Head of Finance

As a Head of Finance, you are accountable for driving forward the financial strategy and achieving the business objectives of this leading, global retail business.

In this role, you will act as an influential and knowledgeable finance executive who leads from the front, makes important business decisions, successfully problem solves, improves processes, and consistently delivers results in line with deadlines.

You are a resilient and forward-thinking individual who pro-actively implements change in order to hit business goals. You are responsible for high quality financial reporting, management accounts and ensuring all compliance & controls are being followed whilst actively looking to mitigate risk and issues.

Overall, you are an authoritative figure who leads and commands your team to success; this involves people & performance management, developing & mentoring, succession planning and forecasting resource.

Reporting into the FD, duties will include:

• Contribute to the achievement of the company's business objectives by providing advice and guidance on financial strategy
• Set long term goals for the Finance team, embedding effective controls and robust processes to support on-going growth and financial performance across the business
• Work in close partnership with the following stakeholders:
• In-country management team to support effective decisions
• Country Finance Director, CFO and Group Finance to keep them informed, monitor and drive cash flow initiatives, deliver on finance strategies and embed reporting that would enable in-depth analysis of business performance and an understanding of key business drivers
• Shared Services teams to ensure good financial control, timely close of month end sub-ledgers
• Build, develop and maintain strong cross-functional partnerships with various departments
• Focus on YoY performance and understand key underlying business drivers

• Responsible for high quality & accurate financial reporting delivering flash, ledger closes and the management accounts pack to group deadlines
• Support with monthly board reporting and preparation for the submission to the group finance team
• Responsible for the preparation & review of monthly management accounts from trial balance to financial statements
• Ensure adherence to IFR accounting standards & statutory reporting requirements
• Lead the Balance Sheet reconciliation process
• Drive country site by site reporting and embed a bottom-up culture to reporting within the finance team

• Lead year end statutory audit process, liaising with external auditors and providing all necessary documentation and evidence
• Develop and implement an internal audit programme to ensure that the company complies with financial procedures and regulations
• Deliver the local statutory accounts for all entities to country deadlines, working with PwC to deliver the accounts and the auditors. Work with the in-country legal team to deliver the management reports
• Carry out all necessary actions to ensure that the company meets its financial and legal obligations
• Lead on ongoing development of finance processes and controls

• Lead and be a key point of contact on all country internal finance transformation projects in relation to record to report changes
• Lead on acquisition and integration projects
• Continuous financial and operational improvement
• Support improvement initiatives for SAP development

• Direct and motivate the finance team and provide them with the resources & tools they need to be successful
• Establish and implement a training program for new and existing colleagues
• Drive the improvement in quality of work and overall skillset of the team
• Provide knowledgeable & factual advice and guidance to the team to enable them to achieve their objectives
• Enable the team to strive for accuracy of site by site P&Ls
• Responsible for performance management and recruitment

You will have demonstrable experience leading in a fast-paced environment, you will be a commercial and strategic decision maker, adaptable to change and forward-thinking in your approach. Qualification preferred.

Interviews will be taking place immediately.

Only individuals who meet the criteria will be considered.

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