Job description
We are proud to be working with a rapidly growing, PE backed organisation based in Burnley who manufacture across 3 different sites within the UK. This business produces a product that everyone can relate to and can be seen across multiple supermarkets. Given the significant investment they have recently received, the future is looking extremely positive and the ideal time for a commercially focused accountant to join.They have a unique and exciting opportunity for someone to take control of the finance team, as their new Finance Business Partner, to closely work with the Operations Director and take the finance department to the next level. This role is an excellent blend between gaining fantastic commercial/strategic experience, whilst remaining hands on and improving the processes and systems across finance.
As the Finance Business Partner, you will play a pivotal role in supporting with business growth, partnering with the operations teams, and managing a small finance function. Career opportunities are endless with this employer and this is a real role that someone can develop and really make their own.
As the Finance Business Partner, you will day to day report into the Operations Director, with a dotted like to the Group FD, and your duties will include the following:-
-Become a key figure in the cross functional team which will drive the roll out of a new ERP system
-Business partner with all manufacturing areas across the business, to understand the key drivers surrounding costs and profitability
-Produce the monthly management accounts with analysis and commentary on budget variances
-Produce the monthly balance sheet reconciliations
-Manage a small finance team, holding regular one to ones and setting realistic development plans
-Identify and propose continual improvement to drive efficiencies and improvements across the business
-Financial analysis to present to the site General Managers
-Ensure policies and procedures are being followed
-Take control of product costing
-Implement high level reporting to ensure finance tasks like credit control and purchase ledger transactions are being accurately carried out
-Work closely with the auditors to complete annual statutory accounts and support annual audits
-Prepare and review product/customer margins with the site General Manager before providing customer quotations
-Compliance with banking reporting requirements, in particular the Invoice Discounting monthly reconciliation
To be considered for this opportunity it is essential that you have a background within manufacturing and are an ambitious and self-motivated accountant.
You do not have to be a qualified accountant if you have the relevant experience to do this role justice, however study support will be offered and encouraged.
If you think you have the finance business partnering experience to succeed in this position then please contact Lucy Regan or Emma Dugdale for further 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.
