Finance Director

2 weeks ago


Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, United Kingdom FD Recruit Full time

Finance Director, Blackburn, £70,000-90, % pension, car, bonus & potential equity.


Our client is a well-established independent international engineering business who is seeking an experienced Finance Director to join their senior management team.

The role will focus on driving the operational side of the finance function with plenty ofscope to contribute to business strategy.

The company has been developing new products and technologies over the last few years, and there is now a need for a strong leader with vision, and great market awareness to guide the future direction of both the company,and the finance team.


Key Skills

  • Experience of working in a manufacturing/engineering/construction environment.
  • Experience working for an SME or a division of a larger entity.
  • Experience of international trade including an understanding of foreign exchange transactions and forward contracts.
  • Ability to work to deadlines.
  • Ability to manage the production and completion of the month end reports, yearend reports and statutory filings.
  • Accustomed to budgeting and forecasting for trading, balance sheet and cash flow reporting.
  • Appreciation of project accounting.
  • Understanding of HR, legal and IT matters.
  • Cash and cost focused.
  • Understanding of R+D tax credits and patent box.
  • Experienced in managing a finance team.
  • Experienced in managing relationships with key external stakeholders including bank, auditors, insurers, and advisors.
  • Experience of managing, coaching and mentoring.
  • Experience of Company secretarial matters.
  • Ability to identify and mitigate risk.
  • Systems literate.

Personal Attributes

  • Confidence to stand up for beliefs and challenge the status quo.
  • Selfreliant & Selfmotivated.
  • Qualified accountant or, qualified by experience.
  • Ability to cope with challenge and a heavy workload.
  • Appreciation of the challenges that other areas of the business face.
  • Demand continuous improvement of self and your team.
  • Accustomed to working with a multifunctional team.
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Accustomed to working as part of the senior leadership team as either a finance director or financial controller.

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