Job description
My client is a leading service based business, who are instantly recognisable within the market place. With offices to the south of Leeds City Centre, this business has experienced a strong period of growth and as a result are looking to grow by adding a Finance Manager to their long standing, existing finance team.This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is ideally AAT qualified and has a proven background within management accounts. You will join a business where you will be challenged and will be able to get involved in all areas of finance. There will be an element of business partnering involved along with some analysis work. The role also involves the management of six people, however previous experience of this isn't essential. The main focus of the role will be to ensure the management accounts are produced to a high standard within the timescales given, however there will also be an element of supporting the transactional time and getting hands on and involved with that side of the business when required. Candidates who are also studying ACCA/CIMA will also be considered. Study Support will be considered for the right candidate and there is free onsite parking available. The successful candidate will need to have a driving license as there will be some infrequent travel to a different site.
As the Finance Manager, you will be reporting directly to the Finance Business Partner and your main duties will initially include but are not limited to the following :-
Key responsibilities of the role are -
-Preparation and support in the production and presentation of monthly management accounts including journals, reconciliations, variance analysis and monthly balance sheet reconciliations
-Assisting in the production and delivery of the monthly management information pack
-Preparing and delivering accurate profit and loss accounts with analysis and commentaries
-Business partnering with the operations team and the wider finance team and providing reports and analysis for them
-Producing KPI's
-Overseeing the Transactional accounts team and ensuring that their work is of a certain quality and that targets and deadlines are maintained
-Assisting with the budgeting and forecasting processes
-Ad-hoc project work and financial analysis as required
-Providing training and support to the team where needed and ensuring that people are upskilled at all times
-Providing support to the Senior Management team as and when required
The ideal candidate will -
-Be AAT qualified or will be studying CIMA/ACCA and will have previous experience of a management accounts based role
-Be looking to join a growing business, fast paced business where no day is the same
-Be interested in managing and developing people, no prior experience of this is required
-Have excellent IT skills, with strong Excel skills
-Have excellent communication skills and will be able to deal with stakeholders at all levels
For more information please contact Gemma Watmough
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 www.sewellwallis.co.uk
