Head of Finance
hace 1 día
Alderley Edge
Head of Finance Based: Alderley Edge (some travel to South site monthly) Salary: circa £75k + bonus + car allowance + benefits including enhanced pension Whitaker Smith Recruitment are working with a rapidly scaling, international engineering business that’s investing heavily in the UK market & they’re now looking to appoint a who can truly take ownership of the UK businesses (circa £20m turnover & growing organically & through acquisition) This role will be hands on overseeing all areas of finance with strong focus on commercial decision-making and partnering directly with senior leadership to influence strategy with opportunity to become Finance Director in the next few years Role: • Deliver management accounts and reporting for UK entities whilst overseeing all accounting functions including general ledger, P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow, • Ensure compliance with IFRS, UK GAAP, and statutory reporting requirements, leading on UK audit liaising with external auditors and group, • Lead on annual audits, liaising with external auditors and Group Finance., • Support the Directors and SLT to develop budgets and forecasts, • Leading on business planning and financial modelling to support growth, • Provide financial analysis and insight to optimise EBITDA and drive operational performance., • Support the Directors in representing financial results and forecasts to group, • Lead capital-raising processes, working closely with Group Finance, banks and lenders, • Business partnering with Project Managers/Operations supporting with margin analysis, project profitability plans, WIP, job costings & forecasting, • Leading on financial integration of new acquisitions aligning financial processes, systems and reporting to UK & group, • Lead the future implementation of UK ERP and offering continuous process and system improvements/efficiences, • Leading a team ensuring their training & development at all times Experience: • ACA/CIMA/ACCA qualifies with at least 5 years post-qualified experience, • Proven experience as Financial Controller or Head of Finance within an SME, • Understanding of IFRS, budgeting, forecasting required, • Experience managing external relationships, • Exposure to project based accounting / CAPEX highly desirable, • Advanced Excel / financial modelling skills. Highly analytical & commercial, • Experience within manufacturing/construction/engineering highly desirable, • Comfortable with travel to UK site in the South monthly Please send your CV for immediate consideration!