Finance Manager

Elite Talent Resourcing Ltd; Northampton; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading provider in the Plumbing industry seeks a Finance Manager for their Northampton office. This pivotal role involves providing finance support to the sales team, conducting KPI analysis, and reporting directly to the Commercial Finance Director. The ideal candidate will hold an advanced degree in finance and possess strong leadership and analytical skills. In return, a long-term career opportunity along with a competitive salary and benefits is offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Excellent company benefits

Qualifications

• Proven commercial and analytical experience.
• Qualifying accountant status is required.
• Experience in a financial role with leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Ensure finance support and challenge to the Sales Board.
• Work with leadership to maximize opportunities and mitigate risk.
• Lead the finance team and agenda forward.

Skills

Confidence in building relationships

Advanced degree in accounting or finance

Superior mathematical skills

Leadership skills

Excellent communication skills

Attention to detail

Analytical and problem-solving skills

Education

Advanced degree in accounting, business, economics, finance

Job description

Elite Talent Resourcing have been engaged by a leading provider in the Plumbing industry to source aFinance Managerfor their office based in Crick on a permanent basis.

Reporting directly to Commercial Finance Director, this is an excellent opportunity for the right individual to take ownership for the finance support and challenge to the Sales Board through provision of business insight and KPI analysis in order to drive an improvement in their performance. You will support the leadership teams to maximise opportunities and mitigate business risk. You will have regular exposure to board level stakeholders and have excellent visibility within the business.

Main duties and responsibilities for the Finance Manager:

• Key finance role working alongside the Sales Director and his leadership team to ensure they deliver business growth.
• Work together with both finance and non-finance teams in supporting and advising in the strategic operationaldecision making that drives better business decision making.
• responsible for ensuring financial update and challenge in all monthly and quarterly board meetings, the link between the operations team and finance function.
• The Finance Manager will take complete responsibility for providing insight and challenge to the sales team to drive improvement in both sales and margin performance.
• Drive best practice in controls within the sales team ensuring compliance to internal controls and recommend changes to reduce risk.
• Accountable for providing Insight on Customer Behaviour as well as improved MI to the Sales Board.
• Responsible for the delivery of core finance processes, such as budget and forecasts.
• The Finance Managers role, as required, will also provide the financial leadership to both division wide programmes and projects along with finance development projects.
• Lead the development of a BI tool to provide the sales team management information to make better decisions.
• Actively driving the finance team and agenda forward
• Lead develop and mentor your direct reports as well as the wider finance team within a fast-paced environment.

The ideal Finance Manager:

• You will need to have confidence in your ability to enable you to build strong relationships with the salesteams, working with your team to turn data into insight to drive the business forward
• Advanced degree in accounting, business, economics, finance, or a related field; with several years of experience in a finance role
• Superior mathematical skills;
• Leadership skills and experience
• Employee management;
• Understanding of data privacy standards
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Public speaking skills; deep understanding of business principles and practices
• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent organisational and planning skills with multi-tasking abilities
• Research and analytical and problem-solving skills

To be considered, you’ll need to be a qualified accountant with proven commercial and analytical experience. Most importantly, you will be ambitious and be keen to learn and develop. In return, we can offer you a long-term career opportunity to progress through the organisation, alongside a competitive salary and excellent company benefits.

To discuss this role in further detail please apply and submit your most up to date CV or alternatively contact us on the details below.

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