Head of Finance

A growing, multi-site leisure business is looking for a Head of Finance to lead financial operations across the UK. This is a hands-on leadership role at the heart of a fast-paced, entrepreneurial organisation. You will lead a small finance team, drive strong financial control and partner closely with senior leadership to support commercial decision-making and continued growth.

Reporting to the Group Financial Controller, you will take ownership of the finance function across the division, including:

• Leading, coaching and developing the finance team.
• Overseeing monthly management accounts, KPIs and variance analysis.
• Managing core accounting activities including month-end/year-end close, payroll oversight, balance sheet reconciliations, VAT and statutory reporting.
• Maintaining strong financial controls, governance and audit processes.
• Managing cash flow and supporting working capital and capital planning.
• Partnering with senior leadership to provide commercially focused financial insight.
• Driving process, systems and reporting improvements across multiple locations.

You will be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with significant post-qualified experience and a track record of operating in a senior finance leadership role.

We are particularly interested in candidates who have worked within leisure, media, hospitality or a similar multi-site, customer-facing environment and understand the pace and commercial dynamics of these sectors.

You will bring:

• Proven experience leading and developing finance teams.
• Strong management accounting, financial control and governance experience.
• Experience within a multi-site and/or high-volume transactional business.
• Strong commercial acumen and the ability to turn financial information into meaningful insight.
• Confidence partnering with senior finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• A proactive, solutions-focused approach and the ability to operate at pace.
• Strong Excel and finance systems experience.

Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates