Finance Director Jobs
Attributes of a Finance Director
The old image of the Finance Director being simply the chief bean-counter in an organisation no longer applies. Today there is far more emphasis on the Finance Director as a strategic player, advising the board on how to drive growth, explore new opportunities and make resources deliver the very best results. So to reach Finance Director level, communication and relationship management skills are required, alongside solid accountancy qualifications and experience of managing a finance team and overseeing the financial health of the company.
Key Responsibilities of a Finance Director
Day to day, the Finance Director will be responsible for preparing and controlling budgets, overseeing credit control and banking, and supplying commercial support and business information to different units across an organisation. In these top jobs, its essential to have proven experience of driving a finance department forward, managing change and improving cost controls. A successful Finance Director is likely to have a sharp commercial brain, and spend time identifying new opportunities and seeking out new ways to support growth.
Inside the Job
The finance director is a key member of a board of directors and salaries in large corporations frequently exceed the £100k mark due to the complex nature of the Finance Director role. A principal duty is to ensure that the financial strategies support the broader corporate aims of the business, although this itself often spells conflict.
Finance Directors play a pivotal role in reporting to shareholders, communicating with the City if the company is Stock Market listed, and working with third party accountants compiling Annual Reports and profit and loss accounts. The Finance Director will be heavily involved in Merger and Acquisition and company re-structuring activities.
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Head of Business Finance – Centrica Energy Upstream
Centrica plc, a top 30 FTSE 100 company, has the vision to become the leading integrated supplier of energy and related services for its chosen markets and maximise value to shareholders. We operate our businesses through the following globally based...
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Finance Director, Defence Training
The Finance Director, Defence Training supports the growth of Raytheon’s UK Training business founded upon the Defence Training Rationalisation Programme (DTR), a £multiBn, 30 year programme of transformation of training for the UK Armed Forces as well...
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DIRECTOR
Our Director of Corporate Services will lead the Finance, HR, IT and Facilities areas of the business, ensuring an efficient support service to the organisation to help it to do its job. Among other things, the successful candidate will have:
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IT Director - comparethemarket.com
BGL is now one of the UK's largest privately owned personal lines insurance intermediaries, attracting more than 2 million customers and consistently achieving record profits and unprecedented year on year growth.
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Financial Controller
This is a chance to move into a senior role, heading up a finance department. You will have day to day responsibility for a team of eight people and from time to time will deputise for the Finance Director.
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Global Service Director
An international market leader and pre-eminent name in its field, this plc is a pioneer in the development and commercial supply of a range of cutting edge, high technology, systems and components.
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Chief Internal Auditor
No other local authority offers the scale and variety of audit challenge, because there’s no other organisation quite like the City of London.
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Client Projects Director
The clear market leader in its field, our client provides specialist business support services to some of the world’s best known companies.
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Chief Executive
Scottish Development International (SDI) is an award winning joint venture involving the Scottish Government, Scottish Enterprise (SE) and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE).
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DIRECTOR of FINANCE
The Bourne Academy will open in September 2010 and will specialise in English and Engineering & Design. The Sponsor, Canford School, is now seeking a Director of Finance to plan and manage Academy finances and income generation.
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