William Grant & Sons
Head of Finance - Eastern Europe
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Head of Finance – Eastern Europe
Join William Grant & Sons as Head of Finance – Eastern Europe, a pivotal leadership role partnering closely with the Regional Managing Director and Finance Director to drive sustainable growth across a dynamic and strategically important region. This is an opportunity to combine commercial insight, financial leadership and business partnering expertise to shape decision-making, maximise market performance and ensure the delivery of ambitious growth objectives.
What We Can Offer You
- Competitive salary and benefits designed to promote employees' financial wellbeing
- Eligibility to participate in a bonus plan
- Generous holiday entitlement and the opportunity to 'buy' or'sell' some holiday entitlement
- Private Healthcare and Doctor@Hand (remote GP service)
- Participation in a defined contribution pension plan (employees contribute either 4% or 5% of salary, the company contributes 8% or 10% depending on the employee contribution; contributions can be made through salary sacrifice)
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme offering support on medical, financial, legal, home, and family issues
- Life Assurance cover, a multiple of eight times your annual basic salary
- Product allocation to enjoy the company's fantastic portfolio of brands
- Cycle to Work scheme allowing employees to hire a bike for an agreed length of time and then purchase it at a fraction of its original value, with savings (at least 25%) and spread cost
- Opportunity to claim up to £1,000 per year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time, or personally donated
- Learning resources to help employees be their best self
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Main Responsibilities
- Provide robust financial stewardship
- Lead planning and forecasting activities
- Deliver insightful analysis that enables informed commercial decisions
- Identify opportunities and risks
- Optimise working capital and investment performance
- Maintain strong governance and controls
- Ensure the integrity of financial and statutory reporting across the region and relevant legal entities
Our Ideal Candidate
- Commercially minded finance professional
- Strong technical expertise
- Ability to influence, challenge, and collaborate with senior stakeholders
- Accomplished business partner comfortable operating in a complex international environment
- Track record of driving performance, managing risk, and translating financial data into clear, actionable recommendations that support business growth
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About William Grant & Sons
A HOME FOR RARE CHARACTERS
William Grant & Sons: a home where Rare Characters thrive.
- We value every employee for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience, and perspectives
- Every one of our colleagues has a role to play in helping us achieve our growth ambitions
OUR VISION
To be A home where rare characters thrive.
DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We strive to create an environment where we can all be our best and bring our whole selves to work.
OUR AGILE WORKING PHILOSOPHY
Our agile working philosophy is to “Have your best work day everyday”.
- Built on trust, we empower our rare characters to have their best work day every day
- Flexibility and positive working experiences help employees to feel connected and release potential across our teams
- Open to discussing possible agile/flexible working options as part of the recruitment process
INCLUSIVE RECRUITMENT PROCESS
Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive.
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