13 strategic lead jobs found

Finance Intelligence Lead - Insurance Consulting 📍 UK Wide / Hybrid - London 💼 Full Time A leading UK consulting and administration business specialising in the pensions and insurance sectors is seeking a Finance Intelligence Lead to join its growing Insurance Consulting practice. This is an exciting opportunity to join a business undergoing significant growth and transformation, working with some of the UK's leading life insurance and bulk annuity providers. The organisation combines deep sector expertise with advanced technology, analytics, and advisory capability to deliver innovative solutions across finance, actuarial, reporting, and data transformation. The Opportunity The Finance Intelligence Lead will play a central role in designing and delivering finance transformation programmes for insurance clients. Working closely with senior stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams, you will help clients modernise finance operations, improve reporting capability, and unlock...

A pivotal finance leadership role within a complex, multi-site UK business undergoing transformation Our client is a significant UK-based FMCG organisation operating within a multi-site, operationally driven environment. With revenue of over £100m, the business plays a key role within its sector and supplies major UK customers across a well-established and essential industry. Following a period of restructuring and strategic investment, the organisation is focused on improving operational performance, strengthening financial discipline and delivering sustainable profitability. As the business enters a crucial stage in this journey, they are seeking to appoint a Finance Director on a fixed term contract, with potential to move into a permanent role. This represents a key leadership role at an important point in the company’s evolution, where strong financial leadership, commercial insight and operational focus will underpin the next phase of performance and growth. The Role...

I'm currently partnering with a high turnover business within the Peterborough area to recruit at interim Finance Business Partner for up to 3 months. This organisation is currently exceeding performance targets and continues to grow. I'm looking for a strong Finance Business Partner who can hit the ground running in this type of role, this would suit a seasoned contractor or someone who wants to build their experience quickly in a commercial role. Key Responsibilities Act as a trusted Finance Business Partner to key stakeholders across the business Deliver insightful commercial analysis to support strategic decision-making Lead on budgeting and forecasting processes Take ownership of balance sheet oversight and performance review Support and lead on key business projects and initiatives Provide financial guidance and challenge to non-finance stakeholders Support ongoing business growth through data-driven insights and recommendations Drive continuous improvement across...

Contract Length: 3-6 months (potential extension) Location: West Midlands Hybrid Work Pattern 3 days a week on Site About the Role We are seeking an experienced Interim Credit Manager to lead, optimise, and transform the Credit Control and Collections function within a fast‑paced organisation. This role requires a confident leader with a strong operational background, capable of managing high‑value ledgers, resolving complex disputes, and driving improvements in cashflow performance and debt governance. You will take ownership of the full credit control process and provide strategic and hands‑on leadership to ensure strong financial control, robust reporting, and efficient cash collection. Key Responsibilities Lead, coach, mentor, and develop the Credit Control team, ensuring capability, performance, and clear accountability. Manage the end‑to‑end credit control process, including customer contact, query resolution, reconciliations, and cash allocation. Reduce unallocated...

ASA Recruitment’s client, a Public Sector organisation in Glasgow/Edinburgh, is currently looking to recruit a Finance Systems & Operations Specialist on a hybrid basis, on an initial 6-month contract (with potential extensions) on a rate of c.£400/day inside of IR35 (based on experience). Responsibilities: Workday Financials & Reporting (Hands on) * Proven experience supporting Workday Financials testing, configuration support and reporting, including advanced/custom reports and dashboards. * Comfortable working alongside vendors and internal teams to translate finance requirements into Workday outputs. Structured Testing, Data Validation & UAT * Experience leading or supporting end to end finance system testing, including scenario design, reconciliation, defect tracking and UAT sign off. * Strong attention to data integrity across GL, budgets, and investment attributes. Budgeting & Forecasting (Investments and Non Investments) * Experience...

Interim Head of Finance – Ambleside - £55,000 to £58,000 – Offered on a day rate or Fixed Term Contract – Minimum of 3 months – Hybrid We are looking for an experienced and hands-on Interim Head of Finance to provide strategic and operational financial leadership for a thriving and fantastic charity based in Ambleside. This a try wonderful charity based in the Lake District. Entering into an exciting phase of transformation they are seeking a talented individual to be able to undertake the day to day responsibilities of the role whilst undertaking a review of current systems and processes. Reporting to the Chief Executive, you will play a key role within the Senior Leadership Team, supporting Trustees and senior colleagues with clear financial insight, robust governance and strong financial management. They are seeking someone in two parts * Initial 3 to 4 months to assess the department and review systems and processess * Permanent role * It maybe the same person goes temp...

Interim Financial Controller Location: Lincoln Salary: £400 per day Vacancy Type: Fixed Term Contract 6–12 months Benjamin Edwards are recruiting for an experienced Interim Financial Controller to join a dynamic and busy finance team on a 6–12 month fixed-term basis. This is a high-impact role supporting the development of financial planning and forecasting capability across the business, while also providing support across key accounting and reporting activities. As Interim Financial Controller, you will play a key role in shaping and improving the company’s financial planning, forecasting, and reporting processes. Working closely with senior finance leadership, you will lead the development of robust budgeting and forecasting models while helping strengthen financial reporting, controls, and performance analysis. This role would suit a seasoned interim finance professional who enjoys driving change, improving processes, and adding commercial value quickly. The role of...

Sewell Wallis is exclusively working with an established market-leading business, currently undergoing a period of transformation, to secure an Interim Financial Controller for a 6-month contract. This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified, experienced Financial Controller to step into a broad and commercially focused finance leadership role. Working closely with senior stakeholders across the group, you will lead management and statutory reporting, consolidations, forecasting, treasury management and drive best practice and continuous improvement across the finance function. Based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, you'll be expected to attend the office 3 days a week, with 2 days working from home. What will you be doing? Manage the day-to-day accounting and reporting responsibilities of the finance function including financial & management accounting. Preparation of accurate and timely Group Management Accounts in line with Group reporting timescales, including Balance...

Deputy Finance Business Partner Location: Shropshire Contract: Temporary (3 months) Salary: £40.60 umbrella / £36.25 PAYE Inclusive / £32.35 PAYE Exclusive Start Date: ASAP Contact: (url removed) Job Description Service Care Solutions are recruiting on behalf of a public sector organisation in Shropshire for a Deputy Finance Business Partner to join the team on a temporary basis. The postholder will provide expert financial advice, lead on budgeting and forecasting activities, and support senior stakeholders in delivering key financial and operational objectives Key Responsibilities Produce accurate monthly financial reports, forecasts, and variance analysis to support operational and strategic decision-making. Lead on budget setting, financial planning, and monitoring of cost improvement programmes across designated service areas. Provide financial insight and support for business cases, service developments, and contract management activities. Manage and develop the...

Data Management Specialist Location: London (Hybrid 2 days per week in Bishopsgate) Rate: £650 /day Inside IR35 Clearance: BPSS Duration: Contract - 3 months Overview We're looking for a Data Management Specialist to support the development of enterprise-wide data management capabilities within a major insurance transformation programme. This is a strategic, framework-focused role centred around defining operating models, governance standards, ownership structures, and data management best practices across the insurance value chain. Working closely with the Head of Data Management, you'll help shape scalable governance and data management approaches across underwriting, claims, policy, finance, and distribution domains. Key Responsibilities Define and evolve enterprise data management frameworks covering:o Data governance o Data quality o Metadata & cataloguing o Master & reference data Develop target operating models and governance approaches Define...

Counterparty Credit Risk QA Lead - Tier 1 Bank - London - 12 months Role - Counterparty Credit Risk QA Lead Rate - £850 per day (Inside IR35) Duration - 12 months with very likely extension Location - Hybrid / Liverpool Street - 3 days per week in an office in Liverpool Street Role Lead testing activities within the Counterparty Credit Risk (CCR) domain. The role will focus on defining the overall test strategy, ensuring alignment with the bank's existing QA processes and governance standards, and reviewing current practices to identify opportunities for improvement. The Test Manager will work closely with stakeholders across business and technology to ensure consistent and high-quality testing delivery. The ideal candidate combines deep QA expertise with strong domain knowledge in Counterparty Credit Risk, exposure to regulatory-driven change, and the ability to manage cross‑functional delivery across technology, risk, and business functions.Tasks Define and implement the...

ASA Recruitment’s client, a Public Sector organisation in Edinburgh/Glasgow, is currently looking to recruit a Finance Business Partner on a hybrid basis, on an initial 3 month contract (with potential extensions) on a rate of c.£(Apply online only)/day inside of IR35 (based on experience). The Role: We are seeking an interim Finance Business Partner to assist the Head of Finance in providing strategic management of the organisation’s corporate financial and physical resources to support the delivery of the organisation’s Corporate Plan. The interim Finance Business Partner will take ownership of key business partnering responsibilities, including budget holder engagement and elements of monthly and annual reporting. The role will also help balance workloads across the team, reduce single points of failure, and create necessary capacity and resilience for the finance team whilst we go through the process of recruiting to this role on a permanent basis. Essential Experience:...

Senior Finance Business Partner Contract until March 2027 - Inside IR35 Bristol Based (60% onsite) Certain Advantage are recruiting on behalf of our renowned manufacturing client for a Senior Finance Business Partner to work within a procurement ops team providing Financial direction for the Commercial Strategy. You will lead the financial decision process to support commercial decision making in the tendering of detail parts and the subsequent impact of tendering decisions on the financial health and performance of the detail parts supply chain (£200m+). Key challenges in this role will include continuous stakeholder management across multiple interfaces (accounting and procurement up to “Head ofs”), and negotiating with procurement suppliers on key financial topics and performance improvement plans. There will be recurring and ad-hoc activities in this varied role. Typical responsibilities will include; Lead the financial decision process to support commercial decision making...