Job Title: Finance Director - UK
Location: London, UK (Hybrid)
Reports To: Global CFO
Company: Leading IT Services and Consulting Firm
About the Company
Our client is a rapidly growing and innovative IT services and consulting firm that provides advanced technology solutions to clients across the globe. Focused on accelerating growth through a combination of organic expansion and strategic acquisitions, the UK entity is experiencing significant momentum as it works toward an ambitious goal of increasing revenue by >50% over the next two years. To support this journey, the company is seeking an experienced Finance Director to lead the UK operation, ensuring strong financial performance and operational excellence.
Role Overview
The Finance Director - UK will be a key member of the senior leadership team, reporting directly to the Global CFO. You will be responsible for leading the financial strategy, governance, and transformation agenda for the UK business, ensuring the integration of newly acquired entities and driving financial efficiency across a multi-entity, multicurrency landscape.
The ideal candidate will have a strong background in M&A, financial consolidation, and systems transformation, combined with experience in a high-growth, fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Leadership & Strategy
- Oversee the full financial management of the UK entity, ensuring compliance with group policies and regulatory requirements.
- Develop and implement financial strategies to support the company's aggressive growth plans, including both organic and inorganic expansion.
- Partner with senior leadership to provide financial insights and drive data-driven decision-making.
Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
- Lead financial due diligence, valuation, and integration processes for 3+ acquisitions per year.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure smooth post-acquisition integration, including aligning systems, processes, and reporting structures.
- Assess and mitigate financial risks associated with acquisitions and ensure seamless integration of financial controls.
Systems Transformation & Process Improvement
- Spearhead finance systems transformation initiatives to enhance efficiency and scalability.
- Evaluate and implement new financial systems and processes to support the company's growth and ensure compliance with evolving business requirements.
- Drive automation and standardisation across financial operations to improve reporting accuracy and timeliness.
Group Reporting & Consolidation
- Oversee group financial consolidation, ensuring accurate and timely reporting of multi-entity, multicurrency results.
- Ensure compliance with IFRS and UK GAAP standards, while maintaining strong internal controls and governance frameworks.
- Collaborate with the global finance team to harmonise financial reporting and processes across entities.
Budgeting, Forecasting & Performance Management
- Lead the annual budgeting and forecasting processes for the UK entity, ensuring alignment with group objectives.
- Provide detailed analysis and insights on financial performance, highlighting risks and opportunities.
- Develop KPIs and financial models to monitor performance and support strategic initiatives.
Candidate Profile
Essential Skills & Experience:
- Proven experience as a Finance Director, Head of Finance, or equivalent in a multi-entity, multicurrency environment.
- Strong M&A experience, including financial due diligence, integration, and post-acquisition performance management.
- Expertise in financial consolidation and group reporting, ideally within an international context.
- Hands-on experience leading finance transformation initiatives, including systems implementation and process optimisation.
- Strong technical knowledge of IFRS and UK GAAP.
- Excellent analytical, strategic, and problem-solving skills, with a focus on driving commercial value.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment and manage multiple priorities effectively.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience within the IT services, technology, or consulting sectors is highly desirable.
- Strong knowledge of ERP systems and experience with system implementations.
- Professional qualification such as ACA, ACCA, or CIMA.
Personal Attributes
- Strategic Thinker: Ability to align financial strategy with business objectives.
- Strong Communicator: Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- Hands-On Leader: Willing to dive into the detail while maintaining a high-level strategic view.
- Change Agent: Comfortable driving transformation and navigating complexity.
What's on Offer
- Competitive base salary + performance-based bonus
- Hybrid working model with flexibility
- Opportunity to be a part of a high-growth, acquisitive organisation
- Leadership role with high visibility and impact
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Lead Red Team Operator
Salary: £100,000 - £140,000 + benefits & bonus
Location: Remote (UK-based with occasional travel) - Work from anywhere in the UK
Looking for a highly skilled offensive security professional ready to lead cutting-edge red team operations. This is your chance to step into a pivotal leadership role, guiding a talented red team and executing realistic adversary simulations.
You'll work in a truly fast-paced, dynamic environment, collaborating with real SME's helping to safeguard some of the world's most well-defended enterprises. You'll have the autonomy to lead and shape engagements, mentor the team, and stay at the forefront of emerging attack methods.
You'll lead a high-performing team, work on the most exciting and complex cyber security projects, and have the chance to drive real-world change for clients across various industries. The role also offers substantial career growth with access to training, industry events, and opportunities to deepen your expertise.
Lead Red Team Operator - Responsibilities:
- Lead the design, execution, and post-engagement debriefs of sophisticated red and purple team operations.
- Develop advanced attack methodologies and integrate the latest threat intelligence to stay ahead of attackers.
- Provide mentorship and leadership to red team members, sharing expertise in offensive security tactics and best practices.
- Collaborate with clients to ensure simulations junior deliver actionable insights and improvements to their security infrastructure.
- Contribute to the development and improvement of red team tools, automation, and infrastructure.
Lead Red Team Operator - Requirements:
- Proven experience leading red team or offensive security engagements.
- Strong technical expertise in adversary simulation, penetration testing, and exploiting enterprise environments (Active Directory, cloud platforms, EDR evasion).
- Expertise in scripting and tool development (e.g., C2 frameworks, automation)
- CREST CCSAS or CREST CCRTS certification (or equivalent).
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Contexte de l'entreprise :
Grand groupe international figurant parmi les plus grandes entreprises mondiales. Organisation stable et tournée vers l'innovation.
Description du Poste :
Dans un environnement complexe et évolutif, vous rejoignez l'équipe de consolidation composée de 6 consolideurs et 2 managers. Le service assure le suivi des normes IFRS et l'intégralité du processus de consolidation, depuis la formation des filiales jusqu'à la publication des rapports financiers.
Missions Principales :
- Revue des Liasses Filiales : Analyse des consolidations semestrielles et annuelles.
- Rapports Financiers : Mise à jour et évolution des états financiers publiés.
- Veille Normative : Suivi des évolutions IFRS, notamment IFRS 18, et anticipation des impacts réglementaires.
- Projets Outils : Contribution au changement d'outil de gestion des disclosures financiers.
- Relations Externes : Collaboration avec les auditeurs externes et représentation auprès des instances professionnelles.
- Support Technique et Pédagogique : Formation et accompagnement des filiales sur les normes et processus.
Compétences Requises :
- Expertise Normative : Solide connaissance des normes IFRS et de leurs évolutions.
- Gestion de Projet : Capacité à coordonner des initiatives stratégiques et techniques.
- Rigueur et Organisation : Gestion des priorités en période de clôture.
- Aptitudes Rédactionnelles : Communication claire et concise en français.
Profil Recherché :
- Formation Bac +5 (Audit, Finance, Gestion) ou équivalent.
- 4-5 ans d'expérience en cabinet d'audit, conseil ou services financiers.
- Anglais courant indispensable
- Maîtrise de SAP FC est un atout.
- Dynamisme, esprit d'équipe et aisance relationnelle.
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Notre client, un acteur majeur du secteur industriel, recherche un(e) Consolideur Senior pour renforcer son équipe financière. Ce poste stratégique, rattaché au Responsable Consolidation, offre l'opportunité de participer à des projets d'envergure dans un environnement stimulant et exigeant.
Missions
- Collecter, dans les délais impartis, les informations financières et de gestion transmises par les filiales,
- Intégrer les données de gestion dans le logiciel de consolidation,
- Contrôler les informations remontées par les filiales en liaison avec les équipes financières,
- Identifier les opérations spécifiques nécessitant un traitement comptable/IFRS particulier,
- Préparer les écritures de consolidation récurrentes,
- Participer à la validation des capitaux propres, au tableau des flux de trésorerie, à la preuve d'impôt,
- Former les équipes aux règles comptables Groupe (principes IFRS), aux outils de consolidation et de reporting,
- Participer à la collecte des informations pour les besoins de la communication financière,
- Participer à l'exercice de consolidation budgétaire,
- Participer à la veille réglementaire (IFRS, fiscalité…),
- Participer à la recherche et à la mise en place du nouvel outil de consolidation,
- Aider au paramétrage du logiciel de consolidation et au maintien des interfaces.
Compétences techniques
- Maîtrise des règles de consolidation
- Normes internationales IFRS
- Maîtrise de l'outil Excel
- Maîtrise de l'Anglais
- Connaissance de l'outil SAP FC
Aptitudes professionnelles
- Aisance relationnelle, sens de l'écoute et de la communication
- Rigueur dans le recueil et le traitement des données
- Esprit d'analyse et de synthèse
Profil
- Formation de niveau Bac +3 minimum selon expériences
- Expérience de 5 ans minimum en entreprise ou en cabinet
- Anglais professionnel
- Bonne communication
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Notre client est un cabinet de conseil dynamique spécialisé dans la consolidation financière et les outils de performance d'entreprise. L'entreprise accompagne les organisations dans l'optimisation de leurs processus financiers en transformant des problématiques complexes en solutions simples et efficaces.
Le poste de Manager en Consolidation et EPM offre une opportunité passionnante de piloter des projets stratégiques.
Principales Responsabilités
- Gérer des projets d'intégration d'outils de performance financière
- Contribuer aux missions stratégiques de conseil
- Encadrer et développer l'équipe de consultants
- Participer à la croissance et à l'amélioration continue de l'entreprise
Profil Recherché
- Diplôme supérieur en Finance, Comptabilité ou Ingénierie
- 5 à 7 ans minimum en conseil ou en entreprise sur des projets EPM
- Maîtrise d'outils EPM Conso (OneStream, Tagetik, Amelkis, SAP)
- Compréhension des enjeux financiers
- Capacité d'innovation
Soft Skills
- Curiosité
- Adaptabilité
- Communication
- Proactivité
- Autonomie
Avantages
- Rémunération attractive
- Cadre de travail flexible
- Opportunités de développement professionnel
- Perspectives d'évolution
Lawrence Harvey is acting as an Employment Business in regards to this position. Visit our website and follow us on Twitter for all live vacancies (lawharveyjobs)
Notre client est un cabinet de conseil dynamique spécialisé dans la consolidation financière et les outils de performance d'entreprise. L'entreprise accompagne les organisations dans l'optimisation de leurs processus financiers en transformant des problématiques complexes en solutions simples et efficaces.
Le poste de Manager en Consolidation et EPM offre une opportunité passionnante de piloter des projets stratégiques.
Principales Responsabilités
- Gérer des projets d'intégration d'outils de performance financière
- Contribuer aux missions stratégiques de conseil
- Encadrer et développer l'équipe de consultants
- Participer à la croissance et à l'amélioration continue de l'entreprise
Profil Recherché
- Diplôme supérieur en Finance, Comptabilité ou Ingénierie
- 5 à 7 ans minimum en conseil ou en entreprise sur des projets EPM
- Maîtrise d'outils EPM Conso (OneStream, Tagetik, Amelkis, SAP)
- Compréhension des enjeux financiers
- Capacité d'innovation
Soft Skills
- Curiosité
- Adaptabilité
- Communication
- Proactivité
- Autonomie
Avantages
- Rémunération attractive
- Cadre de travail flexible
- Opportunités de développement professionnel
- Perspectives d'évolution
Lawrence Harvey is acting as an Employment Business in regards to this position. Visit our website and follow us on Twitter for all live vacancies (lawharveyjobs)
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