Director of Finance

5 days ago

Leeds, United Kingdom Sewell Wallis Full time

Sewell Wallis are thrilled to be working on an exclusive basis with a fantastic global, manufacturing business based in north Leeds. This US owned organisation, have consistently demonstrated 20% growth, even throughout the pandemic, and are now lookingto take the business to the next level. This is great business with an excellent story to tell regarding how it was founded
They are now looking to appoint a commercially focused Director of Finance, which is an exciting, newly created role due to their recent success. This role will play a critical part in the leadership team and will cover 5 manufacturing locations.
This will be a highly commercial role, where you will be in full control of an area of the business with high growth potential, liaising constantly with non-finance senior stakeholders and really driving the business forward. The business is looking at futureacquisitions and would expect the Director of Finance to play a significant part in making these a success.
Reporting to the General Manager, your role will include the following responsibilities:

- Own the financial numbers and targets
- Lead the planning, forecasting and reporting as required
- Lead and direct the day-to-day operational tasks of the finance team
- Report on financial performance of the business to the Board
- Prepare annual plans and budgets
- Identity potential acquisitions to support the future growth of the business including financial modelling
- Work closely with the Sales teams to ensure forecasting is correct and that they are aware of the financial targets in place to drive the numbers
- Efficient and effective cash management across the business
- Establish policy and direction for inter-company finances and allocations
- Ensure compliance with the financial regulatory framework and reporting requirements including Sarbannes Oxley
- Manage 5 Plant controllers across the 5 sites, taking responsibility for their development and growth
- Manage and mitigate business risks
- Review capital plans and business systems and processes
To be considered for this excellent opportunity, our client requires a strategic qualified accountant with exceptional leadership and man management skills.
You will need to have a background in multi-site manufacturing and will have ideally worked for a US owned business. If you haven't worked directly for a US business, then an understanding US requirements will suffice.
This role will involve some travel to Spain and the US, as this is where some of the manufacturing sites are based and it is essential that strong relationships are built across them all.
If you think you could be a good fit for this role then please contact Lucy Regan or Emma Dugdale for further information.
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 levelswithin 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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