Global Accounting Network
Interim Finance Director
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Global Accounting Network is partnering with a PE-backed multisite business looking for an interim Finance Director that is currently undergoing a significant carve-out and transition to a standalone business.
As part of this transformation, they are looking to appoint an Interim Finance Director to lead the commercial finance agenda and act as a key business partner to the CEO, senior leadership team and PE stakeholders.
This is a hands-on, commercially focused role, rather than a traditional Financial Director position centred around financial control. An interim Financial Controller will take responsibility for month-end reporting and core accounting, allowing the Interim FD to focus on FP&A, commercial decision support, business partnering and driving performance across the business.
The Role
You will play a key role in helping the business establish itself as a standalone operation while providing the financial insight and challenge required to support its next stage of growth.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Acting as a key commercial finance partner to the CEO and senior leadership team
- Leading the FP&A agenda, including budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning
- Developing meaningful management information, KPIs and performance reporting
- Providing commercial analysis and insight to support strategic and operational decision-making
- Working closely with the commercial and operational teams to understand performance drivers, revenue and profitability
- Supporting the business with pricing, margin analysis and commercial decision-making
- Challenging performance and identifying opportunities to improve revenue, profitability and cash generation
- Supporting the PE investor with financial analysis, performance updates and board-level reporting
- Developing and improving the forecasting and planning processes
- Building financial models and scenario analysis to support strategic decisions
- Supporting the carve-out and transition to a standalone finance function
- Establishing appropriate commercial finance processes, reporting and KPIs for the newly independent business
- Working alongside the Financial Controller to ensure consistency between financial reporting and commercial analysis
- Supporting the development of the longer-term finance strategy and team structure
- Providing ad hoc financial analysis and decision support to the leadership team
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About You
We are looking for an experienced Interim Finance Director who is comfortable operating in a fast-paced, PE-backed environment and can make an immediate impact.
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You will ideally have:
- Proven experience operating at Finance Director, Commercial Finance Director or senior FP&A level
- Strong commercial finance and business partnering experience
- Excellent FP&A, budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling skills
- Experience working closely with CEOs, senior leadership teams and PE investors
- Previous experience within a PE-backed business
- Experience of a carve-out, separation or transition to a standalone business would be highly advantageous
- Strong commercial understanding with the ability to translate financial information into actionable business insight
- Experience driving improvements in reporting, forecasting and commercial decision-making
- Strong Excel and financial modelling skills
- Experience with Sage 200 would be beneficial
- Experience within events, hospitality, leisure or a similar consumer-facing sector would be advantageous
- A hands-on approach and the ability to operate effectively without a large finance team around you
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
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