Head of Finance

We are recruiting for a confidential role within a major, multi:site contract services organisation.

You will lead investment governance, business case assurance, cost optimisation, and internal cost recovery models, partnering directly with the Regional CIO.

The ideal candidate is a qualified accountant (10+ years PQE) with proven experience in technology or digital finance within a large:scale, contract:driven environment such as FM, outsourced services, retail, or logistics.

• Act as the trusted finance advisor to the senior leadership team, providing strategic insight and performance visibility.
• Partner with global teams leads to monitor progress of both Run (BAU) and Build (project/transformation) activities, investigating variances and driving corrective action.
• Champion a culture of commercial challenge, continuous improvement, and innovation.

• Lead the preparation of comprehensive annual budgets, rolling forecasts, and quarterly business reviews (QBRs).
• Own the fiscal year reporting cycle, including forecast updates, landing estimates, and period:end performance packs.
• Deliver high:quality, actionable management information and KPIs that translate complex data into clear executive:level insight.

• Own the end:to:end development and assurance of robust financial business cases.
• Clearly articulate costs, benefits, cash flow, risks, and return on investment (ROI) to support transformation decisions, bids, and strategic growth initiatives.
• Challenge assumptions, evaluate scenarios, and ensure alignment with regional and global team strategy.

• Drive benchmarking and performance improvement initiatives across the service line, aligning with regional and global strategy.
• Identify structural risks, value opportunities, and efficiency improvements, translating insight into clear executive actions.
• Lead the coordination of business intelligence across the estate, improving data quality and establishing meaningful service benchmarks.

• Own internal cost recovery and trading governance models, setting recharge rates and monitoring cost recovery and utilisation across segments.
• Track delivery of key projects, managing data outputs to bring clarity to the business and support decision:making.

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with a minimum of 10 years post:qualified experience.
• Significant experience in a finance business partnering role within a multi:service FM, outsourced services, or large:scale contract:driven environment.
• Essential:
  Proven experience supporting a technology, IT, or digital function : either as a dedicated IT finance lead or as a commercial finance leader with significant exposure to technology spend, ERP implementation, or digital transformation governance.
• Demonstrable experience of analysing business opportunities and making decisions with incomplete or complex data.
• Excellent financial modelling skills and the ability to build robust business cases.

• Advanced Excel and experience with financial systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Power BI).
• Ability to communicate complex financial information clearly to non:finance stakeholders, including CIOs and domain technical leads.
• Proven ability to build collaborative relationships across organisational boundaries.
• A continuous improvement mindset with a focus on service excellence.