Finance Manager - Sewell Wallis : Job Details

Sewell Wallis are partnering with a leading business on the outskirts of Leeds city centre, who are looking to recruit a Finance Manager into their team.

This is a newly created role working closely with the Financial Controller and rest of the SLT and is an excellent opportunity for a qualified Accountant to join a business going through a significant period of growth and development.

What will you be doing?

• Overseeing and assisting with the preparation of monthly management accounts to agreed deadlines
• Assisting with the budgeting and forecasting process
• Ensuring weekly and period reporting is accurate and on time
• Reviewing the balance sheet
• Taking full ownership of the P&L
• Preparing meaningful commentaries on monthly variance analysis
• Assisting with systems implementation and internal control processes
• MI reporting
• Driving continuous improvements of end to end accounting practices
• Maintaining strong relationships with key stakeholders both internal and external
• Leading, developing and motivating a team including a Management Accountant and Assistant Management Accountant

What skills are we looking for?

• Fully qualified Accountant, ideally CIMA / ACCA / ACA.
• Strong management accounting experience
• Solid analytical skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to work confidently with senior stakeholders
• Ability to work under pressure and to strict deadlines

What's on offer?

• Hybrid working
• Competitive benefits
• Free parking

For full details, please contact Emma Dugdale.

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.