Finance Director (Bettys)
Role Overview
The Finance Director provides strategic financial leadership to Bettys and helps shape the future direction of Finance across Bettys & Taylors Group.
The role reports to the Group Finance Director, with a dotted reporting line to the Bettys Managing Director, and is the primary finance business partner to the Bettys Leadership Team.
The postholder advises senior leaders, turns complex analysis into commercial insight, builds team capability and supports decisions that create long-term value.
The role works closely with the Taylors Finance Director to lead and coach Group finance business partnering.
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Role overview
The Finance Director provides strategic financial leadership to Bettys and helps shape the future direction of Finance across Bettys & Taylors Group.
The role reports to the Group Finance Director, with a dotted reporting line to the Bettys Managing Director, and is the primary finance business partner to the Bettys Leadership Team.
The postholder advises senior leaders, turns complex analysis into commercial insight, builds team capability and supports decisions that create long-term value.
The role works closely with the Taylors Finance Director to lead and coach Group finance business partnering.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic financial leadership and trusted advice; translate financial analysis into actionable commercial insight and recommendations.
- Lead and coach the Group finance business partnering team jointly with the Taylors Finance Director, and support leaders across Bettys and Group functions.
- Develop a high-performing team culture and help shape and deliver the company’s growth strategy.
- Oversee financial evaluation of opportunities and investments, including trade spend, promotional effectiveness and capital expenditure.
- Provide insight into profitability, cost efficiency, working capital, cash flow and operational performance; develop investment business cases and support resource allocation.
- Partner with FP&A on business unit performance reviews, forecasting, variance analysis and business commentary.
- Influence sustainability, digital transformation and supply chain optimisation priorities; contribute to Group-wide finance strategy, ways of working and change.
- Lead the Bettys Procurement team and connect procurement with commercial decisions and wider business priorities.
About you
- An appropriate accountancy qualification such as CIMA, ACCA, ACA or CPA, or equivalent demonstrable finance expertise.
- Significant experience leading and developing finance teams, ideally in FMCG, retail or a multisite environment.
- Strong stakeholder partnering, influencing and constructive challenge skills; able to contribute commercially to strategy.
- Highly developed analytical skills and experience evaluating investment, developing business cases and improving business performance.
- Strong cross-functional and systems thinking; curious, adaptable, future-focused and able to operate in a changing environment.
- High ethical standards, sound judgement and commitment to effective governance and responsible business practice.
Compensation
- Annual salary is described as competitive; no specific amount is stated.
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