Group Finance Director
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Job Summary
The Group Finance Director (GFD) reporting to the Group CFO is a critical enterprisewide leadership role responsible for stabilising and transforming QIMAs global financial backbone. You will lead group financial control finance operations (consolidation reporting A/P and A/R) and compliance across a highly international acquisitive organisation while partnering closely with the Head of Finance Transformation to move QIMA from a historically fragmented finance landscape to an integrated scalable and datadriven operating model.
This role is ideal for a senior finance leader who relishes complexity thrives in dynamic environments and is motivated by building strong foundations that enable future growth.
The Group Finance Director (GFD) is accountable for the integrity stability and performance of QIMAs global finance engine. This role ensures that financial reporting controls cash compliance and shared service operations operate reliably at scale while actively enabling the modernisation of Finance through close partnership with the Head of Finance Transformation.
This is a senior enterprise leadership role balancing nonnegotiable financial integrity with active sponsorship of transformation. The GFD owns outcomes; how those outcomes are delivered evolves through transformation.
Core Accountabilities
1. Financial Control Reporting & Compliance
Own the accuracy timeliness and integrity of group financial reporting consolidation and statutory compliance.
Maintain robust IFRS accounting policies balance sheet discipline and audit readiness across >100 entities.
Act as final escalation point for financial risk judgement and control decisions.
2. Shared Service Centre Performance
Accountable for global performance governance and capability of global SSCs (RTR OTC P2P).
Enforce standard controls SLAs KPIs and service expectations.
Ensure SSC leadership adopts and sustains standardised processes and systems.
3. Systems Data & Intelligent Finance (BAU Ownership)
Own the operational stability and performance of core finance systems.
Sponsor automation analytics and AI adoption where it improves control efficiency and insight.
Ensure new systems data standards and AI tools become embedded BAU ways of working.
4. Transformation Sponsorship & Delivery Ownership
Act as executive sponsor for Finance Transformation initiatives and change programmes.
Remain accountable for delivery and execution of finance change outcomes including M&A finance integrations once designs and roadmaps are agreed.
Hold Finance leaders and SSCs accountable for executing integrations process changes and system adoption in line with agreed plans.
5. M&A Due Diligence & Integration
Own financial diligence integration execution and reporting integrity for acquisitions.
Lead finance delivery for integrations (systems cutover controls reporting cash compliance).
Ensure acquired entities comply rapidly with group standards and cadence.
6. Tax Governance & Oversight
Retain endtoend ownership of Group tax outcomes with execution delivered through Global Shared Services and/or external advisors.
Ensure robust tax control frameworks compliance processes and audit readiness across all jurisdictions.
Sponsor continuous improvement of tax processes governance and data quality in line with the Group Finance operating model.
Ensure tax considerations are appropriately reflected in Group reporting cash management and balance sheet governance.
Qualifications :
Technical & Professional Experience
Senior Group Finance / Group Financial Controller / Finance Director experience in complex multi-entity international organisations.
Strong IFRS expertise and deep experience with complex consolidations.
Demonstrated success transforming low-maturity finance environments with fragmented systems and manual processes.
Hands-on experience working with or leading Shared Service Centres.
Track record of leveraging finance technology automation or analytics to materially improve performance insight or control.
Experience partnering with systems data or transformation teams to implement digital change at scale.
Comfort making pragmatic decisions about build vs buy standard vs customise and automation vs manual control.
Leadership Style & Mindset
Hands-on action-oriented and comfortable operating in founder-led fast-paced environments.
Able to inspire finance teams to adopt new tools and ways of working not just comply with new processes.
Able to bring structure to ambiguity and stabilise organisations undergoing change.
Credible clear communicator who builds trust across cultures time zones and seniority levels.
Collaborative pragmatic resilient and relentlessly execution-focused.
Energised by challenge transformation and tangible impact.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Key Skills
- Business Development
- Information Technology
- Oversight
- Professional Development
- Account Management
- Client Relationships
- Project Management
- Strategic Initiatives
- Ensure Compliance
- Program Development
- KPI
- Product Development
- Direct Reports
- Strategic Development
- Special projects
About Company
QIMA is more than a testing, inspection, certification, and compliance company: We are on a mission to offer clients smart solutions to make products consumers can trust. With a global reach spanning 100+ countries, QIMA serves the consumer products, food and life sciences industries ... View more
