Position: Finance Director

Salary Range: £100,000 - £120,000 + car + bonus

Location: Newport

About The Company

We've been retained by a successful and well-established business (~£35m t/o) operating across the construction and infrastructure markets, with a strong national reputation in its field.

With an ambitious leadership team and continued plans for growth, the business is looking to strengthen its capabilities with the appointment of a commercially-minded Finance Director.

About The Role

This is a broad Finance Director position, taking overall responsibility for the finance function while playing an active role in the wider commercial direction of the business.

Working closely with the Directors and senior management team, you’ll act as a trusted adviser to provide insight, support and constructive challenge to help drive better commercial and operational decision-making.

Alongside leading a lean finance team, you’ll take ownership of banking / debt facilities relationships, financial planning, forecasting, cash flow and management reporting, while ensuring finance remains closely aligned with the strategic ambitions of the business.

We’re looking for an FD who wants to understand the wider business, genuinely engage with operations and people, and directly influence future direction and decision making.

About The Candidate

We’re looking for a qualified accountant with experience operating in a senior finance leadership position. Existing "number one" experience is preferred, but we're also open to a first-step for the right candidate.

More importantly, you need to be commercially minded, pragmatic and comfortable operating as a business partner to senior leadership.

You’ll be someone who can see beyond the numbers able to translate financial information into meaningful commercial insight, challenge where appropriate and help the business make better decisions.

Previous experience developing and leading high-performing finance teams will also be important.

Experience within the Construction / Infrastructure markets is preferred, but not an essential prerequisite.

For a confidential conversation, please contact Giles Ellison at Right Pear.

International Finance & Advisory Manager

Location: Fully Remote UK-based, with international travel to Africa & US 3-4 times per year
Salary: £45,000 - £55,000 per annum
Contract: Permanent

Are you an ambitious accountant looking for something a little different from the traditional finance role?

We're working with a growing international business that partners with ambitious companies across sub-Saharan Africa, helping them strengthen their finance functions, improve reporting and make better commercial decisions.

This is a varied, hands-on client-facing role combining management accounting, forecasting, financial modelling, systems and commercial finance, alongside the opportunity to build strong relationships with senior stakeholders across a portfolio of growing businesses.

You'll be joining an agile and entrepreneurial team, with plenty of autonomy and the opportunity to shape your role around your strengths over time.

What you'll be doing

• Working closely with senior management and finance teams across a portfolio of international businesses
• Producing and improving management information, budgets and forecasts
• Building and maintaining financial models across P&L, balance sheet and cash flow
• Supporting businesses with accounting issues and more complex transactions
• Providing commercial insight to support investment and growth decisions
• Improving finance processes, reporting structures and the quality of financial data
• Setting up and optimising systems including Xero and QuickBooks
• Producing clear, insightful reporting using Power BI
• Building trusted relationships and acting as a key finance contact for the businesses you support

What we're looking for

We're looking for a part-qualified or qualified accountant who enjoys getting underneath the numbers and working closely with people.

You'll ideally have:

• A strong grounding in management accounting and financial reporting
• Experience producing budgets, forecasts and management information
• Good commercial awareness and the confidence to work with senior stakeholders
• Experience working internationally, ideally within the Global South
• An interest in working across different businesses, sectors and commercial challenges
• The flexibility to travel multiple times a year to sub-Saharan Africa and/or the US

Previous experience within practice or outsourced accounting could be useful, but isn't essential. This could equally suit someone from an industry background who enjoys variety and wants broader commercial exposure.

Why consider it?

This isn't a traditional accounting role.

You'll get exposure to businesses operating across diverse international supply chains, working on everything from improving the fundamentals of their finance functions through to forecasting, investment decisions and growth planning.

The role is fully remote, with international travel multiple times a year and the opportunity to become part of a growing business where you'll have genuine influence over how the role develops.

Interested?

Apply today or get in touch with Right Pear for a confidential conversation.