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Finance Director
Spencer - Richardson
Luton
Hybrid
GBP 125,000 - 150,000
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Job summary
An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Finance Director to lead financial strategy during a transformative growth phase. This pivotal role combines hands-on financial management with strategic oversight, ensuring the business remains financially robust while supporting the Managing Director in key decisions. The successful candidate will guide a small finance team, implement sound financial policies, and provide critical advice to senior stakeholders. If you're a proactive leader with a passion for finance and a desire to shape the future of a growing company, this opportunity is for you.
Qualifications
- Proven experience in strategic financial guidance and management.
- Strong technical knowledge of statutory accounting processes.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic and financial guidance to meet objectives.
- Lead a finance team and ensure compliance with regulations.
- Oversee financial accounts preparation and system efficiency.
Skills
Strategic Financial Guidance
Financial Management
Team Leadership
Communication Skills
Critical Thinking
Problem Solving
Job description
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Spencer-Richardson has been retained to source a new Finance Director for a leading national building products distributor. Following a change in ownership, they are now entering a period of transformation and growth. The successful candidate will have overall control and responsibility for all financial aspects of strategy, analyzing and making recommendations. You will mix the direction of the day-to-day finance function with corporate finance, ensuring the business is in good health, performing, and supporting the Managing Director with strategic decisions based on accurate and sound advice. Reporting to the Managing Director, you will also have a dotted line to the wider Group Finance Director, and as the business grows, so will the Finance function and this role.
You will be hands-on, strategic, and commercially aware, supporting decisions that will help shape the future direction of growth.
The role is hybrid with ideally 3 days a week minimum on-site.
Key Responsibilities:
- Providing strategic and financial guidance to ensure financial objectives are met
- Review, develop and implement all necessary policies, controls, and procedures to ensure sound financial management
- Lead a small finance team
- Ensure all financial targets are met and financial and statutory regulations are complied with
- Provide financial advice and guidance to senior stakeholders when required
- Oversee the preparation of the company’s financial accounts, guaranteeing they are presented accurately and on time
- Review the current systems usage and advise on efficiency
- Strong technical knowledge of statutory accounting and financial processes
- Proactive and team-oriented mindset, experience of working in a fast-paced scale-up highly beneficial
- Strong communication skills with change management experience
- Critical thinker and problem solver
Director
Full-time
Finance and Accounting/Auditing
Building Construction, Wholesale Building Materials, and Retail Building Materials and Garden Equipment
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