Interim Commercial Finance Director - Ireland

Our client is looking for an Interim Finance Director who will be responsible for all of the reporting, financial management, business partnering and strategic growth for this part of the Group. Working closely with the MD and COO, the suitable candidate will have strong results orientation, excellent commercial awareness and be a good communicator.

Key responsibilities include:

• Act as a trusted, visible and accessible point of contact to business leaders; providing commercial and financial decision support; challenge and insight into business profitability to drive future performance
• Understand the customer landscape and their drivers to provide contract / service pricing, cash and margin optimisation recommendations, ensuring an acceptable balance of risk and return
• Accountable for the accuracy of financial records, compliance, business financial plans and forecasts that are produced by the teams within the sector
• Understand the value drivers of the business and provide guidance on contract / service performance including ROI, scenario planning, KPI analysis and benchmarking
• Support the portfolio strategy through market, competitor and portfolio analysis; and inform market entry and exit decisions
• Develop customer relationships to support successful commercial and financial negotiations regarding variable revenue, rebids and change notices
• Support business leaders to deliver contractual obligations through identification of over and under delivery, performing root cause analysis, and making recommendations.
• Proactive identification, assessment and management of financial and commercial risks
• Drive contractual uplifts to support individual businesses as required
• Develop KPIs and understand performance trends, develop and implement strategies to improve them
• Communicate well with all level of employees (orally and written)
• Effectively coach and mentor others