Head of Commercial Finance

Head of Commercial Finance | Reading based - Hybrid Working (3 days onsite) | £110,000 – £130,000 + Bonus + Benefits

Stanton House are exclusively retained to appoint a transformational Head of Commercial Finance. This is a rare opportunity to step into a senior leadership role with genuine influence - shaping and embedding a high-performing finance business partnering function across a multi-billion-pound enterprise undergoing major transformation.

You will lead a sizeable commercial finance function (~50 people), redefining how finance partners with the wider business. This is not a “steady-state” leadership role – it's about building structure, accountability, capability, and consistency within a function that sits at the heart of major infrastructure, operational, and investment programmes.

• Building a best-in‑class business partnering model
• Driving organisational design and capability uplift
• Embedding finance into strategic decision‑making
• Strengthening governance, controls, and accountability
• Influencing senior stakeholders across a highly complex environment

• Strong commercial finance / FP&A leadership experience in a large and complex business
• A track record in transformation or function build environments
• Experience leading large, complex teams
• Outstanding stakeholder management and influencing capability
• Backgrounds in infrastructure, manufacturing, engineering, or similarly complex operational environments

This role offers the chance to play a key leadership role in building a modern, high‑performing finance function within a highly complex operational environment.