Job description
Sewell Wallis are delighted to be working in an exclusive partnership with a fantastic and highly innovative business based in Huddersfield. This great business is going through an interesting period of change and designs a product that can be seen in a variety of industries including retail, healthcare and sport.They now urgently require a Financial Controller, to report into their CFO based down in London. You will therefore need to be confident in hitting the ground running as you will be the key finance representative in Yorkshire, overseeing the finance team on a day-to-day basis. You will ideally be practice trained with some strong experience in industry around internal controls and process improvement.
Your role will include the following duties:-
-Manage and supervise the finance team, providing guidance and advice on general accounting matters
-Management of third-party accounts including customers and suppliers
-Develop and implement proper financial policies and procedures and ensure robust financial controls are in place
-Responsible for month end closing, review and approve journals
-Manage, prepare and maintain companies' budget/cost projections and forecasts
-Production, review and distribution of standard monthly management reports
-Provide reporting in the accounting group standard (IFRS)
-Half and full year consolidation package
-P&L review
-Cash management/cash flow forecasting
-Improve profitability by reviewing gross margins
To be considered for this opportunity you will need to be a qualified accountant who has strong, all round finance knowledge, including implementing financial controls.
Please reach out to 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.
