Finance Director

SF Recruitment are pleased to be partnered on a retained, exclusive basis with an exciting privately owned Group of specialised manufacturing businesses in their search for a Finance Director for one of their fast-growing £20m t/o entities following the impending retirement of the current incumbent.

A specialist manufacturer, the business produce innovative, bespoke products to a global market. With strong Group backing whilst also being able to run the business in an autonomous fashion, this role presents an exciting opportunity for an established Finance Director to partner closely with the Managing Director to provide key contribution to the financial strategy and decision-making process of the entity, overseeing an established team of 6 finance professionals to drive continuous improvement and optimise the cost base.

• Role Location: South Derbyshire/East Staffordshire Area
• Working days: 4.5 days p/w (Friday PM shutdown)
• Hybrid working 4 days p/w on site

About the role

As part of your new role, your duties and responsibilities will include:

• Developing and maintaining a strong financial control framework, implementing best practices, and unifying processes, reporting timelines, and controls across all entities within the business
• Overseeing daily operations and activities of the Finance department - acting as process owner of all finance processes
• Producing key financial reports and conducting detailed analyses to provide actionable insights - highlighting risks and opportunities
• Representing the Finance department in local management meetings and Board meetings, providing information and analysis on financial performance
• Improving profitability in collaboration with the management team
• Monthly reporting of the business performance to group finance providing explanations and insights
• Preparing budgets and forecasts to Group timetables
• Manage relationships with banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions
• Responsible for cash flow
• Responsible for arranging funding for short and long-term needs
• Together with the MD, coordinating and arranging acquisitions, integrations and restructuring
• Financial responsibility of payroll management
• Oversee financing and investment strategies
• Leading the statutory accounts process under IFRS for the company and with the group, serving as the primary liaison with external stakeholders, including auditors and tax advisors
• Acting as the ERP system champion (Dynamics 365) regarding Finance to drive system understanding and effective usage across the business
• Leading, managing and motivating a team, including all related line management activity. Create a culture of high performance and high engagement in your team. Ensure your team has adequate resources, skills and knowledge for the current business needs and for the future
• Finding opportunities for improvements within Finance function, creating and executing improvement projects through to completion
• Working across multiple UK sites, exploiting and implementing improvement opportunities for better efficiency

About you

• ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified accountant (essential) including prior IFRS reporting experience
• Sound proficiency in financial software and ERP systems (Dynamics 365 preferred however not essential, Excel, PowerBI) 
• Demonstrable experience in championing effective ERP system usage within the business. Able to lead and deliver on best practice use and improvements across the business (essential)
• Ambition for reporting and developing reporting systems (PowerBI)
• Able to get to the detail to provide complex analysis and insights and also think and act strategically to highlight and act upon risks and opportunities (essential)
• Familiarity with acquisitions (highly desirable)
• Prior experience within manufacturing sector as well as manufacturing processes such as costings (essential) and a proven track record of working in a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment (highly desirable)
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, with a proven ability to build, develop, and sustain relationships (essential)
• Technically proficient, able to lead confidently and foster trust within the team (essential)
• Strong analytical abilities with high attention to detail (essential)
• Able and comfortable to successfully manage multiple and often large, complex projects alongside day to day responsibilities (essential)
• Ability to travel to other sites in the UK on rare occasions, with some international travel to Group 2-3 times per year for short-stays

What's in it for you?

This role is an exciting, fast-paced role working for a highly acquisitive, growing Group. As the business grows, opportunities will continue to arise for ambitious individuals.

• Salary c.£90,000 - some flexibility is available for exceptional candidates
• Bonus - 15% (based on both company and individual performance)
• Car allowance - c.£7,000 p/a
• 25 days + statutory holiday entitlement

The current incumbent retires at the end of March - applicants on a maximum of 3 months notice are encouraged to express interest. Those who are able to start sooner to enable an effective handover with the current incumbent would offer additional advantage.

For more information, and for a confidential discussion about the vacancy, please get in touch with Aj Blyth at SF Recruitment on (phone number removed) / (url removed) 

Please note, clicking apply does not signify successful application and is merely an expression of interest. On clicking apply, suitably experienced applicants will be contacted by Aj Blyth at SF Recruitment for a further discussion about the vacancy.

Expected Timeframes (subject to change as required):

• CV Submission, w/c 20th January
• Initial Teams interviews to be conducted asap thereafter with shortlisted applicants 
• Second stage interviews to be conducted asap following successful Teams interview - likely w/c 27th January