Leading international FMCG business who are looking to recruit an interim Head of Operations and Commercial Finance for a period of 3-6 months. This is to bridge a gap for a period of time until they find the right person and define the team structure, based in Leeds with infrequent travel to various sites across the UK.

The role will provide financial support to the Finance Director and wider UK teams. The role reports into the Group FD, and will be part of the SLT whilst being responsible for all Commercial Finance, Business Partnering and Operations across the UK business units.

This is a varied role which will form part of the senior leadership team, duties will be varied and include:

• Lead, coach and inspire the operations finance team.
• Drive improvement in processes, reporting and performance.
• Designing, implementing business performance KPIs.
• Lead, coach and inspire the commercial finance team.
• Support growth initiatives with Sales and Marketing,
• Provide "what if" scenarios and provide sales support as needed. Challenge commercial decisions to achieve the company's targets.
• Overseeing and managing all activities relating to promotions including learnings and guidelines within governance framework.
• Providing support and challenge across the UK specifically to the logistics and procurement teams where necessary, identifying opportunities and risks to drive the business
• Responsible for coordinating and collating Annual budgets and quarterly forecasts.
• Challenging and presenting to senior leadership teams.
• Maintaining short term forecasts identifying any material risks and opportunities.

The successful must have significant FMCG experience at a `Head Of` level but also capable to drive change and improve current processes, systems and procedures.