Interim Head of Corporate Finance & Treasury

Interim Head of Corporate Finance & Treasury

6-month FTC | Potential to extend | -110,000130,000

The Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Interim Head of Corporate Finance & Treasury to join a recently established, private equity-backed group embarking on an ambitious buy-and-build strategy.

Following a period of acquisition activity, the group is now focused on professionalising its finance infrastructure, strengthening financial controls and establishing a robust group-wide treasury and corporate finance function.

Reporting directly to the Group Finance Director, this is a pivotal role offering significant autonomy and the opportunity to build and shape the function from the ground up.
The successful candidate will take ownership of cash management, liquidity, working capital, debt facilities and foreign exchange, whilst also providing financial support and insight across future M&A activity.

Key Responsibilities

• Take ownership of daily and weekly cash management, liquidity and cash controls across the group.

• Develop and maintain robust short- and medium-term cash flow forecasting.

• Drive working capital optimisation and cash generation initiatives across the business.

• Lead on debt facility management, lender reporting, covenant monitoring and compliance.

• Develop and implement the group''s foreign exchange and hedging strategy.

• Support future acquisition activity through financial modelling, transaction analysis and pre-deal financial due diligence.

• Establish and embed appropriate treasury policies, processes, controls and reporting frameworks.

• Partner with senior stakeholders to improve financial visibility, governance and decision-making.

• Support the ongoing development and professionalisation of the wider group finance function.

Candidate Profile

You will be a commercially minded, technically strong finance professional who is comfortable operating in a fast-paced, acquisitive and evolving environment.

You will ideally bring:

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification, or equivalent, with significant post-qualification experience.

• At least five years'' experience in senior finance or corporate finance roles.

• Experience operating within a private equity-backed or similarly acquisitive group environment.

• Strong experience in leveraged businesses, including banking facilities, covenant reporting and refinancing.

• Extensive hands-on treasury experience, particularly cash management, forecasting and liquidity management.

• Experience supporting M&A transactions, acquisition modelling and financial due diligence.

• Strong technical accounting, financial control and governance capabilities.

• Experience working with ERP systems and financial reporting tools. Microsoft Dynamics experience would be advantageous.

Personal Attributes

• Confident, credible and approachable, with a low-ego leadership style.

• Highly commercially aware, with the ability to balance technical detail with strategic thinking.

• Resilient and adaptable, comfortable navigating change and competing priorities.

• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, able to operate effectively across all levels of the business.

• Highly analytical, with excellent attention to detail and sound commercial judgement.

• A proactive individual who takes ownership, challenges constructively and drives improvements.

• High integrity, dependable and committed to delivering results.

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