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Divisional Finance Director
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Divisional Finance Director – A Genuine First Time FD Opportunity
Confidential Search | Salary up to £120,000 + Bonus
Leeds based
About the Opportunity
We are running a retained confidential search on behalf of a large private equity backed business entering an ambitious, well-funded period of growth. This is a newly created Divisional Finance Director role, built specifically to give a strong, technically capable finance professional a genuine first opportunity to operate at Finance Director level, with real substance behind the title.
This is not a watered down first step. The successful candidate will:
- Report directly to the Chief Financial Officer
- Sit on the senior finance team
- Take on real Board exposure, involvement in corporate transactions, and responsibility for leading and developing a growing finance function
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The Role
- Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, with genuine visibility at Board level.
- Leading and developing a divisional finance team, with full ownership of financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow management within the division.
- Playing an active role in corporate transactions, including due diligence support as the business continues to attract investor interest.
- Business partnering with senior operational leaders, providing commercial insight and holding budget owners to account.
- Working closely with the Group finance function on monthly and quarterly reporting, including reporting to the private equity investor.
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What We Are Looking For
- ACA, CIMA, or ACCA qualified, with a strong and consistent record of career progression to date.
- Experience of, or a genuine desire to work within, an entrepreneurial and private equity backed environment.
- Ideally, exposure to at least one sizeable due diligence process.
- Strong technical accounting competency alongside genuine commercial and analytical ability.
- Proven team management and leadership experience.
- Comfortable operating in a collegiate, open, and meritocratic environment.
If this sounds like the right next step for you, please get in touch for a confidential discussion - rachel@ifftalent.com.
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