Hybrid role

Robert Walters is proud to be partnering with Union Maritime Limited (UML) to hire a Finance Director who has the capacity to guide and grow this fast-paced, commercial, asset trading business.

The company: UML is the largest independently owned product tanker owner in the UK. Established in 2006, UML is now an international shipping group with a growing fleet of 78 vessels under management, offices in 3 continents and a revenue in excess of $500m. UML currently has one of the youngest and cleanest fleets in operation, with new build clean energy tankers on order to bolster the existing diversified vessel portfolio operating across the tanker and dry bulk sectors and with a strong presence in clean products and light chemical markets.

Role Requirement. Following exponential growth, UML recognizes the need to build and improve upon processes and systems to continue to bolster a world class business. The Finance Director will lead a Finance Transformation Project to create a function which is capable of supporting business growth through reporting excellence, budgeting and forecasting and building necessary governance.

The role will support the MD and commercial teams in the management of day-to-day financial risk and facilitate business growth through structure, analysis and commercial influence.

Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Managing Director, the Finance Director is accountable for setting the operational direction and structure of the Finance team. Structure and oversee financial risk management and ensure compliance with finance governance. Drive finance transformation, improving systems, and processes. Develop and implement first-class reporting, budgeting, and forecasting practices. Monitor and evaluate operational finance KPIs and performance metrics. Maintain and update operational finance policies, procedures, and training manuals. Establish a rigorous reporting framework for financial risk assessment, including trading/credit and FX risks. Set a group-wide budget framework and oversee budgeting and reporting on budgets versus actuals. Person Specification:

A fully qualified accountant (ACA/CA/CIMA/ACCA). Financial Director, incumbent or ready to step up; is demonstrating rapid career progression to date. Ambitious, dynamic and talented, capacity to grow with the business. Solid technical and leadership capability: ability to influence and lead change: upwards to MD, across peer group and create engagement within teams Effective at structuring and managing Finance team and operation. Experience having led a Finance Transformation and change management process before.

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