Finance Director

• Board level position
• Benefits include bonus, pension, life assurance & shares scheme

Are you looking for an opportunity to be number one in finance within a manufacturing business? This is a newly created role within a growing company who make highly specialised equipment, and they’re looking for someone who can become part of their senior leadership team and hold responsibility for all financial aspects of the strategy. They have been steadily growing, are investing to support that growth, and they need your commercial insight to help make this happen.

Designing and building high-tech equipment that is exported globally is the business, and you will be investigating, summarising, reporting on, and making recommendations on how to improve what they are doing. You will be leading the finance team and providing a high-quality service to all stakeholders.

This would be a great step forward for an experienced Head of Finance / Financial Controller who wants to help shape the future strategy of a business. As part of a larger group of businesses, you’ll have monthly group reporting to manage and a wider network of finance professionals to collaborate with.

You will report to the MD and be responsible for:

• Ensuring company financial systems are robust, compliant as well as supporting future business growth.
• Strategising, analysing and managing, ensuring finance are involved in key business decisions as part of the senior leadership team.
• Managing the company’s accounting function including creation of financial reporting packs with analysis, statutory accounts and presenting annual accounts to the Board.
• Leading financial forecasting processes.
• Providing commercial finance support to the wider management teams, including things like margin analysis, pricing strategy and reviewing stock provisioning policies.

The Candidate: Finance Director

You will be an experienced accountant who likes to take a hands-on approach to all company finance matters, and you’ll also have the following:

• Experienced in financial management within a manufacturing environment.
• Fully Qualified ACCA / CIMA / ACA;
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to influence at all levels;
• Strategic thinker who is self-motivated and focused on continuous improvement.