Head of Finance – Retail Location: Milton Keynes (Hybrid)
Salary: £100,000 - £110,000 + 20% Bonus + Car Allowance
Sector: Private Equity Backed Retail Business
The Opportunity We are partnering with a high-growth, private equity-backed retail business to recruit a commercially focused Head of Finance. This is a pivotal leadership position within a dynamic and fast-paced organisation operating across a large multi-site estate.
Reporting into the Finance Director/CFO, the successful candidate will lead a sizeable finance function of approximately 20 people, including both direct and indirect reports, while acting as a key business partner to senior stakeholders across operations, commercial and executive leadership teams.
This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious finance leader looking to join a business with an outstanding culture, ambitious growth plans and significant opportunity to influence performance and value creation.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, develop and inspire a finance team of circa 20 employees, ensuring high performance and strong succession planning.
- Take ownership of financial performance across a large multi-site retail operation.
- Partner closely with operational leaders to drive profitability, margin enhancement and commercial decision making.
- Deliver robust budgeting, forecasting and financial planning processes across multiple business units and locations.
- Provide insightful analysis and recommendations to improve operational efficiency and business performance.
- Drive finance business partnering across operations, commercial, supply chain and support functions.
- Support strategic growth initiatives, including new site openings, acquisitions and integration activities where required.
- Enhance reporting capabilities, KPIs and performance metrics to improve decision making across the business.
- Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, influencing and challenging where appropriate.
- Ensure robust financial controls, governance and risk management frameworks are maintained.
- Play an active role in supporting the wider leadership team in delivering the business growth strategy.
Essential Requirements
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
- Proven experience leading sizeable finance teams, including direct and indirect management responsibilities.
- Strong multi-site experience gained within retail, consumer, hospitality, leisure or other operationally intensive environments.
- Demonstrable experience partnering with senior operational stakeholders.
- Track record of operating successfully within fast-paced, high-growth businesses.
- Strong commercial mindset with the ability to influence decision making and drive business performance.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Comfortable working within a demanding and evolving environment.
- Experience within a private equity-backed business.
- Experience supporting transformational change and business growth programmes.
- Exposure to large-scale operational environments with significant site networks.
- Adding measurable commercial value through strategic financial insight.
- Driving operational improvements and efficiency gains across multi-site businesses.
- Influencing senior stakeholders and operational leaders to improve business performance.
- Delivering tangible improvements in profitability, margin, cash flow or productivity.
- Building and developing high-performing finance teams.
- £100,000 - £110,000 Base Salary
- 20% Annual Bonus
- Car Allowance
- Competitive Benefits Package
- Hybrid Working
- Excellent Career Progression Opportunities
