Head of Finance

An outstanding opportunity has arisen for a Head of Finance based in Sheffield. Sharp Consultancy are working in partnership with a well-established market leader as they continue to grow across the UK, in particular new regions and have earmarked this role as a key addition to enable greater growth across key commercial projects and decisions including wider investment through M&A based projects.

The role will take full control of the financial leadership process including business partnering and you will lead a small team of specialists, working across all levels and departments within the analysis and development process. You will represent the business at stakeholder, client and third party meetings with significant responsibility for investment projects, capex, business case reviews and delivery against deadlines in particular cashflow forecasting.

You will possess a strong technical background as well as experience within modelling, forecasting, budgeting and project management and be comfortable leading at a senior level with excellent communication and influencing skills. You must be a qualified accountant, preferably Chartered and be experienced within a business partnering environment providing key commercial support. You may not necessarily have worked at a head of or management level but you will have the necessary gravitas to lead others and be comfortable reporting into a group FD with exposure to the group CEO and CFO and business board members.

Any experience of high growth / fast growth environments would be advantageous. Sharp Consultancy is a finance and accountancy recruitment specialist assisting accounting and finance divisions of businesses in the Yorkshire and Derbyshire area. With over 30 years' experience we pride ourselves on sourcing excellent finance professionals across all divisions of an accounts function. Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK full time without restriction.

To apply please send your CV to the e-mail address stated, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications, we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within seven days, please note that on this occasion your application has not been successful.