Commercial Finance Director

Sewell Wallis are currently working with a growing manufacturing group with their appointment of a Finance Director. This business is made up of a group of four UK entities with one of which expects to generate revenue that will double their turnover in the next two years. Having made three acquisitions to the group over the last four years and with more in the pipeline in the coming two years they're looking for a Finance Director who will help drive this ambitious owner-managed business forward.

Supported by a Head of Finance, the Finance Director will oversee a small finance team and will be responsible for the following role:

• Be heavily involved with providing guidance and advice on financial strategy and support with optimising the company's financial performance.
• Challenge decision-making by providing financial analysis on all activities, plans and targets.
• Control the group budget to ensure that group targets are met with continuous monitoring and partnering/communication with all heads of departments.
• Ensure that all financial systems are robust and that the correct processes, controls and procedures are in place to minimise risk.
• Be the main point of contact with external parties including the bank and auditors.
• Evaluate and challenge forecasts on a departmental basis.
• Develop and present board reports detailing income and expenditure and provide commentary on variances to budget.
• Oversee the preparation of the group's financial accounts, co-ordinate the external audit process
• Be heavily involved with identifying acquisition targets.
• Hold responsibility for contract reviews and negotiations.

Suitable candidates will have the following background:

• Be qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA with significant experience operating at this level for an SME manufacturer.
• The ideal candidate will have experience in identifying acquisition opportunities and taking this through to purchase and integration into the group, although this is not a pre-requisite for them.
• You'll be an exceptional leader of people and will have first-class communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate at all levels across the wider business.

For more information please contact Kayley Haythornthwaite.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.