Finance Director - Global Business Units

Finance Director - Global Business Units page is loaded Finance Director - Global Business Unitslocations: London, United Kingdomtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todaytime left to apply: End Date: March 31, 2026 (30+ days left to apply)job requisition id: R Commercial Strategy & Business Partnering Partner with senior leaders/partners in Global Business units to develop, refine, and track the organisation's commercial strategy Provide strategic insight into pricing, pipeline performance, and profitability to influence decision-making Act as a trusted and balanced challenger, bringing commercial rigour and financial clarity to discussions Identify levers for revenue and margin optimisation, including pricing discipline and resource utilisation Drive business unit ownership of financial metrics, particularly DSO Risk management, Financial and Business Controls Take full ownership of financial controls across the Global Business units, ensuring the Group Financial framework is applied consistently Ensure business controls are in place that align to agreed upon Global Policies Ensure Financial and Business controls are regularly tested for effectiveness and remediation action taken Ensure Global Business unit commercial and financial risks are identified and mitigated in line with acceptable risk levels in line with ERM risk management framework. Transformation & Continuous Improvement Lead Global Business unit finance and commercial teams through transformation initiatives - supporting the change Identify opportunities for transformation initiatives within Global Business units and engage with Broader Finance Transformation programme to deliver change Leadership Lead a large team of finance professions, ensuring team right sizing and finance costs are in line with benchmarks for similar sized organisations Motivate and develop team members, ensure robust succession planning is in place for key roles Manage performance across the team, ensuring objectives are set and regularly reviewed and any under performance is managed in line with ERM performance management policies Be a senior leader across finance as part of the Finance Leadership Team (FLT), offering mentoring and coaching to the wider finance function. Skills & Experience Required: Qualified accountant or Financial Analyst (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CFA etc) with strong commercial finance experience Proven experience in professional services or consultancy, ideally within sustainability, ESG, or purpose-driven sectors Demonstrated success partnering with senior leadership to shape and execute commercial strategy Ability to interpret results and connect commercial data to business performance Exceptional communication skills - able to challenge constructively and influence credibly across functions Experience supporting or navigating business transformation, with the ability to create clarity amidst change Personal Attributes: Strategic yet hands-on, combining commercial curiosity with analytical depth Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment and delivering clarity under pressure Collaborative and grounded, with a natural ability to build trust across global teams Values-led and purpose-driven, with a genuine interest in sustainability and positive impact Confident storyteller who can turn complex data into meaningful business narratives ERM is committed to where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to thrive, it's an essential part of what makes ERM a great place to build a career and helps us create better solutions for our clients.We welcome talent from all backgrounds and provide equal opportunities for every candidate. 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Learn more about our Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging (DIB) efforts by visiting our website or exploring our .At ERM, sustainability is our business.We are the world's largest advisory firm focused solely on sustainability, offering unparalleled expertise across business and finance.ERM partners with clients to operationalize sustainability at pace and scale, through our unique combination of strategic transformation and technical delivery capabilities.Our diverse global team of experts works with the world's leading organizations to help them set clear sustainability targets, measure progress and operationalize strategy through deep implementation and business transformation.With more than 50 years of experience, our ability to integrate sustainability solutions and our depth and breadth of technical knowledge are why organizations choose to partner with us as their trusted advisor.Every one of us firmly believes in the potential to create value for our clients through an integrated approach to sustainability (because we have personally seen it and professionally achieved it).Our team members are passionate about client service. 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