Global Leisure Group - Head of Group Commercial Finance

About the Company
We are an international, fast-growing Group operating within the experience and leisure industry, delivering complex, design-led projects across multiple global markets. The business combines concept development, engineering, production, and long-term service, with a strong focus on scalability, recurring revenue, and international expansion.

The Group is now entering its next phase of growth and is seeking a commercially driven, hands-on Head of Group Commercial Finance to strengthen business control, financial control, support strategic decision-making, and build a scalable finance function aligned with continued expansion.

About the Role
The Head of Group Commercial Finance will be a key member of the leadership and a close partner to the CFO and report to the CEO. This is a commercially driven role where the primary focus is to support, challenge, and improve business, not just manage accounting and reporting.

We are specifically looking for a Head of Group Commercial Finance who is deeply involved in the work, understands the details, takes ownership of execution, and operates hands-on across both finance and the business.

The role operates in a high-paced environment with demanding timelines, requiring strong prioritization skills and the ability to deliver under pressure.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a business partner first, finance function leader second

• Own and manage the group accounting, consolidation and reporting processes

• Lead and coordinate finance functions in international subsidiaries.

• Drive the close processes across the group.

• Coordinate budget and forecasting processes.

• Drive profitability, cash flow, and growth.

• Ensure financial discipline while enabling commercial success.

• Build structure without slowing down the business decisions

• Support pricing strategy, deal structuring, and project evaluation.

• Evaluate project risk and ensure sustainable, profitable deal structures

• Maintain strong financial control, reporting, compliance, and governance

• Build scalable financial processes, systems, and structures

• Ensure strong execution and follow-through across the organisation

• Manage banking relationships and financing structures

• Develop a deep understanding of customers, business models, profitability drivers and cash flow dynamics.

• Actively challenge the business to improve performance and efficiency

Who We Are Looking For

We are looking for a commercially driven, hands-on Head of Group Commercial Finance with a strong ability to connect finance with real business impact. You thrive in a fast-paced environment, take ownership, and are comfortable working both strategically and operationally.

We Believe You Have

· 7 years of proven experience as CFO, Finance Director, or similar

· Bachelor´s or master’s degree, preferably in a field of business administration, finance with focus on finance/controlling

· Experience in leading a finance function with a number of employees and indirectly reporting controllers.

· Several years of experience in consolidated accounting and consolidation in an international environment.

· Practical experience of working with financial reporting according to both Swedish and international regulations (e.g. IFRS).

· Built scalable financial processes, systems, and structures in growing international multi-entity business.

· Ability to understand both internal performance and customer business models

We Believe You Are

· Result-oriented, committed and responsible

· Able to connect finance with real business drivers and decisions

· Highly analytical, operational and strategic

· Highly solution-oriented with a strong bias for action

· Strong in prioritisation and able to deliver under pressure

· Comfortable in challenging the business and management constructively

· Hands-on operator, not a delegating manager

· A builder and doer, not a caretaker

· Unpretentious

· Leading by example through active involvement and execution

· Fluent in, spoken and written, Swedish and English

Other Information
Location: Malmö
Employment Type: Permanent
Scope: Full-time
Start Date: After agreement

Travel is a regular part of this role.

Apply for the Position
You apply for the position via our recruitment partner, Management Partners. We review applications continuously and welcome your submission.For more information about the role and the recruitment process, please contact:
Jeanett Paludan +46709724120
[email protected]