Group Finance Director

Axon Moore are supporting a PE backed business based near Wakefield to appoint their Group Finance Director.The SME Group is made up of a number of well established businesses, each with their own identity and service offering, whilst benefiting from a broader Group structure. The PE owners are looking to continue growing and developing the Group with potential for M&A activity in the future. The Group Finance Director will be pivotal in the organisation, and will take a strategic role as well as managing the day to day finance function.Key responsibilities will include:

• Work with the MD to develop business strategies, balancing opportunity with risk and looking at key growth initiatives across the Group
• Carry out necessary accounting and reporting, ensuring the businesses and Group maintain appropriate financial accounts
• Maintain and develop additional financial and operational KPIs as is required
• Provide steer as to the appropriate controls, processes and structure of the businesses
• Ensure financial reporting and controls are robust and adhered to
• Carry out high level analysis into available data, producing insight that will aid commercial decision making
• Acting as a key leader across the Group, overseeing the finance team and partnering with key non-financial stakeholders

The ideal candidate for this role should possess the following skills and experiences:

• Qualified finance professional with a broad skill set which covers both financial reporting and commercial finance / FP&A
• This will be a 'hands on' role, so the successful person will be required to carry out a signficiant amount of the accounting duties themselves, whilst being able to step up and lead when appropriate
• This role may suit someone who has had a 'Head of' Commercial Finance / FP&A or Divisional FD background who is seeking a more strategic FD role