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- Number 1 in finance role for the award winning WDS Components in Leeds
- Key part of the Senior Management Team with decision making responsibilities
WDS is a profitable, well financed, privately owned SME manufacturer and stockholding global distributor of around 55,000 standard industrial engineering components. WDS is based on one site in Pudsey, Leeds and was established in 1952 and continues to invest regularly in Machinery, Equipment, Hardware, Software, Fixtures and Fittings.
WDS is multi-award winning including SME of the Year from MAKE UK and has a sustainability task force to identify improvement opportunities to look after our environment for the long term. WDS operates its own Business Management System and is certified to ISO9001:2015 and ISO14001:2015.
WDS has over 40 employees and is proud of their apprentices as well as those possessing a wealth of skills and experience who are all focussed to develop and maintain long-term relationships with their customers, suppliers and colleagues who are at the heart of what they do. WDS provides a safe working environment for all with health & safety being recognised as everyone's responsibility.
Reporting duties include:
- Preparation of monthly management accounts
- Ensuring the integrity of transactional processing
- Ensuring the integrity of balance sheet controls
- Compliance with all business taxation requirements
- Liaison with external auditors and ensuring a clean audit report each year
Financial management duties include:
- All aspects of cash management
- Leading the business in the control of working capital
- Maintaining banking relationships
- Providing management information and insight into the performance of the business towards targets
- Providing ad hoc management information for decision making
Operational duties include:
- Analysing and reporting on KPI results
- Supervision of payroll function
- An overview of all regulatory matters affecting the business
- Supporting the Operations Management team by leading and/or overseeing process development projects
A successful Financial Controller should have:
- Recognised chartered accountancy qualification: ACA / ACCA or CIMA
- Post qualified experience ideally within industry
- Possess gravitas at a Senior Management level with impeccable confidentiality
- Must have experience of managing staff
- Demonstrable commercial outlook, may already have had some operational P&L responsibility or are keen and ready for their first such opportunity
- Committed and motivated to making a difference and contributing to the overall business and company goals
- Experience or demonstrable clear understanding of high-volume low value transaction business with physical stock
- Manufacturing costing experience preferable but not essential
- ERP high level or "super user" experience very desirable
- High level analytical skills with ability to understand the data flows behind the systems and to specify MS BI reporting requirements
- Good communication and interpersonal skills - equally happy presenting to board of directors, external professional advisors, or shop floor engineers
- A competitive salary range of £60,000 to £70,000 per annum.
- Generous benefits including a bonus, car allowance, and death in service.
- An engaging company culture that values teamwork, development and innovation.
- The opportunity to contribute to a leading company in the manufacturing industry.
