Head of Finance

Location: London (Paddington) - hybrid

We are seeking a commercially astute and strategically minded Head of Finance to join our Paper Sourcing & Recycling business.

This is a high-profile leadership role responsible for providing market insight, pricing strategy, forecasting, and financial analysis that supports business performance across our Paper, Recycling, and Packaging operations. The role is critical in helping the business understand the short- and long-term drivers of paper and fibre pricing, enabling informed decision-making and supporting profitability throughout commodity pricing cycles.

Working closely with senior leaders across the business, you will lead pricing governance, forecasting, transfer pricing, performance analysis, and integrated business planning activities while ensuring stakeholders have access to accurate, insightful, and commercially relevant information.

This is an exceptional opportunity for an experienced finance leader who combines strong commercial acumen, strategic thinking, and the ability to influence at senior levels.

Business Partnering

Performance Monitoring

Transfer Pricing

Budget & Forecast

Leadership & Strategy

• University degree with a finance qualification and significant post-qualified experience
• Experience in senior finance roles with strong expertise in financial accounting, governance and controls. Experience in of working on transfer pricing is advantageous
• Proven track-record in strategic finance support and evaluation of long-term opportunities and risks
• Commodity pricing analysis experience is advantageous
• Financial modelling, scenario planning and forecasting experience
• Reporting and analytical systems knowledge
• People leadership experience
• Comfortable navigating an international, matrix environment, capable of influencing without authority
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships and influencing at all levels of the organisation.

We are DS Smith, together with International Paper, we are a global leader in sustainable packaging solutions and other fibre-based products. We believe a better, more sustainable tomorrow is possible with the right people, who challenge and support one another to enact positive change. We employ more than 65,000 colleagues in North America and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), who are experts in innovation, manufacturing, design, sales, sustainability, supply chain, and much more. Together with our customers, we make the world safer and more productive, one sustainable packaging solution at a time. Become part of a world-leading organisation and do your best work with us!

To fulfil our purpose of redefining packaging for a changing world, we aim to build a diverse, motivated, and engaged workforce. Our goal is to create a culture of inclusion where everyone is treated fairly, differences are valued, and everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed.

Our people come from diverse backgrounds, bring different perspectives, ideas and experiences to generate unique solutions focused on present and future sustainability challenges. We welcome all candidates to apply, even those not meeting all criteria

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