Finance Director

Reporting to the Managing Director for the business unit and working closely with the Group FD, your key responsibilities will include:

• Partnering the MD on all new business decisions, including acquisitions.
• Sign off the financial models, having considered financing options and cash flows, timescales, tax implications and accounting implications.
• Obtain a true understanding of costs and risks for each site, drawing on knowledge from regular site visits. Attend P&L meetings, and, challenge whether cost excesses/savings are expected and should be recognised. Look for trends in production differences, necessary fixes and expected cost changes.
• Working with the Production and Sales Directors, ensure the sequence of site delivery considers the appropriate risk factors, but optimises returns.
• Drive discussion at the board level, by presenting analysis, insight and interpretation of performance against business plan.
• Specify both business performance and financial measures, aimed at monitoring the drivers of performance. Interpret data and identify trends, making recommendations that aim to deliver an improved result.
• Lead a rigorous discussion with the board around site-specific and strategic risks and opportunities facing the business.
• Lead the forecasting process for the business. Review the operational assumptions, ensuring decisions drive optimal business value and are realistic.
• Key partner for new site appraisal process providing financial oversight and challenge to assumptions made.
• Ad hoc analysis to support future performance, such as analysis of the returns from specific product types, or a deep dive into production costs / quality by product.