Financial Controller

CRA Consulting; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

CRA Consulting is seeking a proactive Financial Controller based in Sheffield for a part-time position. This key role involves steering financial strategy, improving operations, and ensuring compliance within a collaborative and people-first culture. Ideal for candidates with strong leadership skills, you will manage a finance team and engage with external stakeholders while enjoying attractive perks such as a discretionary bonus and enhanced leave.

Benefits

Discretionary annual bonus

26 days of leave + birthday off

Enhanced pension contributions

Private medical insurance

Electric car vehicle scheme

Life and critical illness cover

Qualifications

• Track record in a senior finance role with leadership responsibilities.
• Confidence with external accountants and auditors.
• Experience in improving finance processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead finance team and oversee daily operations.
• Manage VAT returns and ensure legal compliance.
• Support budgeting and forecasting processes effectively.

Skills

Leadership

Financial Reporting

Communication

Problem Solving

Education

Professional accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

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My client is a leading award-winning professional services business based in Sheffield. They are market leaders in their industry, with an open culture where everyone is collaborative and has a “people first” attitude. Due to growth, they are looking to recruit a proactive and commercially minded Financial Controller: this is a hands-on leadership role where you will be steering financial strategy, improving systems, and ensuring the business works compliantly and efficiently. This role can be done part-time over three days. Leading a team of five, you will be responsible for:

1. Leading the finance team and overseeing day-to-day operations
2. Providing strategic guidance and support to the team on all finance-related matters
3. Overseeing month-end and year-end close processes, working with external accountants, and keeping up to date with accounting changes.
4. Managing and preparing VAT returns, PAYE Settlement figures, and other statutory obligations
5. Ensuring SRA compliance, including managing audits and keeping the SRA handbook up to date
6. Reviewing and managing deposit accounts to optimise interest while maintaining cash flow
7. Exploring ways in which currencies are managed, including if accounts cards are needed
8. Overseeing the debt management process
9. Responding to complex financial queries around tax withholding, sanctions, and regulatory issues
10. Supporting the budgeting and forecasting processes and ensuring reports are delivered clearly and on time
11. Looking for ways to make the team more efficient and ensure high performance across the board
12. Being the “go-to” person for anything finance-related, hands-on, proactive, and solutions-focused

The Person

1. Ideally, you will hold a professional accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
2. You will have a solid track record of experience in a senior finance role with team leadership responsibilities
3. You will be confident working with external accountants, auditors, and senior stakeholders
4. Excellent communication skills with the ability to present financial information clearly to non-finance stakeholders
5. Tech-savvy with experience of using finance systems and a mindset for process improvement
6. Highly organized with attention to detail
7. Knowledge of professional services would be ideal but not essential, as well as an understanding of COFA responsibilities

The Benefits

1. Discretionary annual bonus
2. 26 days of leave with your birthday off as an addition
3. Enhanced pension contributions
4. Private medical insurance
5. Electric car vehicle scheme
6. Life and critical illness cover

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Part-time

Job function

• Finance
• Accounting

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