Chief Financial Officer

SF Search Partners; West Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

SF Search Partners are seeking a technically proficient and commercially capable Chief Financial Officer for a Midlands-based group. You will report to the board, overseeing management accounts, statutory reporting, tax, regulatory reporting and cash flow management.

You will lead consolidation for overseas subsidiaries, manage treasury activities, and work closely with subsidiary accountants UK and abroad, communicating across the boardroom and shopfloor.

Qualifications

• Technically focussed finance leader with ACA / FCA Qualification, having come from an audit background.
• Experience of working for a large scale, multinational organisation.
• Strong technical group consolidation experience; understanding of consolidation accounting including overseas subsidiaries and associates.
• Treasury experience; understands how to process and account for complex foreign exchange contract.
• Background of working within a long-term contract business, ideally within the manufacturing / engineering industry – IFRS15 knowledge ideal.
• Knowledge of corporation tax; cash flow forecasting and quarterly instalments.
• High level MS Excel skills – pivots, index match and look up functions.

Responsibilities

• Produce timely and accurate group management accounts and statutory financial reporting.
• Oversee tax, regulatory reporting and cash flow management.
• Work with UK and overseas subsidiary accountants and communicate from boardroom to shopfloor.
• Engage with audit committee, auditors and external stakeholders.
• Liaise with internal peers across the business to support financial governance.

Skills

MS Excel

Team leadership

Communication with boardroom

Education

ACA / FCA Qualification

Job description

SF Search Partners are currently working with a marketing leading manufacturing business in search for a technically savvy but commercially capable Chief Financial Officer to join their group in The Midlands.

The Role

As CFO, you will report directly to the board and the audit committee and will have overall responsibility for the production of timely and accurate group management accounts, statutory financial reporting, tax, regulatory reporting and cash flow management.

The role requires a strong ability to work as part of a team and to be able to offer help and support to the subsidiary accountants both in the UK and Overseas, as well a capable of communicating effectively from the boardroom to the shopfloor.

The role will involve excellent exposure to all subsidiary directors and finance teams, and with personal credibility will require wide-ranging relationship building with internal peers and external stakeholders (audit committee, auditors etc).

The Person

The successful CFO will have the following:

• Technically focussed finance leader with ACA / FCA Qualification, having come from an audit background
• Experience of working for a large scale, multinational organisation
• Strong technical group consolidation experience; understanding of consolidation accounting including the accounting for overseas subsidiaries and associates
• Treasury experience; understands how to process and account for complex foreign exchange contract
• Background of working within a long-term contract business, ideally within the manufacturing / engineering industry – a working knowledge of IFRS15 would be ideal
• Knowledge of corporation tax i.e., cash flow forecasting and calculating quarterly on account tax instalments
• High level MS Excel skills – including pivots, chart production, index match and look up functions

Location

Whilst Midlands based, the business has manufacturing operations globally - you would only be needed in The Midlands between two and three days a week.