Job Title: Head of Finance
Location: Warrington or Leicester or Bristol + Hybrid Working Arrangement
Compensation: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / 18 Month Fixed Term Contract
Role ID: SF62157
The Role
As a Head of Finance, you’ll be responsible for accounting operations and governance for the Nuclear Services business, including projects and related overhead areas, ensuring all accounting, finance and stakeholder policies, requirements and deadlines are fully met.
Day-to-day, You’ll Be:
* Ensuring appropriate financial control and governance, as well as supporting the delivery of the external audit.
* Leading the Nuclear Services Finance Team, focusing on their development and training.
* Taking on projects at the request of the Cavendish Finance Director, including supporting the ongoing development of the Cavendish and Nuclear sector finance function.
* Supporting the Nuclear Services leadership team in enhancing sustainable financial performance, meeting budgets, and driving continuous improvement in managing spend.
* Ensuring that cost and income collection processes are adhered to in line with company contract management and financial procedures.
* Preparing and reviewing financial forecasts with appropriate detail to drive action.
* Developing action-focused periodic reporting processes to monitor and challenge the operational businesses to maximize financial performance.
Essential Experience Of The Head Of Finance
* Excellent people management and communication skills at all levels.
* Project accounting experience.
* Experience in assessing and utilizing team members' key attributes to create an effective team.
* Experience of working with senior management.
* Ability to deliver a robust business planning and reporting process.
* High degree of commercial acumen.
Qualifications For The Head Of Finance
* You must hold a recognized professional accounting qualification (ACCA, ACA, ACMA, CIMA, ICAEW, ICAS) or equivalent.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role.
What We Offer
* Generous holiday allowance.
* Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance.
* Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+.
* Employee share scheme.
* Employee shopping savings portal.
* Payment of Professional Fees.
* Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave.
* Holiday Trading allows employees to buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave.
* ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year for volunteering work.
* Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
Closing Date: 05/03/2025
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