Director - Business Finance & Controllership

We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced leader to join our growing team. As a Director, you will play a pivotal role in leading complex client engagements, driving significant business development, and shaping the strategic direction of our Finance Transformation offerings. This includes delivering exceptional client service, fostering innovation, and mentoring the next generation of Deloitte leaders. This role offers significant scope to build and scale our Controllership proposition. You will be expected to grow both delivery and market presence, particularly within priority sectors such as Technology, Media & Telecoms (TMT) and Financial Services (FSI), and with FTSE / large corporate clients. Leveraging our leading Technology & Transformation practice, we offer unrivalled career growth and learning opportunities. Successful candidates will lead the development of our market offering, drive significant revenue growth, and work closely with C-suite executives across a diverse client portfolio. Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership: Lead the development and execution of complex finance transformation strategies for major clients, focusing on controllership
• Business Development & Origination: Drive new business opportunities, expand existing client relationships, and significantly contribute to the growth of the Finance Transformation practice through proactive market engagement, pitch leadership, and proposal development.
• Client Delivery: Lead and deliver large, complex client engagements, running workstreams independently and ensuring high-quality outcomes. Act as a primary client contact and trusted advisor to C-suite executives and senior finance leaders on critical finance transformation matters.
• Thought Leadership: Develop and champion innovative solutions, market offerings, and thought leadership in finance transformation, controllership, emerging technologies (e.g., AI, automation, cloud finance platforms), and data analytics.
• People Management & Development: Provide mentoring and leadership to junior colleagues, actively contributing to team growth and development.
• Market Presence: Represent Deloitte at industry events, conferences, and through publications, enhancing our brand and market position.
  
  A relevant degree or equivalent experience in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Professional Qualification: ACA / CIMA / ACCA (or equivalent) is essential.
• Deep knowledge of Record to Report (R2R) and controllership processes
• Proven experience advising Financial Controllers and CFOs, demonstrating client engagement at this senior level.
• Extensive finance transformation experience, including process redesign, policy, control frameworks, and operating model design.
• Advisory/functional knowledge of leading ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Workday)
• Experience and awareness of controllership automation tools and platforms (e.g., BlackLine, FloQast, Workiva, other automation solutions) including Artificial Intelligence
• Business Development: Demonstrable track record of sales / revenue contribution, Distinctive thinking, deep expertise, innovation and collaborative working. That's what connects us. That's what makes us Deloitte. If you want to help solve some of the biggest tech and transformational challenges around, join us. Together, we'll make an impact that matters.
  
  Our Finance Transformation (Controllership) team works with some of the world's most successful and iconic organisations to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and agility of their finance functions. Specifically, we lead the transformation of Financial Controllership function through strategic combinations of process, delivery model, and technology solutions, delivering significant business outcomes and sustainable value. As a Director, you will be at the forefront of shaping these transformations, driving innovation, and setting new industry benchmarks.
Connect to your career at Deloitte Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more. What brings us all together at Deloitte? It's how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most., Your role within Finance Transformation at Deloitte offers the opportunity to:
• Lead and shape high-profile, strategic engagements with leading global organisations, demonstrating deep R2R and controllership expertise.
• Drive the development of market-leading solutions and thought leadership in finance transformation, technology, and industry trends.
• Build and leverage a powerful professional network within Deloitte and across the broader business community, including C-suite client relationships.
• Advance your career by leading teams, defining the blueprint for a new UK practice, developing future leaders, and significantly contributing to the growth and success of the practice., For this role we can offer coaching and support designed for returners to refresh your knowledge and skills, and help your transition back into the workplace after a career break of two years or more. If this is relevant for you, just let your recruiter know when you make your application.
Our commitment to you Making an impact is more than just what we do: it's why we're here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before. We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we're nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we'll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it's only when you're comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for. Your expertise is our capability, so we'll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it's from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you'll learn every day. Through world-class development, you'll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you'll learn how to lead.