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Ref - ACCA Transformation / Head of Commercial Finance / Finance Director – Ref 10975

Transformation / Head of Commercial Finance / Finance Director

Are you recruiting for an immediately available Transformation / Head of Commercial Finance or Finance Director? ACCA qualified Senior finance leader with 15+ years’ experience across transformation, operational finance and commercial delivery in complex, technical and regulated industries. Skilled at partnering with executive teams, strengthening financial governance, improving performance and leading multi‑site finance organisations. Experienced in pricing, bids, project economics, forecasting and steering multi‑year portfolios across diverse sectors. After several successful interim assignments delivering transformation, commercial improvements and operational change, is now focused on securing a senior finance position where they can take ownership, lead a high‑performing team and drive sustained performance.
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  • Migration of external financial services to in-house software
  • Managing multiple migrations of order books worth £1BN
  • Designing and reviewing test scripts, validating migration outputs and liaising with external auditors
  • Creation of system lineage documentation
  • Designed global inventory reconciliation tools and KPI frameworks
  • Re‑engineered Group investment appraisal tools and financial governance
  • Led financial support for transformation and strategic projects
  • Developed manufacturing labour and overtime trackers and monthly executive dashboards
  • Created and implemented a new labour capitalisation rate deck
  • Delivered process improvements and financial training across the Group
  • Reforecast multi-budget portfolios across several Group functions
  • Designed and implemented financial separation methodology, achieving audit sign‑off and MoD stakeholder approval
  • Trained a finance team of 25 and delivered updates to shareholders and MoD officials
  • Directed audit of separation processes and implemented process improvements

Key achievements

  • Pricing lead for £3.0bn support programme, developing commercial models and negotiation positions
  • 30% reduction in raw material inventory through redesigned reporting and governance
  • Successful launch of four high‑value engineering programmes
  • MoD‑aligned accounting separation delivered
  • Designed global financial tools improving visibility, governance and decision‑making across multi‑site organisations
  • Led multi‑site finance teams (5-15 people) and built high‑performing capability during major transformations

Skills

  • Finance Business Partnering
  • Transformation and Process Improvement
  • Financial Modelling and Investment Appraisal
  • Project Accounting
  • Pricing, Bids and Commercial Analysis
  • Capex and Opex Management
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