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CAMBRIDGE CONSULTANTS GROUP | THE DEEP TECH POWERHOUSE OF CAPGEMINI

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) will lead the finance function for Cambridge Consultants Group across its UK, US, Singapore, and Japan entities, and will be a key member of the Global Leadership Team and a trusted strategic partner to the CEO. Working with with Capgemini Invent CFO, they will ensure alignment with Capgemini’s business and compliance needs, and bring the insight, control, and operational rigour that enable Cambridge Consultants to lead in a new era of deep tech innovation. They will steer the financial, statutory, and operational disciplines that allow the business to:

• Provide sharp financial insight and analysis that helps the CEO and Global Leadership Team make confident, evidence-based decisions and lead the business with clarity.
• Manage the operational and commercial aspects of the business carefully - maintaining relentless control over costs, and protecting margin, cash, and long-term value.
• Modernise the finance function, to embrace the latest tools and reporting methods that give the company full management insight.
• Work with the Group Legal Financial Directors (LFDs) to ensure statutory, tax, treasury, and Group reporting across all four territories meet the standards, controls, and rhythms expected by Capgemini.

You will act as a strategic partner to the CEO and the Global Leadership Team, linking financial insight to the company’s strategy and translating it into decisions and action. At the core of this role is bringing commercial and operational discipline to an ambitious, innovation-led business - giving leaders the numbers, foresight, and challenge they need to run the company well, while safeguarding its financial and statutory health across four jurisdictions.

You will own the full Group finance agenda - statutory reporting and audit, tax, treasury, Group reporting into Capgemini, financial control, procurement, and facilities - and act as a critical partner to the executive, offering courageous challenge and clear thinking to align decisions with company goals.

Work pattern: Hybrid – role holder expected in the UK office frequently, with possible international travel to the Group’s US or Singapore locations

Reports to: Directly to the Capgemini Invent CFO, with an indirect (dotted line) reporting line to the Cambridge Consultants CEO

Scope: Group finance across the UK, US, Singapore, and Japan entities. Member of the Global Leadership Team and the CC Board

1) Strategic Partnership & Business Leadership

• As a member of the Global Leadership Team, act as a trusted financial partner to the CEO, translating strategy into clear, outcome-based financial and commercial plans.
• Work with Capgemini Invent CFO, to ensure compliance with Capgemini’s business and compliance needs
• Bring commercial insight and constructive challenge to leadership decisions on pricing, investment, resourcing, and portfolio choices.
• Contribute to the direction, culture, and performance of the business, not solely its finances.

2) Group & Statutory Financial Reporting

• Deliver audited financial statements for the UK, Singapore, and Japan entities, and unaudited financial statements for the US entity.
• Provide full financial reporting to Group on the quarterly, May, and November cycles, and monthly reporting of actual and forecast results.
• Prepare monthly reporting to the CC Board, annual budget reporting to Group, and capital expenditure budgeting and reporting.

3) Financial Control & Operational Management

• Own the monthly management accounts and maintain relentless control over costs across the Group.
• Oversee accounts payable, employee expenses, invoicing, and cash collections.
• Manage payroll and benefits in conjunction with HR, and partner across HR, the Business Office, Quality Assurance, and IT on shared areas including contract pricing and terms.

4) Finance Transformation, Modern Tools & Management Insight

• Lead use of the latest tools in the finance function, embracing modern techniques to provide automation for efficiency.
• Develop reporting methods that provide the leadership team with clear, timely management insight to steer the business.
• Build a data-driven finance culture, effective systems, data quality, and process automation across the function.

5) Tax & Treasury

• Oversee corporate tax, payroll tax, VAT, and customs and excise duties across all four entities, working with local tax advisors and Capgemini local tax teams.
• Manage the annual R&D Expenditure Credit claim.
• Lead treasury: actual and forecast cash flow, foreign exchange management and reporting to Capgemini Treasury, and local banking relationships.

6) Governance, Statutory Duties & Company Secretarial

• Act as legally appointed Director for all US entities and as a member of the CC Board.
• Serve as Company Secretary for the UK entity, with oversight of company-law matters across the other entities.
• Maintain strong financial controls, governance, and audit readiness appropriate to a business operating within a large group.

7) Procurement, Business Services & Facilities (CRES)

• Oversee logistics and procurement, and corporate and staff insurance - working with Group, local Capgemini insurance experts, and brokers for employee benefits.
• Manage corporate service matters, including office matters, staff travel, and canteen.
• Own facilities (CRES) budgeting and monitoring of capital and operating expenses, and collaborate with legal advisors on property and other leases.

8) Team Leadership & Capability

• Lead, develop, and inspire the Group finance team, building capability and raising the ambition and impact of the function.
• Position finance as a genuine business partner across the organisation, valued for insight as much as control.
• Continuously improve the finance operating model — building skills, simplifying process, and optimising ways of working.

Experience

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent) with substantial senior finance leadership experience, including at CFO or Finance Director level.
• Experience operating within, or reporting into, a large corporate or listed parent company - tuned to group reporting rhythms, controls, and expectations (experience with Capgemini or comparable groups is highly relevant).
• Multi-territory, international finance experience, including responsibility for statutory reporting, tax, and treasury across multiple jurisdictions.
• Track record in a professional services, consulting, technology, or innovation-led business.
• Proven success partnering closely with a CEO and executive/leadership team to shape and deliver strategy.
• Demonstrated delivery of finance transformation - moving an organisation from manual, spreadsheet-based working to modern reporting and analytics platforms.
• Statutory director, company secretarial, and corporate governance experience is desirable.

Skills & Capabilities

• Modern finance tools - fluent in modern finance systems and reporting platforms, with a clear vision for effective, automated reporting.
• Management insight - designs reporting methods that give leaders clear, timely insight to run and steer the business.
• Strong business acumen - links financial insight to commercial and operational outcomes, and helps leaders lead the business, not just report on it.
• Operational rigour - maintains relentless control over cost, cash, and margin while keeping sight of the bigger picture.
• Influence & challenge - a courageous, commercially grounded partner who drives alignment and better decisions among senior leaders.
• Clear communicator - makes financial information accessible and compelling for a non-financial leadership audience.

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