Chief Financial Officer

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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

By submitting an application to Cambridge Consultants, you confirm that the information provided in this application, together

with any supporting documentation, is true, complete, and accurate to the best of your knowledge and belief. You understand that

any false statement, misleading information, or material omission may render you liable to disqualification from the recruitment

process, withdrawal of any offer of employment, or dismissal without notice if discovered following appointment. You acknowledge

that the organisation reserves the right to verify the information supplied.

By submitting an application to Cambridge Consultants, you confirm that the information provided in this application, together

with any supporting documentation, is true, complete, and accurate to the best of your knowledge and belief. You understand that

any false statement, misleading information, or material omission may render you liable to disqualification from the recruitment

process, withdrawal of any offer of employment, or dismissal without notice if discovered following appointment. You acknowledge

that the organisation reserves the right to verify the information supplied.