Director of finance jobs in HarrowCreate job alerts

\n Are you a commercially minded finance leader who enjoys being hands-on and making a genuine impact? This is a 1 year fixed term contract with scope to become permanent. \n We’re working with an exciting and growing organisation that is looking to appoint a Head of Finance reporting to the CFO to take ownership of the finance function and play a key role in the company’s continued growth. \n This is a broad and highly visible position, ideal for someone who combines strong technical finance expertise with commercial acumen, and who is comfortable operating at both strategic and operational levels. \n As Head of Finance, you will take responsibility for the full finance function, providing robust financial insight and supporting the senior leadership team with key business decisions. \n A key element of the role will be supporting the organisation through M&A activity, including financial due diligence, integration, modelling and post-acquisition reporting. \n You will also lead on FP&A, budgeting, forecasting and management reporting, while ensuring the business maintains strong financial controls and compliance. \n Importantly, this is a hands-on leadership role. You will be expected to get into the detail when required, improve processes, challenge existing ways of working and build a finance function that can support the organisation's next phase of growth. \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Lead and develop the finance function across all areas of financial management\n, • Take a lead role in M&A activity, including due diligence, financial modelling, analysis and integration\n, • Own the FP&A function, including budgeting, forecasting and long-term financial planning\n, • Produce accurate and insightful management accounts and board-level reporting\n, • Provide commercial analysis and financial insight to support strategic decision-making\n, • Oversee cash flow, working capital and financial performance\n, • Ensure robust financial controls, governance and regulatory compliance\n, • Identify opportunities to improve processes, systems and reporting\n, • Work closely with the CEO, senior leadership team and key stakeholders\n, • Manage and develop the finance team while remaining hands-on with the numbers\n, • Support business growth initiatives and provide financial challenge where appropriate\n\n About You \n We’re looking for a commercially focused finance professional who has a proven track record in a Head of Finance, Financial Controller, Finance Director or similar senior finance position. \n You will ideally have: \n\n • Proven M&A experience, ideally across acquisitions, due diligence and integration\n, • Strong FP&A and financial modelling experience\n, • Excellent understanding offinancial controls, governance and compliance\n, • Strong commercial and analytical capabilities\n, • Experience working closely with senior leadership and influencing business decisions\n, • A genuinely hands-on approach — someone who is happy getting into the detail rather than simply managing from a distance\n, • Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills\n, • The ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, changing environment\n, • Ideally ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified (or equivalent)\n\n Why Join? \n This is an excellent opportunity to join an ambitious organisation at an exciting stage of its growth. You’ll have real ownership of the finance function, significant exposure to the senior leadership team and the opportunity to play a pivotal role in M&A and future growth strategy. \n If you're a hands-on finance leader who can combine strategic thinking with strong technical delivery and can start by November we'd love to hear from you. \n \n

Head of FinanceLocation: Watford / Hertfordshire \n Salary: Circa £70,000 + benefits \n Working pattern: Hybrid working \n Contract: Permanent, Full-time \n The OpportunityWe are recruiting an experienced Head of Finance to join a well-established, purpose-led organisation based in the Watford area.This is a key senior leadership position within the Finance Directorate, reporting to the Finance Director and taking responsibility for the effective day-to-day leadership of the finance function.You will combine strong technical and operational finance expertise with excellent people leadership, helping to maintain robust financial controls while supporting continuous improvement, transformation and longer-term financial planning. \n Key Responsibilities \n\n • Lead the day-to-day operation of the finance function\n, • Manage, support and develop the finance team\n, • Ensure robust financial controls, processes and governance\n, • Oversee accurate and timely financial reporting\n, • Lead the year-end audit process and support regulatory compliance\n, • Support budgeting, forecasting and longer-term financial planning\n, • Contribute to senior leadership and Board reporting\n, • Work closely with the Finance Director on financial strategy\n, • Partner effectively with stakeholders across the organisation\n, • Drive improvements to systems, processes and efficiency\n, • Support wider transformation and change initiatives\n\n About YouWe are looking for an experienced finance leader who combines strong technical expertise with a collaborative and forward-thinking approach.Essential requirements: \n\n • Fully qualified accountant - ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent\n, • Previous experience within Social Housing, Charity or the wider Not-for-Profit sector\n, • Proven experience leading and developing finance teams\n, • Strong financial reporting, controls and compliance knowledge\n, • Experience managing audit and year-end processes\n, • Strong budgeting, forecasting and financial planning skills\n, • Excellent communication and senior stakeholder management skills\n, • A track record of driving improvements across finance\n, • Confidence working within a changing and evolving organisation\n\n What's on Offer? \n\n • Circa £70,000 + benefits\n, • Hybrid working\n, • A broad and influential senior finance leadership role\n, • Opportunity to work closely with the Finance Director and senior leadership team\n, • Scope to drive improvement, transformation and positive change\n, • The chance to contribute to an organisation delivering genuine social impact\n\n This is an excellent opportunity for an established Head of Finance, Financial Controller or senior finance professional looking for a broad leadership role within a purpose-led organisation.If you are a qualified finance professional with Social Housing, Charity or Not-for-Profit experience, please apply for a confidential discussion. \n What you need to do now \n If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. \n If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career. \n Hays EA is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk

St Luke's Hospice in Harrow seeks a CCAB-qualified or qualified by experience finance leader to drive the charity's financial strategy. Reporting to the Director of Finance & Commercial, this hands-on role blends technical excellence with strategic partnering and change delivery to support long-term sustainability. You will modernise finance processes and lead the implementation of a new financial accounting system, improving reporting, efficiency and financial insight across the organisation, #J-18808-Ljbffr

Are you a proactive and dedicated Veterinary Surgeon looking for an exciting role based in the West London Area? Our fantastic small animal practice, Paws in The City are looking for a permanent vet with 2 + years experience to join their hospital team in Greenford and Ealing, West London. The role will predominantly be based at Greenford with occasional cover at the Ealing site. You will be supported by our experienced and loyal team, who will be there with you every step of the way, alongside our RVN & Support Teams. We have great support on offer within the role working alongside a dental certificate holder. We are very happy to support you in your area of expertise, and are happy to invest in any equipment you feel you need to provide the very best standards of care. Within our independent group, we have a huge amount of certificate holding vets, with interests in Soft Tissue Surgery, Orthopaedics, Ophthalmology, Neurology, Dermatology, Exotics, Oncology & more, who are all there to support you and guide you in case discussion. If you are looking for clinical progression, we want to help with this. We are a Vet-Led group, and our founders are super passionate about creating opportunity for the vets in our teams. We offer enhanced CPD packages, and are very happy to help with certificate funding. We are also very dedicated to ensuring that you feel that you are always offering the best standards of care, and that's why we offer zero perfect finance plans throughout all of the practices in our group, giving you that extra bit of support when it comes to those difficult conversations in the consultation room. This is a Full-Time position, and because work/life balance is important to us, we offer a standard 4 day working week to all of our vet teams, with a small share on the Saturday rota. • Salary of Up to £75,000, Depending on Experience, • 4 day working week, • Light weekend rota ( No OOH/On Call) (1:4 Saturdays), • £2000 CPD Allowance or Certificate Funding, • Perkbox Subscription, • Visa sponsorship if required, • 5.6 weeks annual leave, • Dental & Health Cashback Scheme, • Clinical Progression Opportunities through CPD and Internal Opportunities Interested or just want a confidential chat? Get in touch today! DNA Vetcare is a proudly independent group of multi award-winning surgeries, founded in 2006 by veterinary surgeons Alan van Heerden and Dane Walker. Dane and Alan have taken their years of experience working in numerous high quality practices, to provide exceptional vet care across London and Kent. Claire Baker joined Alan and Dane as a Director in 2019, originally arriving at the main London hospital in 2013 as a locum. Claire heads up the Group’s operations and vet team recruitment. DNA Vetcare has a network of excellent veterinary surgeons who have been handpicked for their clinical skills, experience and ability to provide compassionate care for your four-legged (or three-legged, finned or feathered) friend. This network of excellence is the foundation on which we have built a strong reputation for providing the very best care to pets and owners alike. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Flannery is one of the UK’s largest plant hire businesses. We supply and operate machines on most of the country’s major construction and infrastructure projects, which generates a substantial amount of data across fleet, telematics, hire, transport, servicing, finance and customer activity. The Data & Insight team is small, in-house, and owns the whole chain — from getting data out of source systems to putting it in front of a director or a customer. We are also part of the commercial offer: we deliver secure, segregated reporting directly to our customers, so a meaningful share of the work is externally facing and genuinely visible. Our ingestion layer is being rebuilt in Microsoft Fabric, our reporting is Power BI and Fabric, our applications are Power Apps and Power Automate, our integrations are APIs called from Fabric notebooks and Python, and there is an on-premise SQL estate underneath it all. The team is being rebuilt and grown, so you would arrive early enough to influence how it works. What the role offers that most analyst jobs do not, is reach. You would work across the whole business rather than inside one part of it — sales and customers, finance, hire desk, transport, servicing, fleet and telematics, training and resourcing. Almost nobody here sees more than their own corner of the operation. You would see all of it, and the most valuable work this team does comes from noticing the connection between two things that neither department could have spotted on its own. • Designing and building Power BI and Fabric semantic models and reports that other people depend on., • Delivering customer-facing reporting under row-level security, where getting the segregation right is not optional., • Writing and maintaining the SQL views that underpin the reporting estate., • Working directly with department heads and senior leadership to work out what they actually need, which is often not what they asked for., • Building business applications in Power Apps that replace spreadsheets, paper and email chains., • Designing Power Automate flows that take manual handling out of operational processes end to end., • Building and maintaining API integrations between our systems, in Fabric notebooks and scheduled Python., • Assessing new business software for whether its data is reachable, then designing the integration., • Data quality, master data and the housekeeping that keeps the whole thing trustworthy., • Around three years in a data, BI or Power Platform role — as a guide rather than a threshold. What matters is what you have built and owned., • Strong Power BI — semantic modelling, DAX beyond the basics, and enough experience of a report going wrong to have opinions about how they should be built., • Confident SQL — writing and optimising views and queries, and understanding what is expensive and why., • Real experience of at least one of Power Apps, Power Automate, or API integration work. We are not expecting all three., • The ability to work end to end — taking a vague business problem, working out what is actually needed, building it, and supporting it afterwards., • Stakeholder credibility — you can be put in a room with a department head or a customer and be trusted to come back with the right answer., • Curiosity about the business as a whole — the people who do best here are the ones who ask why servicing and the hire desk disagree about the same machine, rather than answering only the question in front of them., • Judgement about quality — knowing when something needs to be right and when it needs to be quick, and being honest about which one you have delivered., • Microsoft Fabric — lakehouses, notebooks, pipelines., • Python for automation and data movement., • Row-level security in a multi-tenant or customer-facing context., • Experience mentoring or reviewing more junior developers’ work., • Any exposure to construction, plant, transport, logistics or fleet., • Progression, and how pay works here, • Competitive Salary: We offer a highly competitive salary and package that reflects your skills and experience., • Generous Leave: Enjoy 24 days plus bank holiday annual leave and personal leave to maintain a healthy work life balance., • Professional Development: Take advantage of training programs, workshops, and seminars to enhance your skills and advance your career., • Employee Assistance Program: Access to free, confidential support services for personal and work-related issues., • Environmental and Safety Commitment: Join a company that prioritises safety and sustainability, ensuring a safe and Eco-friendly working environment., • Modern Equipment: Work with the best and latest plant and machinery in the industry., • Team Oriented Culture: Be part of a supportive and collaborative team that values each member’s contribution., • Recognition Programs: Acknowledge and reward outstanding performance and dedication with various recognition programs. At Flannery Plant Hire, we flourish by embracing differences, whether they stem from social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic. We recognize that diversity unleashes a wealth of innovative thinking, which is integral to building successful and high-performing teams. We call it "Empowering Everyone." #J-18808-Ljbffr

You will own the finance function, manage a team, and directly support the Managing Director on strategic commercial decisions. CMC Consulting are partnering with a growing family-owned consumer business to recruit an experienced Head of Finance. The role is hands-on with autonomy to shape the futur

They are seeking an experienced, commercially minded Head of Finance to take ownership of the finance function and play a key role in supporting the business. This is a hands-on, high-impact position offering significant autonomy, direct exposure to the Managing Director and the opportunity to shape

Lead the financial future of St Luke's Hospice, helping ensure exceptional palliative care services continue to support local families when they need them most., Reporting to the Director of Finance & Commercial, you will play a pivotal role in strengthening the hospice's financial operations and supporting its long-term sustainability. This is a hands-on leadership role combining technical excellence, strategic business partnering and organisational change delivery. A particular focus of the role will be modernising finance processes and leading the implementation of a new financial accounting system, helping to improve reporting, efficiency and financial insight across the organisation. We are seeking an ambitious, CCAB-qualified or qualified by experience finance professional with strong technical expertise and a collaborative and compassionate leadership style. You will be equally comfortable operating strategically and managing operational detail, bringing the credibility and confidence required to influence stakeholders at all levels. Experience gained within the charity, healthcare, public sector or broader not-for-profit environment would be valuable, although charity reporting experience is essential along with an understanding of mission-led organisations. We are particularly interested in candidates who have led finance transformation projects, including the implementation of financial reporting systems. Most importantly, you will share St Luke's values, possess excellent communication skills, and be able to translate complex financial information into clear, practical insight. If you're motivated to be a trusted adviser, influential leader and key contributor to the continued success and sustainability of a highly respected hospice, we welcome your application. St Luke's provides free specialist care to around 2,000 patients annually and incurs care costs of approximately £11 million each year. It is a well-established independent charity dedicated to providing specialist palliative and end-of-life care to people living in Harrow and Brent. All services are provided free of charge, made possible through NHS funding, retail operations, fundraising activities, volunteers and the generosity of the local community. For decades, St Luke's has been making every moment matter for patients and their loved ones throughout some of life's most challenging circumstances. Its vision is a world where everyone with an incurable illness can access the care they need to live well, where families and carers receive support and where individuals can die with dignity in the place of their choice - and this is your opportunity to support their vital work. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Stride Recruitment is seeking a senior Development Finance Director in Herefordshire to drive deal origination and underwriting within a growing specialist lending environment. You will own new business generation, credit underwriting and portfolio management, influencing growth of the lending function. The role emphasizes strong relationship-building with developers and intermediaries, with a competitive £120k salary and comprehensive benefits. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Accountancy Action - Your Specialist Finance Recruitment Partner is supporting a high growth business in Watford in search of a technically astute Group Financial Controller for a 6‑month contract, with potential for permanency. Reports to the Finance Director and leads finance to drive performanc

Join to apply for the Business Development Manager - HNW Clients & Institutions role at Enra Specialist Finance. West One Loans is looking for a talented Wealth Manager to source, onboard, and manage high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and institutional clients. The role focuses on identifying, targeting, and acquiring new clients through personal networks, referrals, and strategic business development. • Proactively source and engage UK based family offices, foundations, and corporate institutions alongside HNW individuals to expand existing client base., • Lead the end to end onboarding process, ensuring compliance with KYC/AML and regulatory frameworks., • Conduct in depth discovery meetings to understand clients risk appetite and investment preferences., • Build and maintain long term client relationships by delivering proactive personalised service., • Serve as the primary contact., • Monitor and review client portfolios., • Work closely with Director of Investor Services to align portfolios with client’s objectives and ensure loan funding., • Liaising with internal departments and external parties., • Demonstrated success in acquiring and retaining clients., • Exceptional interpersonal and relationship building skills., • Strong presentation and communication skills., • Understanding of FCA regulatory requirements., • Proactive and able to work on own initiative., • Existing client base, • Knowledge of property or property sales advantageous., • Discretion and a consultative approach to client management., • Knowledge of Word, Excel and Outlook is required., • Articulate., • Flexible., • Able to work under pressure. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Head of Finance, Finance Director, Financial Controller, Group Financial Controller, Head of Commercial Finance, Commercial Finance Manager, Senior Finance Manager, Finance Business Partner or Finance Lead. You will become a trusted adviser to the Directors, helping shape commercial decisions while

Seeking a remote Finance & IT Director for a UK charity to provide strategic financial leadership, oversee budgets, manage IT services, and lead teams.

Extensive experience of International Finance, including statutory reporting, audit, local compliance and the operation of finance teams across multiple jurisdictions and regions. International Finance: Lead the international finance team, providing strategic direction, technical support and a stron

We sort director of finance jobs with better pay, shorter commutes and sooner starts in mind.

Job Category Accountancy & Finance.

Extensive experience of International Finance, including statutory reporting, audit, local compliance and the operation of finance teams across multiple jurisdictions and regions. Raise the profile of Tax, International Finance and Travel as proactive, pragmatic and value adding partners to the wide

Key requirementsDeep knowledge of wholesale finance structuresStrong analytical skills to assess loan tapes, balance sheets, and cash flowsMarket insight across UK and European lendingExceptional communicati

Interim Section 151 Officer / Director of Finance.

A Director of Tax and International Finance role within a global organization focused on making a difference worldwide. Offers a competitive package and hybrid working.

Following a period of significant growth and organisational change, they are investing in strengthening their finance capability and are seeking a commercially minded Finance Director to lead this effort. The successful candidate will take ownership of a broad finance remit, combining financial cont

The position could suit an experienced Freight Forwarding Finance Director, Head of Finance or Financial Controller, as well as a strong Senior Finance Manager looking to take the next step into a broader finance leadership role. Reporting to the Group CEO, the Director of Finance will have overall

Associate Director/Director of Corporate Finance – Special Situations. FRP Advisory is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Associate Director/Director of Corporate Finance to join our team. Operating from 35 offices across the UK, Isle of Man and Cyprus, we are dedicated to helping clients na

Interim Section 151 Officer / Director of Finance.

Lead finance deal advisory propositions, manage complex engagements, and develop client relationships. Focus on finance function in transactions.

Lead European finance operations for a US law firm, overseeing teams, financial reporting, budgeting, and strategic advice.

Lead financial strategy and operations for a charity, overseeing budgets, reporting, and a finance team, to ensure financial sustainability and growth.

Reporting to our Head of Finance, you'll lead a team of five, take ownership of our financial reporting and controls, and drive improvements to make our finance processes more efficient as we grow. As we continue to grow, we're looking for a Financial Controller to join our Beef HQ team and help sha

Acting as Head of Compliance, Compliance Director, Chief Compliance Officer or equivalent within a PRA and FCA regulated insurance environment. An excellent opportunity to join a leading insurance business as Director of Compliance for the UK business, covering Lloyd's and Company markets. The role

Working closely with the VP Risk, VP Finance and CSG MDs, take an operational view of the desirability and feasibility of active post-investment management of the equity portfolio in light of capital employed, mandate of EBRD to mobilize commercial finance, and broader risk/return issues. The Managi

Medicash - Healthcare benefits, including dental, optical and therapy treatments (includes up to 4 dependent children) Aviva Digicare - Free annual healthcare check Exclusive Benefits & Wellbeing site (Perks at Work) Entertainment discounts - up to 55% off cinema tickets Health & Wellbeing discounts

Provide leadership across the Communications Department, ensuring cohesion of approach, alignment of messaging and effective delivery of communications services, products and events that support the Bank’s mission. The EBRD encourages all qualified candidates who are nationals of the EBRD member c

Finance Business Partner Location: Northamptonshire Salary: £75,000-£80,000 + world-class benefits Working Pattern: Full-time, 5 days per week on site Robert Half are delighted to be working with a highly successful, internationally recognised organisation to recruit a Finance Business Pa

M&A - Acquisitions Specialist Freelance Suitable for an ex Finance Director You may be based anywhere in England Predominantly remote Very flexible Full or part-time - As part of the individual's freelance portfolio. It requires a seasoned professional who has the ability to deal directly and effect

Other key attributes and experience you will possess: • Advanced knowledge and experience of the children's/family services sector across statutory and non-statutory organisations • Senior level experience of leading and managing multiple, distributed direct delivery services including financial