Head of Financial Systems

Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR electronic warfare secure communications aerial refueling special air missions aerial firefighting and advanced simulation. We own the whole stack: designing building and operating turnkey capabilities that give our partners decisive asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.

Our operating model is built around three interlocking pillars. The Support Groups provide a global shared-service spanning people finance platform operations legal and engagement. This frees up our Core Groups who develop and own mission capabilities end-to-end to focus entirely on delivery. The Market Groups apply a regional lens ensuring that our agile and adaptable capabilities remain aligned to the wicked problems that matter most to our partners across the Americas EMEA and Asia-Pacific.

At the heart of our model is a simple but powerful idea: be a true partner with skin in the game. Our partners need effects not just equipment. By owning the full stack from the lab to the field we are able to drive a continuous cycle of innovation that keeps our partners ahead. Its a fast-moving intellectually demanding environment where talented people are given real responsibility work on problems that matter and contribute to an enterprise that is growing quickly and deliberately.

Headquartered in Washington DC with facilities across the United States the United Kingdom as well as Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific.

The Head of Financial Systems will be a results-oriented and technologically driven financial leader responsible for enhancingMetreasfinance processes systemsdataand reporting capabilities as the enterprise scales globally. A core focus will beidentifyingand delivering AI-driven efficiencyautomationand process improvement across Finance reducing manual activity strengtheningcontrolsand improving the speedaccuracyand quality of financial reporting. The job governs andmaintainsfinancial and operationalsystemsso theyremaineffective integrated and fit for purpose and gives Controlling Treasury and FP&A the reliable data tools and processes they need. Working closely with Finance and Platform Technology the Head of Financial Systems will identify where to simplify automate and improve reporting and analytics and will lead financial due diligence in partnership with the Investment function and the post-acquisition integration of finance systems and processes.

The Head of Financial Systems will bring deep finance and operationalexpertise real technologicalfluencyand the ability to lead transformation in a complex fast-scaling global enterprise. Experience in a regulated government-contracting or aerospace and defence environment is an advantage.

Systems ownership and governance

• Own the Finance systems landscape with Microsoft D365 at its centre ensuring itremainseffective integrated and fit for purpose as the enterprise grows
• Set andensuregovernance for financial and operational systems: access change control masterdataand integration standards
• Lead new system selection and rollout end to end from business case through to adoption and be accountable for the outcome

Process transformation and AI

• Map Finances data workflowscomplianceand reporting frameworks;identifysystemic inefficiency and gaps; prioritise and deliver fixes
• Build AI and large language model capability into month-end reporting and reconciliation processes with a clear view of where automation strengthens controls and where it introduces risk
• Reduce manual activity across Finance with measured reportable results

Enabling Controlling Treasury and FP&A

• Provide each function with the data tools and processes it needs to execute its responsibilities without workarounds
• Own the reporting and analytics layer so that financial data is trustedtimelyand usable by leadership

M&A

• Lead financial due diligence workstreams alongside the Investment function
• Own post-acquisition integration of finance systemsdataand processes to a defined plan and timeline

Team

• Lead a globally distributed Financial Systems team across time zones
• Develop moreMetreans: give direct feedbackand grow the teams capability ahead of what the enterprise needs

• Experience leading in ambiguous conditions with a broad shifting problem set;a track recordof setting direction rather than waiting for it
• A record of driving to answers and the discernment to know when to ask rather than push on alone
• Proven experience building and developing teams
• Experience leading a distributed team across time zones
• Proven finance transformation delivery in a scaling multi-entity multi-currency environment with results you can evidence
• Deepexpertisein accounting and finance processes: month-end consolidation controls reporting
• Finance systemsexpertise including Microsoft D365 in a lead or ownership capacity
• Demonstrated practical fluency in AI automation and emerging technology as applied to Finance beyond familiarity with the vocabulary
• Financial due diligence and post-acquisition integration experience
• Able to run several systems and process changes at once and land them
• Communicates systems and data decisions in terms of enterprise outcomes
• Professional accounting qualification (ACA ACCA CIMA CPA or equivalent)
• This role will be based in either our London or DC office in a hybrid set up (in office 3 days a week) with travelrequiredto our other offices

• Private Medical Insurance
• Subsided gym membership / plans throughWellhub
• Electric Car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrificed pension scheme
• Free lunch on office days
• Enhanced Parental Leave
• 30 days annual PTO plus b/h

The employee will have the legal right to work in theUKand will be able to producerightto work documentation.

MetreaManagement Limited (MAM)is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to racecolor religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or other characteristics protected by law.

This is a full-time position with typical working hours of Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to6:00p.m.

Hybrid Hammersmith 3 days per week

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