Finance Manager
About the Role
Sewell Wallis is delighted to be recruiting for a Finance Manager on behalf of a global manufacturer based in Northwest Leeds. With 40+ years of experience working across a diverse range of sectors.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified Finance Manager to join the finance team, taking responsibility for leading a small finance team and delivering accurate financial reporting and analysis across multiple entities.
What will you be doing?
- Provide leadership and day-to-day support to a small team of transactional finance professionals.
- Oversee key accounting operations, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, fixed assets, general ledger, and financial reporting.
- Deliver accurate and timely management accounts in line with internal reporting deadlines.
- Prepare and post month-end journal entries, including prepayments, accruals, revenue adjustments, and manufacturing variances.
- Conduct monthly balance sheet reconciliations and quarterly variance analysis on the trial balance, ensuring appropriate follow-up and resolution.
- Manage and maintain the fixed asset register, including the creation of internal orders in SAP and adherence to company asset management policies.
- Support both internal and external audit processes, ensuring timely and accurate provision of required documentation and analysis.
What skills do we need?
- CIMA/ACA/ACCA qualified.
- Substantial experience within management accounting.
- Experience gained with a manufacturing environment.
- Advanced understanding of MS Excel, as well as SAP or similar ERP systems.
- Proven ability to manage and lead a team.
- Proven ability to work to deadline.
- Able to thrive under pressure.
- Excellent management and communication skills.
What's on offer?
- Up to £55,000 per annum, depending on experience.
- Hybrid working - 3 days in the office, 2 at home.
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays.
- 7% employer pension contribution.
- Opportunities for career progression.
- On-site parking.
- A supportive and collaborative work environment.
For more information or to apply, please contact Emma Johnsen.
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.
