Finance Director, Growth Markets

EU/Growth Markets Finance Director  

Location: Flexible on location in our EU presence (UK, Spain, Germany & Italy) with visits to our offices as and when required. 

Contract: Permanent 

As part of our ongoing business growth, we're excited to advertise this brand-new opportunity for an EU Finance Director to join our Finance team and working directly in our Growth Markets.  

This pan-European role leads financial performance across our Growth Markets, partnering with senior leaders to deliver the regional P&L, provide commercial insight and ensure strong financial governance. They will play a key role in shaping strategic decisions across investment, pricing and performance management while maintaining alignment with Group finance standards. 

What you’ll do: 

• Lead financial performance across the EU (Growth Markets), partnering closely with regional senior leaders to deliver the P&L and drive profitable growth. 

• Own the budgeting, forecasting and long‑range planning processes for the region, ensuring disciplined, insight‑led financial plans that support strategic priorities. 

• Provide forward‑looking analysis on performance, risks and opportunities, shaping commercial and strategic decision‑making across diverse markets. 

• Identify and execute actions that enhance revenue growth, strengthen margins and optimise cost performance across the region. 

• Act as a trusted commercial partner to regional leadership teams, offering clear financial insight and constructive challenge to enable high‑quality decisions. 

• Ensure robust financial controls, compliance and risk management across Growth Markets, maintaining a strong governance environment. 

• Uphold the accuracy, integrity and consistency of financial reporting in line with Group policies, standards and expectations. 

• Oversee statutory, regulatory and audit requirements across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring full compliance and timely delivery. 

• Lead and develop a multi‑country finance organisation, building capability, consistency and accountability across the region. 

• Build strong working relationships with Group Finance and Shared Services to ensure alignment, standardisation and seamless collaboration. 

• Champion finance transformation and continuous improvement, driving better data quality, stronger insight and more efficient, scalable processes. 

What you’ll bring: 

• Proven regional finance leadership experience, with strong P&L ownership, commercial finance expertise and a track record of driving profitable growth across multiple markets. 

• Deep understanding of multi‑country regulatory, statutory and governance environments, with the ability to maintain high standards of compliance and financial control, p0referrably within continental European countries.  

• Strong commercial and strategic acumen, able to provide forward‑looking insight, identify risks and opportunities, and influence high‑quality decision‑making. 

• Advanced analytical capability, using data, modelling and insight to shape strategy, pricing, investment and performance outcomes. 

• Experience leading financial performance across diverse markets, partnering with senior leaders to deliver regional results and improve revenue, margin and cost efficiency. 

• Credibility as a trusted business partner, able to challenge constructively, influence senior stakeholders and operate with independence and sound judgement. 

• Leadership experience building and developing multi‑country finance teams, driving capability, consistency, accountability and a culture of continuous improvement. 

• A track record in finance transformation, including process standardisation, data quality improvement and enhancing reporting insight and efficiency. 

• Resilience, pace and integrity, with the ability to operate effectively in fast‑moving, ambiguous environments and shape outcomes across a complex regional organisation.