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Finance Manager

Job description

Sewell Wallis are delighted to be working with a charitable business based in south Leeds who are looking to appoint a Finance Manager.

Our client is an inclusive and entrepreneurial business with fantastic offices and a great working environment. After a restructure within their finance team, the Finance Director has identified the need for another management layer and would therefore like to hire a dynamic and forward-thinking Finance Manager to take the team to the next level.

Experience working for a charity is not essential but would be highly beneficial. The key priority is to recruit an experienced man manager, that can develop the team and act as a true business partner across the wider business. Although hands on accounting is required, our client is more interested in someone with strong commercial acumen, that can identify ways to further grow the organisation.

As the Finance Manager your role will include the following duties:-

-Produce the monthly management accounts including variance analysis and commentary for the Board
-Effectively business partner with key budget holders, holding them accountable for budgets and forecasts for their departmental areas
-Look at current month end processes and procedures and implementing any improvements necessary
-Cash flow forecasting and budgeting
-Manage a finance team of 4 individuals, holding regular one to ones and coaching where required to develop their skillsets/progress
-Consistently supporting with business planning and contributing to strategic decisions being made
-Business performance analysis

To be considered for this great opportunity you will need to be:-

-A qualified accountant
-Experience working in a charity/not for profit sector would be advantageous but not essential
-Strong Excel skills
-A natural leader and motivational man manager
-Strong commercial acumen and excellent negotiation skills

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.

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