Director - Partner Finance Team

The Consultancy Group are currently looking for a Director Partner Finance to join an International Travel business based in Central London.

Reporting in to the CFO and sitting on the Senior Leadership team this is an opportuntiy for a Senior Finance individual with 10+ Years Post-Qualified Experience to join and innovative and ambitous growth business.

Responsibilities:

• You will lead the team responsible for optimizing Partner credit limits and efficient collections.
• Lead on developing the credit offering and collateral requirements with our Partners, which is a strategic offering and is integral to our business growth.
• You will be responsible for driving effective value adding decision making across the business through delivering world class risk management.
• Leading a team of 12 you will provide direction and mentorship, developing the team to be effective partners to our stakeholders
• Your key stakeholders will be the Sales and Finance leadership team.
• You will set the strategy for the Partner Finance team, including developing the road map for systems and process improvement

Requiremtents:

• Highly analytical, going beyond the traditional functions of finance, driving insight and strategy across a broad range of business issues
• Someone who always builds a compelling vision from the numbers and communicates clearly with all stakeholders
• Can manage multiple projects at once whilst keeping the teams focused on delivery

• Creative thinker & self-starter

• Exceptional listener and skilled negotiator
• A relationship builder
• A facilitator, skilled at conflict resolution

• Big picture focused whilst helping implement procedural change

Personal Profile:

• Qualified accountant with with 10yrs PQE
• Currently leading a finance team and can demonstrate strong leadership
• Skilled at building, delivering and interpreting risk and strategy
• Familiar with B2B business models and large, multi-currency accounts receivable functions
• Experience managing large change projects, implementation of system and process improvement
• Experience working in treasury, especially the development of a credit offering and collateral, LOC's, guarantees etc
• Experienced and enthusiastic working in dynamic, entrepreneurial environments
• Someone who thrives in large, global, fast moving organisations
• A skilled people leader, passionate about developing talent
• Ideally with technology/travel tech experience