Finance Manager

Sewell Wallis; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing technology company in Sheffield is seeking a knowledgeable Finance Manager to support financial operations and strategic decision-making. The ideal candidate will possess strong commercial awareness, 5+ years of senior finance experience, and be a fully qualified accountant. This role offers the opportunity to help shape an innovative financial strategy within a fast-paced environment, with a temporary contract that may become permanent.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Opportunity to shape a new role

Temp to perm contract

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a senior finance role.
• Proven leadership of a finance function.
• Fully qualified accountant.

Responsibilities

• Support financial operations.
• Partner with internal teams.
• Contribute to budgeting and forecasting.
• Maintain reporting clarity and compliance.
• Shape financial systems for growth.
• Support team development and collaboration.
• Input into pricing and financial modelling.

Skills

Strategic thinker

Strong commercial awareness

Proven experience leading a finance function

Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)

Analytical mindset

Skilled negotiator

Confident communicator

Collaborative leadership style

Comfortable in a process-driven environment

Advanced user of MS Office and Xero

Tools

MS Office

Xero

Job description

Overview

Sewell Wallis is working with an ambitious and fast-scaling technology company, based in South Yorkshire, that's making a real impact across infrastructure and environmental sectors. With a unique platform already gaining traction, the business is expanding into new markets and building out its service offering - all with a clear focus on innovation, efficiency, and sustainability. As they enter a new phase of growth, they're looking to appoint a commercially minded Finance Manager, based in Sheffield, to help shape the financial strategy and support the leadership team. This is a newly created role with genuine scope - ideal for someone who thrives in agile environments and wants to be part of something transformative. This temporary role has the potential to be made permanent.

What will you be doing?

• Supporting financial operations across the business, ensuring processes and systems run smoothly
• Partnering with internal teams to enable effective project delivery and commercial decision-making
• Contributing to budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning activities
• Helping maintain clarity and control across reporting, compliance, and risk management
• Playing a role in shaping financial systems and controls to support growth
• Supporting the development of team members and encouraging cross-functional collaboration
• Providing input into pricing, benchmarking, and financial modelling for new opportunities

What skills are we looking for?

• Strategic thinker with a focus on long-term financial sustainability
• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to align financial decisions to strategic goals
• Proven experience leading a finance function, ideally 5+ years in a senior role
• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
• Analytical mindset with sound judgement under pressure
• Skilled negotiator with a pragmatic, solutions-led approach
• Confident communicator, able to translate complex financials for varied audiences
• Collaborative leadership style with a focus on team development
• Comfortable working in a process-driven environment
• Advanced user of MS Office and Xero

What's on offer?

• Working for a rapidly growing technology business
• Competitive salary
• To shape a brand new role into your own
• Temp to perm contract

Apply for this role below, or for more information, contact Jenny.

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.