Location: West London
Salary: Yet to be defined
Our client is a VC backed, global manufacturing business and is number one in their sector.
With a turnover in excess of £1Bn and employing 20,000 people worldwide, they supply technically advanced products to some of the world’s best known brands.
Historically, the company has adopted a regional/localised IT model, however with the recent appointment of a Global CIO, the business is now planning to transition to a global IT model.
Key to the success of this a new role has been created, Finance Director for Global IT. Accountable to the CIO but reporting into Global Finance, the role has been created to treat Global IT as a functional business unit and to manage all aspects of finance within it. Scope includes:
- All IT spend – opex and capex
- Intercompany recharges – IT service catalogue, price drivers, costs to local countries, charging mechanics
- Key supplier management (large software vendors and service providers e.g. SAP, Microsoft, IBM)
- Non-financial indicators – balanced scorecard
- Compliance and risk management
The ideal candidate will have experience of managing multi-country/regional IT Finance teams, providing financial guardianship for the IT Leadership Team and of delivering all aspects of financial and management accounting for the IT function, including clear summaries of actual, forecast and budget costs.
