Head of Cost and Strategic Finance Are you a commercially sharp, qualified finance leader who thrives on turning cost insight into strategic advantage? We''re looking for a Head of Cost and Strategic Finance to lead best-in-class cost business partnering across Distribution and Group. This is a high-impact, executive-facing role responsible for shaping, challenging and optimising a c.£400m cost base and c.£70m strategic investment portfolio This isn''t a reporting role. It''s about influence, value creation and delivery. The Opportunity You''ll act as a trusted partner to Executive stakeholders, providing clear insight, robust challenge and forward-looking analysis to ensure cost targets are delivered and strategic investments drive real value. You''ll lead budgeting, forecasting and cost planning across Distribution and Group, drive synergy savings, and ensure financial discipline and model governance remain strong as the business evolves. With 9 reports and manager-of-managers responsibility, you''ll build and develop a high-performing team while staying close enough to the detail to ensure quality, integrity and commercial clarity. What You''ll Be Doing: Strategic Cost Leadership Partnering with Executive stakeholders on cost performance and investment decisionsDriving cost saving synergies across the businessSupporting and challenging business cases, validating benefits and tracking deliveryLeading annual budgets and rolling forecasts (FTE, staff and non-staff costs) Per