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Interim Financial Controller | £80,000 - £85,000 or day rate equivalent| 6-Months | Harrogate \n Are you a hands-on Financial Controller who enjoys improving processes, strengthening controls, and providing meaningful commercial insight? \n If you're someone who thrives on bringing structure to growing businesses and leaving finance functions in a far better place than you found them, this could be the ideal interim opportunity. \n We're partnering with a purpose-led Yorkshire manufacturer that's entering an exciting period of growth following recent investment. They're looking to appoint an Interim Financial Controller for an initial six-month assignment while they recruit permanently. \n Whether you're looking for a fixed-term contract or a day-rate assignment, they're open to discussing the right engagement model for the right individual. \n This is a broad, hands-on role where you'll work closely with senior leadership, improve reporting and controls, and support operational decision-making across the business. \n The Role \n Reporting directly to the Finance Director, you'll become their right-hand person, taking ownership of the day-to-day finance function while helping drive improvements across reporting, controls, and commercial finance. \n Financial Control \n\n • Produce and review monthly management accounts\n, • Deliver robust financial reporting and KPI analysis\n, • Manage cashflow forecasting and working capital\n, • Lead balance sheet reconciliations and strengthen financial controls\n, • Support year-end reporting and audit activities\n\n Commercial Finance \n\n • Partner with Sales and Operations to provide meaningful financial insight\n, • Deliver costing, margin, and variance analysis\n, • Support budgeting and forecasting\n, • Help operational teams make better, data-driven decisions\n\n Process Improvement \n\n • Review and streamline finance processes\n, • Improve reporting timelines and accuracy\n, • Strengthen financial controls and governance\n, • Support future systems improvements and continued development of reporting tools\n\n Leadership \n\n • Mentor and support the Assistant Accountant\n, • Help build additional capability within the finance team\n, • Work closely with the Finance Director to create a more scalable finance function\n\n This is a role for someone who enjoys rolling their sleeves up, identifying opportunities for improvement, and making a visible impact. \n What We're Looking For \n\n • Strong Financial Controller\n, • Manufacturing or product-based business experience highly desirable\n, • Experience with costing, variance analysis, and cashflow forecasting\n, • Strong process improvement mindset\n, • Confident business partnering with operational stakeholders\n, • Power BI and advanced Excel experience beneficial\n, • Qualified or Qualified by Experience (QBE)\n\n Why Join? \n This is an opportunity to play a key role in helping shape the finance function of a growing manufacturing business during an exciting period of investment and expansion. \n You'll work alongside an experienced Finance Director, have genuine autonomy, and be trusted to identify improvements that leave a lasting impact. \n\n • Opportunity to make a visible impact during a key period of growth\n, • Become the Finance Director's right-hand person\n, • Improve processes, controls and reporting across the finance function\n, • Broad role combining financial control with commercial business partnering\n, • Hybrid working available once established\n, • Open to FTC or day-rate contractors\n\n Location: Harrogate Salary: £80,000-£85,000 FTC or day rate equivalent (depending on experience and preferred engagement) Contract: Initial 6-month interim assignment while the business recruits permanently Working Pattern: Office-based initially, with hybrid flexibility once settled Start: ASAP \n If you're an experienced Financial Controller who enjoys improving finance functions and adding value from day one, hit apply.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualified Management Accountant/Financial Accountant to join a successful and commercially focused business in Harrogate in what will be a very varied and interesting opportunity. \n \n Reporting into the divisional Financial Controller you will be combining Commercial Finance and regular FP&A responsibilities, offering an excellent opportunity for an ambitious finance professional looking to take that next step in their career. \n \n Working closely with the wider finance and commercial teams, your responsibilities will include: \n\n • Playing a key role in analysing the financial performance of the company's generating assets.\n, • Performing detailed Gross Margin actuals analysis, understanding the key drivers of performance and providing insightful analysis to support commercial decision making.\n, • Producing forward-looking margin forecasts, helping the business to understand future performance and identify key opportunities and risks.\n, • Working with large volumes of complex data, requiring a highly analytical approach and the ability to interpret detailed financial information effectively.\n, • Alongside the commercial responsibilities, you will undertake a range of regular FP&A activities.\n, • Provide financial insight, supporting the ongoing planning, forecasting and reporting requirements of the business.\n\n \n Ideally you will be an ACA/CIMA/ACCA qualified accountant with strong academic credentials and a highly analytical approach. This role would particularly suit someone making their first move from practice into industry, although this is not an essential requirement. First and foremost, we are looking for an individual who is exceptionally bright, commercially minded, driven and comfortable working in a challenging and fast-paced environment. \n \n This is an excellent opportunity for any CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualified accountant to develop a broad commercial finance skillset within a demanding and high-performing organisation. The role offers significant exposure to commercial decision making, complex financial analysis and forecasting, providing an excellent platform for future career \n \n \n \n \n \n Sharp Consultancy is a finance and accountancy recruitment specialist assisting accounting and finance divisions of businesses in the Yorkshire and Derbyshire area. With over 30 years' experience we pride ourselves on sourcing excellent finance professionals across all divisions of an accounts function. \n Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK full time without restriction. To apply please send your CV to the e-mail address stated, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications, we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within seven days, please note that on this occasion your application has not been successful.

We are working with a rapidly growing property development and investment group, the business is backed by substantial financial resources and a well-established family office, providing a strong platform for continued growth. As the business continues to scale, they are looking to appoint an ambitious Financial Controller who can take ownership of the finance function and develop into the group's Finance Director. The Opportunity You will be responsible for managing the day-to-day finance function while also acting as a key point of contact for investors, lenders and other senior stakeholders. The successful candidate will be expected to get involved, take ownership and become a key member of the senior management team. Responsibilities will include: Taking overall responsibility for the finance function Preparing management accounts, budgets, forecasts and cash flow projections Leading cash flow forecasting across a growing portfolio of developments Managing financial reporting across multiple SPVs Overseeing group consolidation and reporting Managing relationships with banks, lenders, investors and other external stakeholders Understanding and managing debt facilities and lender requirements Supporting funding proposals and development finance Working closely with the development and senior management teams Improving financial processes, controls and reporting as the group scales Managing and developing a finance team Aquisitions and disposals. This role would suit a highly motivated and ambitious qualified accountant from industry or practice who is looking to fast track into a Financial Director role. If you are interested in this FD Designate opportunity or would like any further information, please do not hesitate to contact Richard Warwick at IPS Finance. IPS Finance has 45 years experience in the Yorkshire accountancy recruitment market. We have built our business on long term relationships with both individuals and clients in all sectors, bringing real benefits to all concerned. Please visit the IPS Finance website to view the latest accountancy / finance and practice opportunities. TPBN1_UKTJ

Management Accountant Sewell Wallis is recruiting for a Management Accountant for a well-established B2B subcontracting business, supporting its divisional portfolio from the Group's Shared Service Centre in Harrogate. This is an excellent opportunity for a finalist or part-qualified accountant to join a collaborative finance team, take ownership of key management accounting responsibilities and play an active role in continuous process improvement, with strong progression and study support available. Alongside your standard month end reporting, you'll be heavily liaising with multiple entities to review processes, to ensure that all entity reporting is in line with the shared service centre/group expectations. Therefore, you'll need to be really confident with communicating across departments, managing stakeholders, and enjoy project work around compliance and process improvement. What will you be doing? Assist in the production of accurate and timely management accounts, ensuring they are completed to a high standard and within published timetables. Prepare, review and document monthly balance sheet reconciliations and quarterly VAT returns. Build and maintain effective relationships with divisional finance teams and other Group functions. Support external and internal audit requirements and year-end reporting, identifying opportunities to streamline annual processes into monthly tasks. Review and improve finance processes and controls, supporting the implementation of changes. Maintain, update and document appropriate procedure notes across areas of responsibility. Get involved in key projects across the Finance Team and wider Group.What skills are we looking for? CIMA/ACCA/ACA finalist or part-qualified. Experience of accounting processes in a large/high-volume organisation. A positive attitude and desire to take responsibility for an exceptional level of customer service provided by the finance team. Demonstrable ability to identify and implement continuous process improvement through project work. Ability to provide clear evidence of working to and meeting deadlines in a pressurised environment. Excellent attention to detail. Experience of influencing outside of your own team.What's on offer? Salary £35,000-£40,000 Healthcare Insurance Hybrid working - 3 days in the office. Parking available. 25 days annual leave + bank holidays Career progression opportunities. Study support and development.Send us your CV below, or contact Inci Evcil for more information. . 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

Sewell Wallis is recruiting for a Part-qualified Assistant Management Accountant for a well-established B2B subcontracting business, supporting its divisional portfolio from the Group's Shared Service Centre in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. This is an excellent opportunity for a finalist or part-qualified accountant to join a collaborative finance team, take ownership of key management accounting responsibilities and play an active role in continuous process improvement, with strong progression and study support available. Alongside your standard month end reporting, you'll be heavily liaising with multiple entities to review processes, to ensure that all entity reporting is in line with the shared service centre/group expectations. Therefore, you'll need to be really confident with communicating across departments, managing stakeholders, and enjoying project work around compliance and process improvement. What will you be doing? Assist in the production of accurate and timely management accounts, ensuring they are completed to a high standard and within published timetables. Prepare, review and document monthly balance sheet reconciliations and quarterly VAT returns. Build and maintain effective relationships with divisional finance teams and other Group functions. Support external and internal audit requirements and year-end reporting, identifying opportunities to streamline annual processes into monthly tasks. Review and improve finance processes and controls, supporting the implementation of changes. Maintain, update and document appropriate procedure notes across areas of responsibility. Get involved in key projects across the Finance Team and wider Group.What skills are we looking for? CIMA/ACCA/ACA finalist or part-qualified. Experience of accounting processes in a large/high-volume organisation. A positive attitude and desire to take responsibility for an exceptional level of customer service provided by the finance team. Demonstrable ability to identify and implement continuous process improvement through project work. Ability to provide clear evidence of working to and meeting deadlines in a pressurised environment. Excellent attention to detail. Experience of influencing outside of your own team.What's on offer? Salary £35,000-£40,000 Healthcare Insurance Hybrid working - 3 days in the office. Parking available. 25 days annual leave + bank holidays Career progression opportunities. Study support and development.Send us your CV below, or contact Jemima Vibert for more information. 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

Management Accountant Sewell Wallis is recruiting for a Management Accountant for a well-established B2B subcontracting business, supporting its divisional portfolio from the Group's Shared Service Centre in Harrogate. This is an excellent opportunity for a finalist or part-qualified accountant to join a collaborative finance team, take ownership of key management accounting responsibilities and play an active role in continuous process improvement, with strong progression and study support available. Alongside your standard month end reporting, you'll be heavily liaising with multiple entities to review processes, to ensure that all entity reporting is in line with the shared service centre/group expectations. Therefore, you'll need to be really confident with communicating across departments, managing stakeholders, and enjoy project work around compliance and process improvement. What will you be doing? Assist in the production of accurate and timely management accounts, ensuring they are completed to a high standard and within published timetables. Prepare, review and document monthly balance sheet reconciliations and quarterly VAT returns. Build and maintain effective relationships with divisional finance teams and other Group functions. Support external and internal audit requirements and year-end reporting, identifying opportunities to streamline annual processes into monthly tasks. Review and improve finance processes and controls, supporting the implementation of changes. Maintain, update and document appropriate procedure notes across areas of responsibility. Get involved in key projects across the Finance Team and wider Group.What skills are we looking for? CIMA/ACCA/ACA finalist or part-qualified. Experience of accounting processes in a large/high-volume organisation. A positive attitude and desire to take responsibility for an exceptional level of customer service provided by the finance team. Demonstrable ability to identify and implement continuous process improvement through project work. Ability to provide clear evidence of working to and meeting deadlines in a pressurised environment. Excellent attention to detail. Experience of influencing outside of your own team.What's on offer? Salary £35,000-£40,000 Healthcare Insurance Hybrid working - 3 days in the office. Parking available. 25 days annual leave + bank holidays Career progression opportunities. Study support and development.Send us your CV below, or contact Inci Evcil for more information. . 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