Making the world Move 

This is a fantastic opportunity for the right individual to contribute at a head of department level to the development and evolution of our company with the finance function.

Your Role 

As Head of Reporting, Planning and Projects the successful applicant will be responsible for overseeing the financial aspects of the Exolum NWE contract with the Ministry of Defence (MOD), including managing the processes for regular financial reporting against the MoD budget, for the annual ‘true up’ of MoD contract payments and for setting and agreeing any future MoD forecasts and ensuring the development of our processes, procedures and systems.

The key responsibilities for the Head of Reporting, Planning and Projects include leading and managing the Reporting, Planning and Projects (including ‘plan to perform’ - this function covers processes from development of plans (forecast or budget) through to measurement of performance against those plans) function, delivering all Exolum requirements (including short, medium and long term budgets and forecasts and annual strategy cycle) to the required standard and timescales while developing the Reporting, Planning and Projects team, and support the team to ensure that people individually and collectively achieve their potential in delivering business performance; ensure achievable but stretching objectives are set for individuals which are aligned to business goals.

What we need from You 

We are looking for applicants that are qualified accountants (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with the ability to demonstrate good knowledge of budgeting, forecasting and business analysis techniques within a strong commercial finance environment alongside extensive experience of leading a finance team.

This will be supported by excellent written and verbal communication skills, the ability to use all Excel for modelling, strong organisation skills and strong analytical and problem solving abilities.

Rewarding You 

At Exolum we recognise the importance of rewarding our colleagues with a competitive remuneration package.  Our total reward package extends beyond a base salary.  

It includes enhanced holiday, private health insurance, life insurance and a defined contribution pension plan, as well as disability insurance, eyecare benefits and employee assistance programmes. In addition, there are opportunities for your educational assistance needs to be supported with company funding. 

About Us 

Exolum is Europe’s leading logistics company for liquid products and one of the largest in the world. Our core business activity is the transportation and storage of a wide range of bulk liquid products, especially refined products, chemicals and biofuels, in a sustainable and efficient manner aware that our activities help improve the quality of life and development of society. 

We operate in 8 countries across Europe, and Central and South America, with 68 storage facilities, 47 airport facilities, more than 6,000 km of pipelines and 11 million cubic meters of storage capacity. In addition, we operate in new sectors, such as eco-fuels, the circular economy, and are developing new energy vectors, all with the goal of fulfilling the company’s purpose: to create innovative solutions to make the world a better place.  

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Our Values + You 

We believe it’s not just what you achieve, it’s how you achieve it. Our business has a strong corporate culture based on core values. We put these values at the centre of everything we do and expect our employees to do the same.  We expect that the personal attributes of all candidates reflect our Core Values which are Safety, Leadership, Innovation and Trust. 

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Protecting You 

We are a forward-thinking employer that promotes equal opportunities in accordance with our Code of Conduct. We take active steps to ensure that we treat all our people fairly and with respect. In return, we ask our people to behave in a similar fashion towards others. We actively promote the Code which guides our people on acceptable behaviour. We welcome diversity and appreciate diversity is good for our customers and our business. 

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At Exolum our commitment to diversity comes in the shape of the following statement: 

We want you to wholly embrace being yourself – that’s why we aim to create an inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected and valued.  Our heart, culture, background, and experiences allow us to be more creative and innovative, positively impacting the world.   

We celebrate diversity because interacting with different people, with different perspectives makes Exolum a better business, and each of us better people. Our customers are incredibly diverse, so we should be too. There is room for everyone at Exolum. 

We are under-represented in terms of females and particularly encourage applications from this group. 

Data Protection 

The information provided by you will be used by Exolum to process your application and, if successful, in connection with your future employment with us.  Any information held by us relating to you will be destroyed six months after the post has been filled.  If we wish to retain your information for future vacancies, we will seek your express consent to do so.  All processing of data will be in compliance with data protection laws.  For further information on how we handle your data read our UK privacy notice for job applicants, employees, workers and agency workers which is available on our website: Disclosures and legal notices by country – Exolum 

Job Specifics –

Location:  London 

Hours:  36.25 hours per week Monday to Friday 

Contract Type: Permanent 

Eligibility: Internal and external candidates