Interim Deputy Group CFO

A leading UK financial services business is looking to appoint a Deputy CFO to play a key role within its senior finance leadership team. This is a high-impact opportunity for an experienced finance leader from life insurance who can operate strategically while remaining close to the detail. The role will involve:

• Supporting the CFO across financial strategy, performance and decision-making
• Leading and developing senior finance teams
• Oversight of financial reporting, planning & analysis and financial control
• Providing robust commercial insight to the Executive and Board
• Driving improvements across finance processes, systems and controls
• Supporting regulatory, statutory and governance requirements
• Partnering with senior stakeholders across the wider business
• Playing a key role in the continued transformation and evolution of the finance function We're looking for someone with:
• Significant senior finance leadership experience within life insurance / pensions
• Strong technical accounting, reporting and financial control experience
• Proven experience operating at CFO / Deputy CFO / Finance Director / Financial Controller level
• Excellent understanding of a regulated environment
• Strong commercial and strategic capability
• The gravitas to influence at Executive and Board level
• A track record of leading, developing and transforming finance teams This is an opportunity to join a well-established organisation with a strong market position and a genuine mandate to shape the future direction of its finance function.