Head of Group Finance
Location: Derby
Hours: 42.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Role purpose
The Head of Group Finance will establish and lead group wide financial reporting, consolidation and management information across the business. The role provides timely,
accurate and decision ready insight to the CEO and senior leadership team, supporting performance management, capital allocation and strategic decision making.
This is a senior hands-on role with ownership of group numbers, reporting standards and financial insight across multiple operating entities.
Key responsibilities
Group reporting and consolidation
• Own group consolidation, intercompany accounting and eliminations
• Define and maintain group reporting standards, structures and timelines
• Produce monthly reporting packs
• Ensure accuracy, consistency and integrity of group level financial information
• Act as the final point of control over group financial outputs
Planning, analysis and commercial insight
• Lead group budgeting, forecasting and reforecasting processes
• Deliver variance analysis with clear performance commentary
• Analyse project, contract and site profitability across the group
• Provide commercial insight to support operational and strategic decisions
• Identify trends, risks and value creation opportunities
Cash flow and financial performance
• Own group cash flow forecasting and liquidity planning
• Monitor working capital, cash conversion and covenant metrics
• Proactively highlight risks and mitigation actions
• Support lender and debt reporting requirements
Systems, data and scalability
• Improve financial reporting systems, controls and data quality
• Lead implementation of scalable BI, dashboards and reporting tools
• Act as owner of group finance data, structures and chart of accounts
• Ensure systems support growth, acquisitions and integration
Leadership and collaboration
• Provide structure, challenge and technical guidance
• Support capability development and consistency across the finance function
• Embed a strong performance and accountability culture
Stakeholder engagement
• Work closely with the CEO on performance, strategy and execution
• Support leadership team with decision ready financial insight
• Liaise with lenders, investors and external advisors as required
Candidate profile
• Qualified accountant, ACCA or CIMA preferred
• Strong experience in group reporting, consolidation and financial analysis
• Background in multi entity, project based or contract driven environments
• Commercially minded, pragmatic and delivery focused
• Comfortable operating at both strategic and hands on levels
Reporting line
• Reports directly to the CEO
This is a full time, office based role in Derby and represents a key leadership position within the group.
Apply with CV to: recruitment@milleniumsiteservices.co.uk