- Essential – FTSE100 Financial Services experience
- £100,000 – £120,000 + package (incl. 20-40% bonus, 12% pension etc.)
- Surrey (flexible hybrid WFH)
Pear Talent is representing a FTSE100 Financial Services group who have an excellent opportunity for a Head of Cost Management reporting to the FD. The business is continuing to grow successfully, despite challenging markets, and are now looking to improve their group-wide cost management through close partnership with divisional business leadership, specific strategic cost reduction initiatives and improved cost insight reporting. The business has launched a significant cost programme, intended to achieve £ millions in long-term savings.
You’ll act as the Finance lead for this programme in a high-profile role owning key stakeholder relationships with group and divisional Exec/senior leadership.
Key accountabilities:
- Own the strategic cost initiatives, ensuring expected cost and benefits are justifiable.
- Design and implement a system to track the effectiveness of each initiative to deliver insightful and reliable reporting for Exec/Board.
- Partner with business division leadership to obtain all necessary financial information and gain their support.
- Implement necessary financial governance to track results and maintain controls.
- Lead a comprehensive new business case review and challenge process.
Required experience:
- Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA or equivalent)
- Previous blue-chip/FTSE listed company experience – ideally in Financial Services
- Experience of large-scale (tens of millions) significant cost reduction/transformation programmes
- Own and develop significant business cases, ensuring robust cost/benefit challenge
- Build relationships and influence senior/Exec stakeholders across complex matrix structure
- Robust business partnering skills, able to challenge and drive programme’s agenda
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