Global Commercial Finance Head, Global Government & Agencies Segment

Job Introduction

An excellent opportunity as Global Commercial Finance Head for an experienced senior level Finance professional to showcase your commercial acumen, thought leadership, exceptional interpersonal and influencing skills along with a strong continuous improvement approach

This role is very much strategic led.  However, there are times when you'll be required to 'roll your sleeves up' operationally. A business critical role reporting into the CFO, Global Government & Agencies, you'll have comprehensive modelling capability including the design and of direct modelling, in addition to strong analytical skills. 

If you are a high performer looking for your next successful career move, this is the opportunity to have a profile in Sodexo and work with many senior and executive level stakeholders, one where your contribution truly delivers to the heart of the Global Segment strategy.

Everywhere in the world, governments and associated agencies are seeking solutions for greater efficiency while reducing costs. With this goal in mind, Sodexo designs, builds and provides services to prevent re-offending and encourage inmate rehabilitation. through our Justice Services segment.  We also provide logistical and soft services support to the armed forces so that they can focus on their core activity through our Defence segment. We also operate in both central and local government and associated agencies, our wealth of experience means we are able to transfer best practices from the corporate sector to create better working environments in the public sector through our Government Services segment.

Role Responsibility

Provides  strong commercial and financial expertise, and contractual acumen including in-depth understanding of segment specific needs so as to provide support, guidance and delivery in financial engineering, financial modelling, negotiation, pricing, contract design and management processes contributing to the negotiation of complex deals, and ensuring sound contractual protections, whilst participating as part of the business development team on multi-disciplinary global sales efforts.

For 6-12 months, a large part of the role will be to lead the commercial finance activity for a very large and complex bid that is critical to the Government strategy.  This will require all of the above skills and delivery areas.

Acts as a guardian of the segment Delegation of Authorities (DOA) and Right Clients Right Terms (RCRT), ensuring financial discipline in global investment decisions: building business cases for global OPEX and CAPEX commercial investments.

Uses factual ROI and monitoring after event activities to drive learnings

*Please see attached Job Description for further detail.

The Ideal Candidate

Package Description

£Competitive salary of £85,000 - £105,000 DOE + benefits including car/car allowance, bonus, pension, flexible benefits scheme etc

As part of our commitment to improving the quality of life for our employees, Sodexo offers a Flexible Benefits Scheme, allowing you to tailor a reward package to suit your needs which includes a technology scheme, private dental insurance, travel insurance, gym membership, Gourmet card, private medical insurance and the ability to purchase or sell annual leave to name but a few.

We also offer Sodexo Discounts site promoting discounted mobile phone tariffs, savings across restaurant chains and days out, where you and your family can save money on everything from your weekly food shop to the latest cinema blockbuster.

About the Company

Founded in 1966 by Pierre Bellon in Marseilles, France, Sodexo is now the worldwide leader in Quality of Life services. For over 50 years, we have developed unique expertise, backed by nearly 420,000 employees in 80 countries across the globe.

In combining the diverse talents of our teams, Sodexo is the only company to integrate a complete offer of innovative services, based on over 100 professions. We develop, manage and deliver a unique array of On-site Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal and Home Services for all our clients to improve the Quality of Life.

Our experiences with our over 75 million customers each and every day enable us to develop Quality of Life services that reinforce the well-being of individuals, improving their effectiveness and helping companies and organizations to improve performance…every day.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.

Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland.