Head of Finance

Sewell Wallis is recruiting for a Head of Finance at an Infrastructure & Construction company based near Wakefield. This West Yorkshire role offers a mix of commercial strategy, process improvement and the day-to-day running of the finance division. You'll be responsible for 4 business units, overseeing a team of 7 and around a £65 million turnover.

You'll need to be able to demonstrate autonomy in running a finance team, show involvement with process improvement and a keenness for implementing changes around internal controls.

This Head of Finance position is a fantastic opportunity to be involved with a fast-growing, but well-established business, offering a challenging yet rewarding day-to-day.

What will you be doing?

• Responsible for financial accounting and controls and management accounting for the division.
• Oversee and develop the divisional business planning and annual budget processes.
• Prepare and review divisional financial forecasts throughout the year, tracking and explaining variances to plan and budgets.
• Lead and develop a professional, collaborative and multi-disciplined team of Finance professionals.
• Identify, report, monitor and mitigate financial risks for the division.
• Provide impactful financial analysis to aid the decision-making process of the Divisional Managing Director and Senior Management Team
• Liaise with auditors to ensure a smooth audit process.

What skills are we looking for?

• Understanding of project accounting
• Background in Engineering, construction, or manufacturing
• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
• Practice background
• Technically strong
• Excellent communication and the ability to hold your own in difficult conversations
• Advanced Excel skills

What's on offer?

• Competitive salary of between £70,000-£75,000
• 20% annual bonus
• Car allowance (approx. £7K)
• Private healthcare
• Life Assurance

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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.