Finance Director
About the Role
Sewell Wallis is working with one of our clients, a rapidly expanding training provider based in South Yorkshire, who is seeking a Finance Director to lead their finance and HR functions, drive financial strategy, and ensure compliance across a dynamic, regulated environment.
This Finance Director role will report directly to the Managing Director, offering the chance to influence organisational growth.
What will you be doing?
- Lead financial strategy, planning, and reporting aligned to growth objectives
- Oversee budgeting, forecasting, and performance monitoring
- Ensure compliance with ESFA funding rules, Ofsted requirements, and audit standards
- Manage and develop the finance and HR teams
- Support investment decisions and strategic projects
What skills we're Looking for:
- Proven experience as a Finance Director or senior finance leader
- Qualified accountant (ACCA, ACA, or CIMA)
- Strong ESFA compliance and audit background
- Strategic mindset with excellent stakeholder engagement skills
- Experience in education, apprenticeships, or training (essential)
- Understanding of employment law and HR leadership (desirable)
What's on offer?
- Car allowance
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Company pension scheme
- Death in service benefit
If this role interests you send us your CV below, or contact Jenny Goodson 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.
