Group Head of Commercial Finance & Business

Penten Amio is a leading provider of advanced digital security solutions that power national security and resilience across the UK, Australia and our allies. Focused on solving complex digital challenges that others avoid, we embrace the impossible to deliver transformative technologies that protect those who protect us.

Location: Tewkesbury (Hybrid)

Clearance Required: DV

Penten Amio is a leading provider of advanced digital security solutions that power national security and resilience across the UK, Australia and our allies. Focused on solving complex digital challenges that others avoid, we embrace the impossible to deliver transformative technologies that protect those who protect us.

Across the UK and Australia, Penten Amio combines a legacy of knowledge and proven delivery across secure mobility and AI-driven deception technologies. Our work spans Government and Defence markets across civil and military applications, powering intelligent advantage on a global scale.

• Lead the Group's commercial finance, business performance and planning agenda, providing insightful and decision-focused reporting to the Executive Team and Board.
• Own Group budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning processes.
• Develop integrated forecasting models linking pipeline, orders, delivery activity, resource capacity, revenue, margin, EBITDA and cash generation.
• Deliver scenario modelling and strategic financial analysis to support investment decisions and Group value creation.
• Develop the Group's business intelligence capability, including executive dashboards, KPI frameworks and performance reporting.
• Establish and maintain a trusted single source of truth for financial, operational and commercial performance data.
• Champion AI-enabled tools and automation to improve forecasting, reporting, insight generation and decision support.
• Partner with Sales, Operations and Delivery leaders to develop customer, project, service-line and regional profitability analysis and support pricing and investment decisions.
• Build and develop a high-performing Commercial Finance function, strengthening finance business partnering capability across the Group.
• Drive consistent forecasting, performance management and reporting practices across regions while fostering collaboration and continuous improvement.

• Significant experience in Commercial Finance, FP&A, Finance Business Partnering or Business Performance leadership within a fast-paced, growth-oriented organisation.
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to translate complex financial and operational information into clear, actionable business insight.
• Demonstrable experience influencing senior stakeholders and providing decision support at Executive and Board level.
• Proven experience leading and developing high-performing finance teams, including within geographically dispersed or matrix environments.
• Strong experience of budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning and financial modelling.
• Experience working with Business Intelligence platforms, performance reporting and data-driven decision-making.
• Ability to think strategically while remaining grounded in operational and commercial realities.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate complex concepts into clear and actionable messages for a range of audiences.
• A collaborative leadership style with the ability to build influential cross-functional relationships and drive shared accountability.
• Strong critical thinking, judgement and problem-solving skills, with the confidence to make evidence-based decisions at pace.

• Experience with in technology, managed services or cyber security environments.
• Experience working within a private…