Director - Strategic Partnering, Commercial and Property

Director – Strategic Partnering, Commercial & Property Salary: £95,000–£107,000 Permanent Location - London Director-level appointment We are recruiting a Director of Strategic Partnering, Commercial & Property for a large, complex and purpose-led organisation. This is a broad and influential senior leadership role with organisation-wide responsibility for strategic finance, business partnering, planning, commercial strategy and corporate property. Reporting to the Deputy Chief Executive, you will play a central role in connecting strategy, financial performance and organisational priorities, ensuring senior leaders have the insight, challenge and commercial advice needed to make well-informed decisions. The role You will lead a multi-disciplinary portfolio spanning finance business partnering, budgeting and forecasting, business planning, performance insight, commercial contracts, supplier management and corporate property strategy. Key responsibilities will include:

• Leading the organisation-wide budgeting, forecasting and medium-term financial planning processes
• Developing a high-quality finance business partnering model that provides insight, constructive challenge and practical support
• Connecting strategic priorities, resources, performance measures and financial plans
• Providing financial modelling, scenario analysis and decision support to senior leadership
• Leading the development of financial performance dashboards and Executive and Board reporting
• Setting standards for business cases, options appraisal, investment evaluation and benefits realisation
• Leading strategic contract and supplier management, including commercial negotiations and value-for-money activity
• Providing commercial leadership around corporate property and estate strategy
• Strengthening financial literacy and commercial capability across the organisation
• Leading and developing a high-performing multi-disciplinary team About you You will be a qualified accountant – ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA or equivalent – with substantial senior leadership experience within a complex organisation. You are likely to bring:
• Significant experience across strategic finance, FP&A, business partnering, planning and performance
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling and scenario-planning experience
• A track record of influencing Executive and Board-level decision-making
• Strong commercial judgement, including business cases, investment appraisal and value-for-money analysis
• Experience leading and developing senior finance teams
• The ability to turn complex financial information into clear, practical recommendations
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the confidence to constructively challenge senior leaders
• A collaborative and commercially minded leadership style Experience within a charity, regulated, group or similarly complex environment would be advantageous, as would exposure to strategic procurement, supplier management or property strategy. This is an opportunity to take on a broad Director-level portfolio with genuine organisation-wide influence, combining strategic finance leadership with commercial and operational decision support. For more information or a confidential discussion, please apply or get in touch.