliance, and leading the statutory accounts and external audit process
- Overseeing tax, VAT, payroll, treasury, cash flow and banking arrangements
- Providing financial oversight of local authority and NHS/ICB contracts, private income and commissioned services — monitoring occupancy, staffing costs, agency spend and profitability
- Leading, developing and motivating the finance team, fostering a collaborative, high-performing culture
- Leading financial risk management and contributing to the corporate risk register and business continuity planning
About you: Pioneer Talent is keen to speak with senior finance leaders who bring:
- A recognised accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or CIPFA), with evidence of continuing professional development
- Significant experience in a senior finance leadership role, ideally within adult social care, healthcare or another regulated sector
- A strong track record in budgeting, forecasting, statutory reporting and financial control
- Experience managing external audit and regulatory compliance
- Experience reporting to Boards or Trustees and presenting strategic financial information
- Strong financial modelling, business planning and commercial decision-support skills
- Experience supporting acquisitions, organisational growth or major business change
- Experience leading and developing finance teams
- Commercial acumen and the ability to translate financial information into clear business recommendations
- Strong communication, influencing and stakeholder-management skills
Desirable: knowledge of CQC regulation and social care funding; acquisition due diligence and post-acquisition integration; experience within a private equity-backed or high-growth organisation.
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