These roles can place you directly alongside boards, investors and executive teams as they make decisions around growth, investment, acquisitions, profitability, capital allocation and transformation.
Opportunity market
Finance & Strategy
Indicative UK base £100k–£180k
At senior level, finance stops being primarily about reporting the business and becomes much more about deciding what the business should do next.
The work
What these roles usually involve.
You could be leading group planning, building the financial case behind major strategic moves, directing an acquisition, challenging an investment decision, improving cash and margin or helping leadership understand which opportunities are genuinely worth pursuing.
The value of these positions is access to consequential decisions. Strong finance and strategy leaders do not simply produce information. They influence which option gets chosen and help turn that choice into execution.
Career impact
What successful contribution can look like.
Success might mean materially improving forecasting, identifying a major commercial opportunity, completing an acquisition, strengthening financial control, improving profitability or changing the strategic direction of a business.
Relevant experience can span senior finance, FP&A, corporate development, M&A, commercial finance and enterprise strategy, supported by strong judgement, analytical depth and the ability to communicate clearly at senior level.
Typical opportunities include Finance Director, FP&A Director, Corporate Development Director and Strategy Director.
Indicative UK base salaries range from around £100k to £180k, with bonus, LTIP and equity extending many senior corporate and PE-backed packages.
The career path can move towards Group Finance Director, CFO, Head of Corporate Development, Chief Strategy Officer and broader executive leadership.
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Geography & scope
Where this market operates.
UK-wide and selected international appointments across senior finance, transactions and corporate strategy.
Role profiles
Explore roles at this level.
Finance Director
£110k–£180k baseLead finance strategy, planning, controls, cash, board reporting, commercial decision support and finance teams.
View role profileFP&A Director
£110k–£175k baseLead planning, forecasting, performance management and forward-looking decision support.
View role profileCorporate Development Director
£115k–£160k baseLead M&A, joint ventures, disposals, valuation, due diligence, transaction execution and integration planning.
View role profileStrategy Director
£105k–£160k baseShape enterprise or business-unit strategy, portfolio choices, transformation priorities and executive decision making.
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Register your interestSenior corporate and PE-backed packages may extend higher through bonus, LTIP or equity. These are indicative market role profiles. Specific live vacancies are shown separately when an employer mandate exists.