Job description
Sewell Wallis are currently working with a leading Health and Social Care provider based in Harrogate who are looking for a new Business & Finance Manager to lead and develop their finance function.If you are looking to work for an organisation where you can really give back to the community whilst making significant changes across the business, then this is an ideal opportunity to apply for.
Reporting into a highly experience Finance Director, your role will consist of the following duties:-
-Manage and motivate the finance team through positive and proactive management
-Ensure all agreed performance targets are met through effective and efficient use of processes and procedures
-Prepare the monthly management accounts and compliance ad hoc financial reports to the Executive Board
-Identity, develop and implement improvements to support business performance
-Develop robust relationships with customers and other external organisations
-Provide sound financial management of the company accounts, purchase and sales ledger and payroll functions
-Ensure compliance with financial regulations
-Work with senior budget holders across the company to ensure an accurate budget position is maintained
-Plan and coordinate the annual budget process
-Plan, lead and oversee the financial audits programme
-Mitigate any financial risks to the company
-Maintain all business contracts and agreements
The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant, however qualified by experience candidates with the right background will be considered. It is important that you have worked for a similar company, or somewhere where your knowledge will be easily transferable. You will have ideally worked with local authorities in a financial capacity.
You will need to be a strong man manager that can lead a finance team and make key decisions to support the Executive Board.
Please either apply or contact Lucy Regan or Emma Dugdale if you would like further information before deciding whether to apply.
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.
