Head of Finance
Salary/Rate:c.£120,000 per annum
Type of work desired:Perm
Desired work region:London
Sector:Utilities
Post Date:21. 05. 2026
Ref:33143
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About Profile
- Highly strategic Head of Finance with over 12 years of experience, specialising in the utilities sector.
- Assumed financial leadership over a major division, driving performance across significant operational and capital expenditure budgets.
- Successfully mitigated a multi-million-pound operational expenditure risk by implementing a new suite of performance reporting.
- Led a cross-functional team to implement a company-wide financial forecasting system, improving accuracy and reducing reporting timelines.
- Designed and established critical key performance indicators that facilitated commercial growth and prioritised high-value partnerships.
- Revamped and rebuilt a sophisticated predictive bad debt forecasting model to substantially reduce balance sheet provisions during economic uncertainty.
- Partnered with executive leadership to steer operational targets, evaluate investment cases, and advise on large-scale business change.
- Managed regulatory stress tests using complex scenario modelling in collaboration with risk and treasury departments.
- Championed finance transformation initiatives, embedding best-practice processes to cultivate a culture of accountability.
- Accountable for leading, coaching, and developing multi-disciplinary finance teams within complex, international matrix structures.
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