Group Head of Finance
Legend is looking for an experienced Group Head of Finance to lead and transform its international finance function through its next stage of maturity. Reporting to the Finance Director, the successful candidate will lead a 25+ person, multi-location team spanning Financial Reporting, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Treasury and Payroll.
This is a hands-on leadership role requiring someone who can operate comfortably at both strategic and detailed levels, setting the direction for the function while stepping into complex operational and technical challenges when required. Following Legend's acquisition, the finance function is operating in an environment of increased complexity, scrutiny and change.
A key part of the role involves evolving the finance operating model to meet these demands by strengthening controls and accountability, standardising and automating processes, improving systems and data flows, and building a scalable organisation that does not rely on individual knowledge or intervention. The Group Head of Finance will lead through an established team of finance leaders, developing their capability and creating clear ownership across the function while maintaining high standards of delivery. They will also play a critical role in building effective relationships across Legend and the wider Group, balancing the requirements of both while supporting the team through significant organisational change.
- Lead a 25+ person, multi-location finance function across Financial Reporting, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Treasury and Payroll, creating clear accountability and ownership through the finance leadership team.
- Assess and evolve the finance operating model, ensuring organisational structure, process ownership, systems, controls and ways of working can scale with the business and wider Group requirements.
- Lead end-to-end redesign and optimisation of core finance processes and systems, identifying opportunities to standardise, simplify and automate workflows while improving efficiency, controls and data quality.
- Establish clear process ownership, SLAs, controls and KPIs, using data to identify performance gaps, bottlenecks and opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Lead through managers and team leads, building their capability and empowering them to take ownership while remaining hands-on in complex operational and technical issues when required.
- Lead the finance function through post-acquisition integration, balancing the requirements of Legend and Group Finance and driving alignment across reporting, controls, systems, data and ways of working.
- Make clear prioritisation and resource allocation decisions across BAU delivery and transformation initiatives, maintaining critical operations while progressing the highest-value improvements.
- Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across Legend and the wider Group, confidently challenging where appropriate and translating complex financial or operational issues into clear business implications and decisions.
- ACA/ICAS/ACCA qualification with significant post-qualified experience in senior finance leadership roles (required)
- Demonstrable experience leading a sizeable, multi-functional Finance team across multiple disciplines, locations and jurisdictions, with a track record of successfully leading through managers and functional leads (required)
- Deep operational knowledge across core finance disciplines such as Financial Reporting, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Treasury and Payroll, with the technical credibility to challenge processes and diagnose complex operational issues (required)
- A strong track record of transforming and scaling finance functions, including end-to-end process redesign, automation, systems improvement, controls, governance and clear process ownership, with evidence of delivering measurable improvements (required)
- Strong finance systems capability and experience translating operational requirements into effective systems design (required)
- ERP implementation or significant transformation experience, including Workday (nice-to-have)
- Experience leading teams through significant organisational change, ideally including acquisition integration or working within a larger parent/group finance structure, while maintaining engagement and addressing performance where required (required)
- A hands-on leadership style combined with strong prioritisation and delegation skills, with experience balancing BAU delivery, transformation programmes and competing demands without becoming an operational bottleneck (required)
- Excellent stakeholder management and commercial judgement, with the confidence to influence and challenge senior leaders and the resilience to operate effectively in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment (required)
- Tailored flexibility for work-life balance
- Annual discretionary bonus
- Paid annual leave plus additional time off during the festive season
- Long term incentive plan
- Global Legend events
Legend is the company behind more than 25 sports and gaming brands, focused on player experience across betting and gaming. It operates with a global team of over 800 people across 10 hubs worldwide, building and growing its portfolio of brands. The company describes its approach as driven by data, creativity and collaboration, summarised in its "Mindset, Vision, Performance" formula. Headquartered in St Helier, Jersey, Legend operates hubs across Europe and North America. In 2026 Genius Sports announced a definitive agreement to acquire the company.