The purpose of this role is to drive change and provide strong financial leadership. It will be a key role in providing effective financial planning, detailed budgets/forecasts, cash flow management and improving financial process and controls. You will set a vision for the department and drive both cultural and process change across the wider business in collaboration with the other Senior Managers.
You will be a qualified Accountant with a proven track record within a similar leadership finance role. Your background will ideally be within the manufacturing industry and specifically an SME environment where your role has been hands on and detail orientated. Exposure in a turnaround, transformation environment would be advantageous.
You will have a collaborative and proactive outlook and be comfortable working with senior stakeholders delivering financial information with succinct and commercial delivery. You will have strong financial reporting skills and proven ability to deliver under tight deadlines and balance multiple objectives sometimes with incomplete information. Experience of continuous process improvement and identifying inefficiencies would be desirable as well as the ability to add value through interpretation of financial data.
Above all, you will be an experienced candidate that can demonstrate examples of fixing processes to drive more efficient ways of working and of leading cultural change. You will be detail and deadline orientated with strong work and personal ethics and will be actively seeking a business partnering role. Excellent interpersonal, presentation and communication skills are essential as is the ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with staff at all levels. Experience of managing a larger transactional finance team, development of teams and mentoring would also be highly desirable.
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