Sharp Consultancy has been retained by our client, an instantly recognisable leader within their market who are embarking on a key recruitment process to find a best-in-class Chief Financial Officer to drive the business into its next stage of significant growth and development.

Following a period of sustainability across a challenging trading climate, attentions are now focused towards growth, investment and development of a culture that can drive the business towards new heights and provide sustained profitability, growth and further market success.

As the business embarks on this growth, a key appointment will be the successful recruitment of a new CFO to lead the finance function and to integrate new processes and better business critical information.

You will be a C-suite team member with leadership responsibility for finance relationships both within the business and externally.

You will be the main lead across the finance team through day-to-day activities, finance strategy and business partnering. Leading the organisation in financial discipline, cost focus, production efficiency and profit maximisation.

Key Responsibilities

Leading all aspects of finance strategy.
Stakeholder management both internally including managing the dynamics of an owner-managed business alongside wider financial relationships (Banks, Finance providers and Credit institutions)
Leadership of finance team - 4 direct reports and total team of 10.
Accountable for monthly management accounts, including presentation to exec team.
Leading statutory and financial reporting.
Ownership of regulatory compliances
Leading a complex costing and revenue system, working closely with operations.
Leading cash management and forward cash planning. Treasury mitigation including FX and Energy Hedging.
Ownership of finance ERP system including working with the ongoing implementation of Microsoft Dynamics.
Accountable for Budgeted and Forecasting processes
Ensuring the business has the right information for decision making and driving an ROI culture.
Determining required finance change projects and ensuring delivery.
Recruiting and developing for a business partnering ethos across the organisation and delivering the right information to drive profit improvement/cost reduction.
Providing coaching and development to finance team.
Ensuring the control environment is best practice.

Specific qualifications required for the role:

Fully qualified Accountant, preferably Chartered (ICAEW/ACA)
Extensive PQE
Strong experience of manufacturing industry at CFO or FD level

Skills, attributes & knowledge required

Statutory reporting and management of audit process
Tax compliance and planning
Budget / Forecast preparation
Liquidity planning & management
Cost accounting skillset in a manufacturing environment
Business partnering and commercial support
Systems development
Team leadership and coaching
Recruitment & succession planning

Personal qualities

Board level leader
Strong leadership skills
Technical excellence in finance disciplines
Commercialism
Communication
Change management
Organisation of others, including development
Influencing other senior leaders
Personal resilience
A ‘Hands on’ approach

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