Interim Senior Finance Manager - FP&A

Sewell Moorhouse Recruitment; Harrogate; Hybrid; GBP 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company based in Harrogate is seeking a Senior Finance Manager - FP&A on a 12-month fixed term contract. The position involves managing budgets, forecasting, and financial reporting while working closely with divisional finance teams. The ideal candidate will hold a qualification such as ACA, CIMA, or ACCA, and will possess excellent analytical and IT skills. The company offers hybrid working options and an attractive salary package.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Hybrid working

Modern offices

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in a similar role.
• Qualified accountant (ACA/CIMA/ACCA).
• Excellent IT skills including Advanced Excel.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of the Group's budgets and forecasts.
• Produce key internal reporting documents for financial planning.
• Lead the roll-out of the Group's new forecasting and budgeting tool.

Skills

Financial Planning

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial Analysis

Advanced Excel

Leadership

Education

Qualified Accountant (ACA/CIMA/ACCA)

Tools

PowerBI

Vena

Job description

Sewell Wallis are partnering with a fantastic business based in Harrogate as they looking to recruit a Senior Finance Manager - FP&A on a 12 month fixed term contract. This is an extremely financial solid business that continues to grow through acquisition. With many planned acquisitions on the horizon during this period they are seeking an experience financial planning and analysis manager to support them during this exciting time.

This company is based in Harrogate and offers hybrid working. They would ideally like 3 days in the office however can consider 2 days for the right person.

What will you be doing?

• Ownership of the Group's budgets and forecasts - building in controls to ensure they are robust and flexible, ensuring they can handle future developments to the business structure.
• Production of the key internal reporting documents in respect of financial planning, including PowerPoint presentations for board-level consumption eg Annual budget and key re-forecasts.
• Work closely with the Divisional Finance teams and non-Finance stakeholders to continuously monitor progress against forecast/budget, understand variances and re-assess the forecast as necessary
• Forecast and reconcile of key financial measures monthly including net debt, working capital, free cashflow and capital expenditure
• Model and track compliance with the Group's banking covenants and produce quarterly reporting to the banking syndicate.
• Ownership of the Group's going concern assessments and impairment reviews to assist with the Group's yearly and half-yearly reporting - including liaison with the Groups auditors
• Continually review the Groups financial performance for trends, issues and opportunities and advise the Central Finance Director and CFO in a timely manner
• Lead the roll-out of the Group's new forecasting and budgeting tool, Vena, which has been built and configured, and ensure continuing engagement and leading on system improvements to ensure fit for purpose.
• Be a key driver of the Group's move to enhanced BI reporting, particularly via PowerBI.
• Lead the Finance input of ad-hoc projects that require financial modelling, including M&A opportunities and strategic initiatives, working closely with the Central Finance Director and CFO.

What skills do we need?

• The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate experience in a similar role. Experience gained in a contractual recurring revenue business desirable, but not essential.
• This role requires a qualified accountant (ACA/CIMA/ACCA).
• Excellent IT skills (Advanced Excel) including demonstrable experience in designing forecast models
• Experienced manager and mentor of people

What's on offer?

• Salary of £95,000
• Private medical insurance
• Hybrid working
• Fantastic modern offices

Apply for this role below or for more informtion contact Kayley.

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.