The posting
At Car Benefit Solutions (CBS), strong financial leadership is central to our ability to grow sustainably, invest wisely and create long-term value for our customers, colleagues and shareholders.
This new role has been created to shape the financial future of our market-leading business.
As we continue to grow and evolve, we are seeking an ambitious, commercially astute and strategically minded Director of Finance to join our Executive Board.
This is a significant opportunity to influence the strategic direction of CBS, drive long-term value creation and build the financial capability, governance and resilience required to support the next phase of our growth.
Reporting directly to the Managing Director and operating as a member of the Executive Board, you will define and lead the long-term financial strategy for CBS. You will ensure the business remains financially sustainable, appropriately funded and positioned to maximise commercial performance, strategic flexibility and long-term enterprise value.
Requirements
You’ll be responsible for:
Financial Strategy and Commercial Direction
- Defining the long-term financial direction, capital strategy and value creation priorities for CBS.
- Shaping strategic decisions through clear financial, commercial and market insight.
- Determining how capital, funding, investment and financial resources should be deployed to support business objectives.
- Balancing growth, profitability, cash generation and risk to maximise sustainable long-term value.
- Ensuring Finance is recognised across CBS as a strategic partner and driver of business success.
Commercial Performance and Enterprise Value
- Establishing the financial performance framework that supports sustainable growth and long-term value creation.
- Ensuring commercial decisions are aligned with strategic priorities and deliver appropriate returns.
- Providing the Executive Board with meaningful insight, constructive challenge and assurance to support confident decision-making.
- Ensuring financial performance, emerging risks and commercial opportunities are clearly understood across the organisation.
- Converting financial and market insight into actionable recommendations that improve organisational performance.
Governance, Risk and Financial Stewardship
- Maintaining strong financial governance, control and compliance across CBS.
- Retaining Executive accountability for the integrity of statutory accounts, taxation governance, regulatory reporting and statutory filing obligations.
- Ensuring effective oversight of audit activity, tax and VAT compliance, treasury governance and financial risk.
- Maintaining a robust financial control environment that supports responsible growth, effective decision-making and stakeholder confidence.
- Providing assurance to shareholders, funders, auditors and the Board regarding the financial stewardship and resilience of the organisation.
Funding, Treasury and External Relationships
- Defining the long-term funding and capital management strategy required to support CBS’s growth ambitions.
- Maintaining strong executive-level relationships with banking partners, funders, auditors, advisers and other key financial stakeholders.
- Ensuring appropriate oversight of liquidity, funding capacity, treasury exposures and financial resilience.
- Using economic trends, funding conditions and market intelligence to inform strategic planning and investment decisions.
Executive Leadership, Culture and Organisational Influence
- Contributing to the strategic leadership of CBS as a member of the Executive Board, helping to shape the direction, priorities and culture of the organisation.
- Building and leading high-performing Finance and Treasury teams, creating a culture of accountability, ownership, commercial awareness and continuous improvement.
- Developing future leadership and specialist capability to ensure CBS has the financial expertise required to support long-term growth.
- Championing financial discipline, informed decision-making and responsible risk management across the organisation.
- Sponsoring financial transformation, organisational change and continuous improvement.
- Role modelling the CBS Values in your leadership, decisions and relationships.
About you
You will be a commercially focused finance executive who combines strategic thinking, technical credibility and strong business insight.
Resilient, adaptable and an excellent communicator, you will be able to build trust and followership at every level. You will bring energy and momentum, respond confidently to changing commercial conditions and translate complex financial information into clear, practical direction.
You will have the judgement and influence to balance commercial opportunity with financial stewardship, governance, risk and long-term value creation.
Essential experience
- ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified.
- Senior finance leadership experience, with evidence of influencing at Executive Board, Board or senior leadership level.
- Experience shaping financial strategy, organisational performance and commercial direction.
- Strong commercial judgement and strategic decision-making capability, supported by exceptional analytical and data skills.
- Experience developing and executing business and financial strategies, governance arrangements and performance frameworks.
- The ability to provide clear insight, assurance and constructive challenge at Board level.
- A successful record of leading and developing high-performing finance teams.
Desirable experience
- Executive oversight of statutory accounts, audit, taxation and financial governance.
- Experience within financial services, lending, leasing, automotive finance or another regulated environment.
- Management of investor, funder and banking relationships.
- Treasury, liquidity and funding management experience.
- Strong budgeting, forecasting, commercial pricing and financial modelling expertise.
- Experience supporting organisational growth, profitability and transformation.
- Experience using technology, artificial intelligence and automation to improve efficiency, insight and financial decision-making.
Most importantly, you will be passionate about helping businesses grow, creating sustainable long-term value and ensuring Finance is recognised as a driver of strategic and commercial success, rather than simply a reporting function.
Benefits
Why join CBS?
CBS is a growing and ambitious business with a strong culture, a clear purpose and exciting opportunities ahead.
This role offers the opportunity to shape the future direction of the organisation, influence strategic decision-making at Executive Board level and play a leading part in the next phase of our growth.
If you are looking for a position where you can influence strategy, drive commercial success and shape the financial future of a market-leading business, we would love to hear from you.
Benefits
CBS provides a broad employee benefits and wellbeing programme designed to support the needs of our people.
Our Executive Directors receive a comprehensive reward and wellbeing package designed to support them personally, professionally and financially, including:
Reward and recognition
Competitive executive-level reward package
Generous Additional Variable Earnings
Car entitlement
Attractive pension provision
Loyalty bonus and long-service recognition
Optional employee car scheme
Health and wellbeing
Bupa private medical insurance
Annual health assessments and flu vaccinations
Health cash plan covering dental and optical care
Employee Assistance Programme providing confidential support
