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This is an opportunity to take on a highly visible role at the heart of an ambitious international business. Combining commercial finance, operational oversight and business partnering, you will work closely with senior leadership to strengthen decision making, improve performance and support the next stage of growth

Key Responsibilities

The company is creating a more independent and scalable international operation following a period of strong progress. With significant organisational and operational change underway, it now requires greater financial insight, commercial challenge and management information to support its ambitions. You will join a changing, entrepreneurial environment where you can influence how the business develops rather than simply inherit an established way of working.

Acting as a trusted partner to senior leadership, you will:

• Support budgeting, forecasting and commercial planning.
• Prepare and interpret P&L performance, translating financial information into practical business actions.
• Provide commercial insight and constructive challenge on investment and strategic decisions.
• Monitor operational KPIs alongside financial performance.
• Oversee key third party operational relationships, costs, margins and service levels.
• Support performance improvement across finance and operations.
• Work with central finance colleagues and external advisers on reporting and consolidation requirements.
• Contribute to leadership meetings and help develop stronger board level reporting.
• Build the financial and operational foundations required to support future growth

Key Skills preferred

You may be newly qualified or in the early stages of your post qualified career, with experience in commercial finance, finance business partnering or operational finance.

You will offer:

• A recognised accountancy qualification, or be approaching qualification.
• The ability to turn numbers into clear commercial recommendations.
• Experience working closely with operational stakeholders.
• Confidence influencing and constructively challenging senior colleagues.
• Exposure to operational KPIs, cost control, margins or service performance.
• A hands on, pragmatic and proactive approach.
• The curiosity and resilience to succeed in a growing, changing environment.
• Strong communication skills and an entrepreneurial mindset.

Experience of international operations, logistics, distribution, warehousing or supply chain environments would be advantageous

If you are looking for a broader commercial role where you can influence both financial and operational performance, we would welcome a confidential conversation.

Apply today or contact Gary Darlington to discuss how this opportunity could support the next stage of your career

Head of Technology Transformation

Newcastle | Hybrid Working | 18-Month Fixed-Term Contract

We’re supporting an established and highly successful financial services organisation through an important phase in the development of its technology function. Following significant growth and increasing complexity, the business is looking to build a more structured, consistent and high-performing technology department, with stronger capabilities across service, testing, operations and governance.

This is a senior, highly influential appointment working closely with the CTO and Technology Senior Leadership Team. We’re looking for someone who has previously operated as a CTO, CIO or equivalent technology executive and can bring the credibility, experience and practical insight required to strengthen the leadership team and guide a technology function through comparable scale and maturity challenges.

This is not a traditional programme delivery or consultancy role. The successful candidate will combine strategic thinking with independent, hands-on execution, setting the direction of change and then personally driving implementation. The focus will be on improving performance through clearer ownership, stronger leadership and better use of existing internal capability, rather than creating a large transformation team or relying heavily on external consultants.

• Key ResponsibilitiesPartner with the CTO as a credible strategic adviser and support the continued development of the Technology Senior Leadership Team.
• Lead the design and delivery of transformation initiatives across the technology function.
• Build a more structured, consistent and high-performing technology operating model.
• Strengthen capabilities across service management, testing, operations and governance.
• Improve service quality, operational stability, accountability and governance maturity.
• Reduce fragmented or duplicated working practices across technology teams.
• Develop and redirect existing internal capability, embedding sustainable improvements within established teams.
• Challenge existing practices constructively and introduce relevant external best practice.
• Work across delivery, development, security, infrastructure, risk and wider business stakeholders to create greater consistency and alignment.
• Establish the foundations for a permanent Head of Service position with clear accountability for service quality, stability, controls and operational performance.

• We’re Looking ForSignificant previous experience operating as a CTO, CIO, Technology Director or equivalent senior technology executive.
• A proven track record of leading large-scale technology transformation within internal technology or engineering functions.
• Experience building, scaling or maturing technology functions through periods of rapid growth and increasing complexity.
• Strong experience improving technology service management, testing, operations and governance.
• The ability to move confidently from strategy into practical implementation without dependence on large consulting teams or significant additional headcount.
• Experience developing high-performing leadership teams and building capability within existing technology departments.
• Strong operating model design experience, with the ability to create clear ownership, accountability and consistent ways of working.
• Experience within financial services or another regulated environment.
• The credibility and gravitas to influence established senior stakeholders and constructively challenge existing practices.
• A pragmatic, resilient and delivery-focused approach, balancing pace with organisational capacity, quality and control.

The OpportunityThis is an opportunity to play a central role in shaping the next stage of a successful technology organisation. You’ll help create a more service-oriented, control-aware and high-performing function, strengthening its leadership, operating disciplines and internal capability while leaving behind a sustainable model with clear ownership and accountability.

• Role Specifics:Hybrid - 2-3 days in the office
• Initial 18 month FTC
• Salary £200-250K
• Excellent bonus potential 30-50%