Regional Finance Director
- Recruiter
- Hamilton Woods Associates
- Location
- England, Leicestershire, Leicester
- Salary
- £65000 - £70000 per annum + Bonus plus Benefits
- Posted
- 19 Oct 2020
- Closes
- 16 Nov 2020
- Ref
- JW-HWA-QS385
- Contact
- James Wood
- Job Title
- Finance Director
- Category
- Consultancy Services
- Experience Levels
- Qualified Accountant
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Regional Finance Director
£65,000 - £70,000 plus benefits
North Leicestershire
An exclusive opportunity to influence and lead a division within a strong, dynamic business. They need a strong Finance Director to manage a large finance team with the remote working challenges that approach us all in this present day. This is a perfect opportunity for a commercial and technically astute Financial Controller/Head of Finance (with experience of managing large teams) that is ready for that next step.
The ideal person will have a technical finance background in order to deliver the year-end statutory accounts and manage the Auditors. This will also be combined a commercial acumen and the type of entrepreneurial spirit that makes a person want to understand every corner of a business and where it can be improved.
Reports: Transactional Finance Manager & Commercial Finance Manager
DUTIES:
- Accurate, on-time monthly management accounts
- To ensure monthly balance sheet reconciliations are completed in a timely manner, ensuring accuracy and completeness
- Compliance aligned with the company accounting manual and revenue recognition policy
- Implement best-practice improvements aligned with the group finance transformation project and a standardised global way of working within the business.
- To manage both the interim and final statutory audits across all group companies filed on time with no cost over-runs and minimal adjustments
- Completion of tax packs and related corporation tax requests
- Internal audit compliance
- Management of VAT / TOMS compliance
- Tidy up of legal entity structure and closure of dormant legal entities
- Management of the Finance Team
- Identification of talent and personal development plans for the team
- Monthly accurate forecasting of P&L and Cashflow
- Providing insightful data to allow improved decision making
- Management of project accounting, including deferred and accrued revenue
- Working Capital Management and driving improvement processes
- Working with peers to identify and implement best practices
- Review of FX risk and implementation of actions to mitigate any risk
- Finance standard operating procedures are up to date and processes/controls are mapped
- Active member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Any other projects as and when requested
IDEAL CANDIDATE: - The successful Regional Finance Director will ideally have the following:
- ACA, ACCA or CIMA/ACMA qualified with at least 5+ years, demonstrable experience operating within a senior finance position
- Understand the company vision and values and always apply their principles
- Proficient in the use of the Microsoft Offices suite of applications
- Must have an excellent eye for detail and is self-driven
- Excellent communicator
- Treasury accounting experience preferred
- Previous team management experience is preferable