VP Finance

Strategic Leadership & Business Partnership

• Serve as the primary finance advisor to the Capability President and leadership team, providing insight and challenge on strategic, commercial and operational decisions.
• Lead financial planning and strategy to support growth, profitability and investment priorities.
• Act as the key liaison with Group Finance, ensuring alignment on budgets, forecasts, reporting requirements and business initiatives.

Commercial Performance & Client Finance

• Own revenue, profitability, EBITDA, cash flow, forecasting, budgeting and long-range planning for the capability.
• Drive improvements in project profitability and margin.
• Oversee financial governance across the client lifecycle, including contract review, revenue recognition, forecasting and billing.
• Identify financial risks and opportunities, delivering clear recommendations and action plans to improve performance.
• Ensure robust cost control and spend justification.

Financial Control & Governance

• Support an accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting, including month-end and year-end close activities.
• Maintain strong financial controls.
• Support local audit, tax and statutory compliance activities and serve as the senior finance escalation point for the capability.
• Promote a culture of accountability, governance and sound financial management.

Cash Flow & Working Capital

• Input to group cash forecasting.
• Partner with client-facing teams to improve working capital through improvement in the order to cash process.

Leadership & Team Development

• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing finance team, creating clear accountability and development opportunities.
• Foster collaboration across finance, operations and client-facing teams.
• Drive continuous improvement, automation and adoption of best practices across finance processes.

Success Measures

• Achievement of revenue, EBITDA, and working capital targets.
• Improved forecast accuracy, project profitability and overall financial performance.
• Strong governance, compliance and audit outcomes.
• High levels of stakeholder confidence and finance team engagement.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or related discipline; CPA, CMA or equivalent qualification preferred.
• 8+ years of progressive finance experience, including senior leadership responsibility.
• Experience within Advisory, advertising, communications, consulting or professional services environments.
• Strong expertise in commercial finance, project accounting, revenue recognition and business partnering.
• Proven track record of leading and developing high-performing teams.
Preferred
• Experience within a project-based, professional services or advisory business.
• Familiarity with financial transformation, process improvement and finance technology initiatives.
• PE backed company experience.