Financial Controller

Sewell Wallis are partnering exclusively with a business in Leeds who are currently recruiting for a Financial Controller to join their UK Head Office team.

Our client is looking for a fully qualified Accountant, ideally ACA with with a demonstrable track record in developing robust financial controls and effective leadership from within a complex high growth environment.

Reporting to the Finance Director, this role will also play a key part in the SLT.

What will you be doing?

• Leading and developing a growing team based in Leeds
• Developing and producing insightful management reporting
• Improving financial processes and control
• Overseeing the execution of tax strategy and tax compliance activities
• Ensuring the new ERP system is embedded into the business
• Managing the external audit
• Ensuring adherence to accounting standards and statutory reporting requirements
• Leading the annual budget
• Financial due diligence
• Understanding and reporting financial and business risk
• Ad hoc project work

What skills do we need?

• Fully qualified Accountant, ideally ACA
• Excellent stakeholder management skills
• Strong technical knowledge of accounting standards and tax
• Self-motivated with experience of working in a dynamic and forward thinking business
• Strong leadership skills

What's of offer?

• Competitive salary plus car allowance
• Excellent benefits scheme
• Hybrid working
• Onsite parking

For further details please contact Emma Dugdale.

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.