Chief Financial Officer

## Chief Financial Officer Apply:
Newtown:
Full time:
Posted Today:
JR26 001038

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** Overview of Role:
** The CFO will demonstrate four fundamental pillars: strategy, leadership, operations, and controls. This individual will paint the picture for the business and translate financial data into meaningful commentary, trends, and actions.  The CFO will surround themselves with the best talent and make coaching, mentoring, and leadership development a priority through all levels of the finance organization to ensure the right balance of technical, analytical, and leadership skills within their team.

This role reports directly to the CEO.
** Departmental Oversight
** Accounting Financial Planning and Analysis Legal Information  Technology Collaboration with Halma Healthcare Sector DCE, Sector CFO, Group Finance and other OpCo CFO’s
** Responsibilities:
**** Strategic
* ** Deep understanding of the business strategy to prioritize business tasks and processes and get the best return on investment.
* Understand profit trends and how these will impact the future of the business.
* Recommend where the business should expand or trim for future growth.
* Research revenue opportunities and economic trends, analyze internal operations, find areas of cost reduction and process enhancement
* Understand the key profit and cost drivers in the business proactively challenging current practices in driving for efficiency and continued improvement, ensuring that a full understanding is achieved and risks associated are highlighted and mitigated in an efficient manner
* Financial guidance, advice and key insights on strategic opportunities including acquisitions and other business investments to push business performance to new levels
* Present complex financial concepts in a non-financial manner to ensure the leadership understand clearly the position and risks associated with changes
** Leadership
* ** Lead and engage the team with excellent communication skills, team development, and serve as a partner to internal customers.
* Reliable partner to the CEO and the leadership team, providing input to peers regarding the financial implications of all major business decisions, as well as strategic input in shaping the Company’s business objectives.
* Effective decision maker ready to implement changes within the company to prevent loss and support growth.
* Partner with other CFO’s and Financial Director across the Halma plc globally on initiatives.
** Operations
* ** Generate robust data and analytics to keep the CEO and leadership team informed of the viability of current and future business strategies. Transform analytics-based insights into measurable results and decision tools.
* Financial planning, budgeting expertise, and discipline to create realistic budgets and short and long-term financial plans. Stay ahead of changes within the company.
* Track and analyze cash flow management to spot and fix problems.
* Provide commercial and financial leadership, ensuring all deadlines are met and all deliverables are produced accurately, timely and of requisite quality
* Responsible for overseeing all aspects of the end-to-end production of financial reporting and planning (Budgets and forecasts) and for co-ordination, presentation and commentary in various formats to support Halma needs and internal reporting requirements.
* Understand, manage and reconcile the balance sheet, review and advise as to corrective action required and ensure completed.
** Controls
* ** Risk management to prevent the company from the influence of outside forces such as competitors or inside forces such as bad…