Reporting to the Managing Director & Group COO. Employed to provide professional leadership and guidance to the Finance Function; to improve the quality of financial reporting, reducing the time to close process from 20 to 5 days and to provide improved financial information to the Board of Directors and wider Management Group

Reporting to the Managing Director with responsible for Leadership across the Finance, HR, Operations, Logistics & Supply Chain functions in the business Responsible for setting up management accounting systems and budget process rather than reliance an annual auditSetting and monitoring challenging quarterly and annual budgets – turnover in excess of £40mLead role in new business acquisition, integration and onboardingPrimary relationship contact with Bank and insurance… Show more Reporting to the Managing Director with responsible for Leadership across the Finance, HR, Operations, Logistics & Supply Chain functions in the business Responsible for setting up management accounting systems and budget process rather than reliance an annual auditSetting and monitoring challenging quarterly and annual budgets – turnover in excess of £40mLead role in new business acquisition, integration and onboardingPrimary relationship contact with Bank and insurance providersResponsible for foreign currency management; forwards and optionsDriving operational improvements and efficiencies with operations and logistics line managementIntroduced, supplier and contractor due diligence process aligned with Category Management focusSystems implementation of DRP purchasing solution resulting in significant improvements in stock availability and reduction in inventory holding daysDrove change through people focus groups and senior management interactionLine Management of a total team in excess of 400 employees across all sites Show less