As our Head of Finance, you will provide finance leadership to the EC, AB&L and New Categories. Dyson organises its business into product Categories, which are responsible for a global Category Profit & Loss Statement (P&L). This is a critical business partnering role, influencing decision making at RDD, Operations & Category team, Executive Committee and Board Level. You will work directly with the EC, AB&L and New Categories, Category Director and their team to plan, control and optimise the global Category P&L performance.

The overall objective of the role is to act as a key financial, commercial, and strategic business partner. the core responsibilities include:

• Leading a financial agenda that balances short- and medium-term profit and cash delivery with long term sustainable growth and brand health.
• Establishing financial performance by using analytical capability that provides category and market intelligence.
• Providing insight on business health by devising and holding the business to key financial and non-financial performance measures.
• Giving clarity and insight into the category outlook by leading short, medium and long-term business planning.
• Supporting ongoing product development with NPD evaluations and milestone governance.
• Supporting the commercial development of the category by bringing a clear financial lens to ranging, pricing and product decisions and by driving transparency in volume performance, margin management, Brand Building Investment (BBI) effectiveness and cost control.
• Optimising the business model, including by internally and externally benchmarking category and market performance.
• Financial and working capital management through the sales and operational planning forums, governing resource allocation, sponsoring cost initiatives (including product cost, capex, brand building and central costs) and driving a culture of generating strong financial returns and value for money.

You will support category performance management from market reviews through to Executive and Board reporting:

• Accountability across markets, together with Commercial and RDD.
• Market benchmarking, product/channel/promotional/market mix management.
• Develop and manage timely and relevant reporting, analysis and KPI measures (financial and non-financial).

You will lead BBI and promo effectiveness:

• Manage financial returns to maximise Return on Investment (ROI)
• Optimise product and infrastructure building investment.
• Support effective promotional strategy.

You will support product lifecycle management:

• Manage portfolio analysis and effectiveness, SKU proliferation, range transitioning, product end of life.
• Manage investment appraisal, milestones' governance, post investment review, and support launch scenario planning.

You will support sales and operational planning processes:

• Oversee category demand, supply and capacity planning and ensure they are aligned with financial forecasts.
• Support product allocation prioritisation and working capital management.

And you will support category strategy and business planning:

• Range planning, pricing, product strategy.
• Go To Market, business model development, and market strategy.
• Cost optimisation across product, capex and operational costs.
• Direct and indirect responsibility for managing the work and development of Finance Managers/ Analysts supporting Commercial and RDD teams.

About you:

• Qualified accountant with demonstrable heavyweight commercial post-qualified experience.
• Experience with premium consumer and/or technology businesses.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.
• High intellect and integrity.
• High gravitas and personal impact.
• Highly commercial with excellent strategic instincts.
• Able to overcome functional and market boundaries to gain consensus and drive change.
• Able to influence senior stakeholders.
• Able to manage complexity and differing priorities.
• Able to overcome preconceptions and entrenched beliefs.
• Able to develop, assess and advocate strategic options.
• Credible across a multi-functional organisation.