Financial Director

Location: Home and office based, with occasional travel between company locations and UK-wide Contract: Full-time Reports to: Chief Finance Officer Pinar Care is a growing care organisation seeking an experienced Finance Director to provide strategic and operational financial leadership during an important period of acquisition, integration and organisational growth. This is a hands-on leadership position requiring someone who can establish robust financial controls, support live acquisitions and develop a scalable finance function. The successful candidate will also help prepare the organisation to transition from its current Sage 50 platform to Sage Intacct or a comparable multi-entity finance system. Key responsibilities

• Provide strategic financial advice and commercial insight to the Executive Director and Executive Leadership Team.
• Lead the financial aspects of acquisitions, including financial due diligence, modelling, business-case evaluation and post-acquisition integration.
• Establish and strengthen financial systems, controls, policies and governance arrangements across the group.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, cash-flow management, management accounts and Board reporting.
• Oversee statutory accounting, taxation, audit and regulatory compliance.
• Monitor the financial performance of acquired businesses against agreed business cases.
• Lead the development of scalable multi-entity financial reporting.
• Plan and support the future transition from Sage 50 to Sage Intacct or a comparable platform.
• Oversee payroll governance, supplier payments, banking, reconciliations and other financial operations.
• Build and develop the Finance function as the organisation grows. Essential experience and qualifications
• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified.
• Significant senior financial leadership experience.
• Demonstrable experience within the health or social care sector.
• Demonstrable acquisition and integration experience, including financial due diligence and post-acquisition integration.
• Strong financial-modelling, commercial-analysis and business-planning capability.
• Experience of establishing or developing finance functions, processes and controls within a growing organisation.
• Experience using Sage accounting products.
• Experience implementing or working with a scalable multi-entity finance system such as Sage Intacct or an equivalent platform.
• Strong knowledge of financial governance, audit, taxation, risk management and statutory reporting.
• Advanced Excel skills and the ability to produce clear, meaningful financial and Board-level reporting.
• The ability to operate strategically while remaining sufficiently hands-on during the development of the Finance team. Experience within a multi-site, private equity-backed or high-growth organisation would be particularly advantageous. This is an excellent opportunity to shape the financial infrastructure of a growing care group and play a central role in its acquisition and integration programme. To apply, please submit your CV together with a brief summary outlining your health or social care sector experience and your involvement in acquisitions and post-acquisition integration.