Finance Director

Sewell Wallis are recruiting for a Strategic Finance Director who can lead on the commercial side of this Manufacturing SME based in Chesterfield. You will be heavily involved with implementing strategic plans, carrying out acquisitions to push growth and thinking innovatively, and using insights and analysis to make crucial decisions on pricing, stock, labour, etc.

You will need to be a confident number one for the owner managed business, partnering with the managing directors to deliver results.

What will you be doing?

• Preparing and presenting annual budgets, financial plans and business plans to the Senior Leadership Team.
• Business planning and forecasting, including due diligence on any acquisitions or initiatives for growth.
• Analyse all financial performance and processes, identifying areas for improvement and potential cost cutting.
• Identify and oversee financial risks, ensuring the business is safe from market fluctuations and threats.
• Oversee corporate finance activities, including working capital management, hedging, and foreign currency strategies.
• Ensuring the finance team's compliance with all regulatory and reporting requirements.
• Act as a key point of contact for investors, shareholders, and funding partners, providing transparent and actionable financial data.

What skills are we looking for?

• Must have experience with UK and international acquisitions, including integration afterwards.
• Experience with due diligence and data room, ideally with end to end private equity deal experience.
• Confident in negotiating and managing relationships with banks and investors.
• Experience in setting up international entities.
• Ideally, knowledge of US and EU tax laws.
• You must be ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified.
• Experience in an SME Manufacturer would be beneficial, although not essential.

What's on offer?

• Competitive salary, £110,000-£135,000 - depending on experience.
• 13% company bonus.
• Annual pay increases and award schemes.
• On-site wellness facilities.
• Food, snacks, and breakfast available!
• On-site parking.

Send us your CV below, or contact Inci Evcil for more information.

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.