Group Finance Director 

UK & Ireland Group Finance Director 

Banbury with travel to Cornwall one week per month (or vice versa)

Keter is a world leading manufacturer and marketer of household and garden consumer products. They have a clear mission to be, “the preferred choice of customers and consumers for innovative, high quality and affordable resin based solutions.”

As a growing UK business and part of a wider Group, Keter offers a range of resin based products for the home and garden, across multiple categories.

At the heart of Keter’s DNA is:

• Innovative, high quality products and new product development
• A winning mindset
• A passionate and entrepreneurial spirit
• A desire to understand and meet consumer trends

Keter’s DNA is to be agile, entrepreneurial and accountable, working as one team with respect at all levels.

Keter UK and Ireland is a good place to work, and we would like you to come on the journey to make it a great place to work…

Outline of the Role

Your responsibilities:

Reporting to the UK Managing Director and dotted line to the European Chief Financial Officer, you will manage all finance related strategy, activities and resources in order to facilitate profitable top line growth whilst ensuring strong internal controls and processes that safeguard against business risk.

You will:

• Lead tight collaboration through building and delivering SLAs with Global and European finance functions including Category Finance, Financial Planning and Analysis, Operations Finance, Accounting, and Treasury.
• Design and implement financial strategy and tactical plans in alignment with corporate direction and the Regional Leaders Team.
• Present business performance, outlook, risks / opportunities to the global leadership team and key stakeholders, taking appropriate actions following key discussions.
• Be responsible for monthly reporting packs including but not limited to sales performance insights, UK and Ireland and European leadership decks, Project tracking documents.
• Lead the quarterly forecast and annual budget cycles, working in close cooperation with all departments for data collection, consolidation, analysis and review.
• Measure productivity targets, KPIs and all relevant data supporting the Company’s contribution to the Group.
• Direct economic analyses, studies, and counsel on all matters of potentially significant financial impact to the Company, including, economic/competitive trends, pricing, cash flow, product line evaluation, etc.
• Be responsible for accurate management and internal controls of the company’s general ledger, payables, receivables, inventories, fixed assets, and payroll accounting.
• Direct the timeliness and accuracy of monthly, quarterly and annual financial closing processes in accordance to UK GAAP and corporate policies and prepares the appropriate statutory reporting.
• Implement and maintain controls and relationships surrounding all banking and supplier payment activities, and all cashflow forecast reporting.
• Manage asset legal contracts and IFRS16 accounting.
• Instil business finance partnering activities to develop effective pricing, business planning, and customer execution that supports top line growth across both new and core channels, categories, and products. Sales channels comprising DIY, Independents, Grocery, Garden Centres and E-commerce. Product categories comprising Outdoor Storage, Furniture and Planters, Home Organisation, and Hardware Storage.
• Be responsible for strong processes and the control environment related to customer pricing, terms management, and commercial finance S.O.A.
• Educate and support the organisation to drive profitability through pricing control, mix management, and go to market effectiveness.
• Instil operations finance partnering activities to develop cost control discipline, effective and efficient use of factory and warehouse assets, and supply chain optimisation.
• Be responsible for strong processes and the control environment related to Capex, Excess and Obsolete, Inventory management, and Operations S.O.A.
• Be accountable for accuracy and management of product standard costs.
• Identify and build business appropriate best in class finance skills and services whilst balancing with best in class cost optimisation.
• Manage and motivate the Finance organisation; set SMART objectives; review and assess performance; build employee capacity; build their professional development and enable employees to optimize their contribution to the department;
• Provide a safe and motivating place of work conducive for all employees to thrive.

Your Profile:

• You are a qualified accountant and you can demonstrate broad finance leadership covering full range of finance disciplines and have already operated strategically at Director level.
• You have a proven track record in Finance Management within a large organisation with hands-on experience in Accounting, Commercial, and Operations finance.
• You are a self-driven leader with excellent analytical and systems skills and you are proactive in owning, driving and delivering key actions.
• You have a “Hands-on” approach with first class communication and presentational skills and the ability to build relationships and gain credibility across the group;
• You are able and have a keen interest in challenging business partners and the status quo whilst maintaining strong working relationships;
• You are willing and available to travel as required (Multi-Sites, Customers, Europe/Israel);
• You are proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint and SAP.

Keter have retained SF Recruitment to deliver a candidate that meets their aspirations. If you are interested in this Group Finance Director opportunity please send your CV with current package details to Damien Lewis using this website.