Head of Finance

5 days ago

Solihull, United Kingdom DS Smith Full time

**About the role**

We have an excellent opportunity for a Head of Finance to join our Packaging Finance function and take responsibility for the strategy and progression of our Retail South cluster. Your cluster will include 5 sites around the country so you'll work closelywith leadership teams, your 2 direct reports and the relevant Finance teams throughout the sites. This will allow you to fully understand the way that our business works and what challenges we face, and ultimately drive commercial value and operational excellencein the cluster.

We want you to understand and communicate where and how the business creates value, challenging the organisation to improve financial and operational performance by developing robust forecasts that can outline both risks and opportunities. You will managemonthly and quarterly forecasting processes, tracking and understanding variances and consolidating the overall financial forecast for the cluster. Through timely review of balance sheets, co-ordination of external and internal audits, governance, risk reviewsand liaison with our Shared Service Centre team, you will ensure financial control is adequately maintained across the Cluster.

The role will see you working with finance colleagues in other Clusters in the UK Packaging business, working on specific initiatives and the drive to reduce overhead costs, develop S&OP, and improve value-based pricing.

As part of our Finance Leadership Team, we want you to draw on external best practices, to help develop and deliver a highly credible, world-class finance function, providing leadership, coaching, challenge and support, to deliver our overall business andfunctional objectives. You will also be actively involved in the mentoring and development of more junior colleagues, giving them the tools and support to progress into other roles in the future.

**About you**
- Experience in a large, matrix organisation, preferably in Manufacturing or FMCG
- Strong commercial background and understanding of operational finance too (Capex, productivity, efficiency, etc)
- Recognised professional accounting qualification
- Excellent relationship building capability as you'll be working with colleagues on all levels in the business
- Curious and inquisitive - we want you to dig out the inefficiencies in the cluster and work to improve them
- Open in your approach - it's important that you can listen to and collaborate with colleagues who have significant experience in DS Smith and the wider Packaging industry

**Benefits**
- Competitive salary
- Discretionary Bonus
- 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays
- Car allowance
- Pension scheme, life assurance and income protection
- Private medical insurance
- Sharesave scheme
- Salary sacrifice electric car scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Discounts
- Cycle to work scheme

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