Director of Finance, EMEA

Description

The Director of Finance, EMEA provides regional finance leadership and business partnership across EMEA. The role owns regional financial reporting, planning, compliance and controls, partnering with the CFO, regional business leaders and global finance teams to drive strong financial performance, informed decision-making and appropriate governance across the region.

The Director of Finance, EMEA provides regional finance leadership and business partnership across EMEA. The role owns regional financial reporting, planning, compliance and controls, partnering with the CFO, regional business leaders and global finance teams to drive strong financial performance, informed decision-making and appropriate governance across the region.

18 September 2026

Sales

London, UK

• Partner with the CFO and regional leaders to provide financial insight, challenge and recommendations that support business decisions and the evaluation of opportunities across EMEA.
• Provide financial leadership for regional growth initiatives, business planning and key projects in partnership with global finance and other shared teams.
• Promote financial accountability and commercial awareness across the region.

• Own regional budgeting, forecasting and financial planning activities for EMEA, partnering with regional stakeholders and the global FP&A team to ensure robust and aligned plans.
• Own the regional view of financial performance, trends, risks and opportunities, providing clear analysis and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Ensure regional leaders receive clear, timely and useful financial information to support effective decision-making.

• Own the quality, timeliness and relevance of regional financial reporting and review regional financial statements and reporting outputs.
• Partner with the central Accounting and Finance teams to ensure regional reporting requirements are understood, delivered and appropriately governed.

• Own regional oversight of statutory, tax and regulatory compliance matters, partnering with global finance, legal, international, tax and external advisors as appropriate.
• Identify, manage and, where specialist input is required, elevate regional compliance or entity-related matters in a timely manner.
• Maintain appropriate knowledge of relevant local requirements and ensure they are reflected in informed business and finance decisions across EMEA.

• Own and maintain appropriate regional financial governance, internal controls and risk management in line with company policies and global finance processes.
• Partner with shared teams to identify, assess and address regional financial, operational and compliance risks.

• Act as the senior regional finance partner and accountable escalation point for operational matters requiring finance leadership or input.
• Partner with shared Accounting, Billing, Treasury, FP&A, International and other teams to ensure practical, efficient and scalable regional finance processes.

• Lead continuous improvement initiatives that make regional finance and broader business processes and ways of working more effective and scalable.
• Support the future migration from Microsoft Dynamics SL to an updated ERP platform, representing EMEA requirements and helping ensure effective regional adoption and implementation.

• Lead and develop the regional finance team, shaping the future regional finance structure and capability.
• Build strong collaboration and clear accountability across regional finance, global finance and business partners.

• Build strong, trusted relationships with regional leaders, global finance colleagues, shared functional teams and external advisors.
• Serve as the principal regional finance interface between EMEA operations and the global finance organisation, ensuring regional priorities and global finance requirements are effectively aligned.
• Manage priorities effectively within the direct reporting relationship to the CFO and dotted-line relationship to the Managing Director, EMEA, balancing regional and global requirements constructively.
• Communicate financial information, business updates and…