Consultants

Leeds | Permanent

£45000 - £50000 per annum

Finance Business Partner Location: Leeds (hybrid working) Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 Duration: Permanent Sellick partnership has been engaged to recruit a Finance Business Partner / Commercial Finance Analyst for a successful PE backed business based in Leeds. This is a truly great commercial and value adding role where you are able to immerse yourself within the company and gain great exposure at a key time in their strategic plan. The role reports directly to the Head of Commercial Finance in providing clear and robust value add reporting and insights to the Operations team and field business partners, which drive performance improving actions and decision making. You will be tasked to model complex problems and business scenarios, and deliver compelling story telling across performance reporting. Furthermore, you will build, engage and deliver the Strategic Finance Plan, Budgets and Forecasts for supported area, through quality stakeholder management. A full job specification is available. The successful applicant will be a qualified Accountant (ACA or ACCA or CIMA) who is making their first move from practice (top4) or coming from a similar commercial analyst role. The role requires an ambitious and proactive individual who enjoys applying a strong commercial focus, with the ability to build robust and productive relationships, providing support and challenge across all functions and liaising with senior management. We are looking for someone with sparkle, drive & energy to come in and really drive some significant improvement. The individual in this role needs to have strong analytical skills, business partnering and influencing skills in order to be a success in a complex area of the business with multiple stakeholders. You will have a creative and innovative approach to problem solving and analysis; delivery orientated - able to work in pressurised environments, meet multiple deadlines and manage own priorities. You will also be able to demonstrate business acumen and ability to gain knowledge across the breadth of a variety of functions. Good communication skills - able to translate financial information and create successful business relationships. You will also be able to take a 'big picture' view with demonstrable internal consultancy and influencing skills, while possessing a keen eye for the detail. If you consider yourself to be a committed, motivated individual, who can demonstrate the above skills then we would be pleased to hear from you. If you would like to apply for this role or would like to find out more, please apply online or contact Jonathan Moss at Sellick Partnership on 0161 834 1642. Sellick Partnership is a market-leading professional services recruitment specialist operating across the UK. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances, including minorities and those with disabilities. Please note our advertisements use years' experience and salary levels purely as a guide. We are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role. If you do not hear from us within 72 hours please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. For information on how your personal details may be used by Sellick Partnership, please review our data processing notice which can be found in the footer on our website

Leeds | Permanent

£60000 - £65000 per annum

Financial Planning Manager Salary: £60,000 - £65,000 Location: Leeds (hybrid working) Duration: Permanent Sellick Partnership has been assigned to recruit a permanent Financial Planning Manager for a very successful and instantly recognisable business based in Leeds. The business has outperformed their competitors over the past few years and will continue to do so by driving their strategic plan, delivering further improvements and changes that will make a real impact on the whole business. We are looking for someone who has a commercial finance background and looking for an opportunity to drive financial performance through planning and analysis. Reporting into the Senior FP&A Manager, you will play a key role in co-ordinating the delivery of clear and robust short, medium and long-term planning processes and driving regular analysis and insight across the business to aid decision making. This role is very much at the heart of Finance with the Exec board and Senior Leadership your key customers. The role is also accountable for setting the strategic direction of how the business leverages their Planning tool (Anaplan) within the business and ensuring it remains fit for purpose. General Responsibilities: Support in running the 1 year and strategic plan processes including top down target setting, review and challenge of numbers, understanding the narrative and preparation of associated Exec/Board presentations Proactively driving analysis to understand, evaluate, challenge and improve performance, reviewed as part of the monthly Board meetings Utilising data visualisation tools to interpret trends within financial data, providing insight into monthly performance reviews Adhoc projects as required - these are strategic and cross-functional in nature requiring co-ordination across multiple stakeholders Build strong relationships & demonstrate your credibility when dealing with various internal business partners across all levels in finance and the executive teams. To get going quickly in this role, you will need to have significant experience as a qualified accountant, within a planning finance function ( FP&A ). We will look for you to show your planning and forecasting skills and how you've provided key insights that delivered results. So that you're able to fully understand the complexity of this business, you will ideally have great experience from a large, multi-site organisation. The person The successful applicant will be a qualified Accountant (ACA or ACCA or CIMA) who has strong experience in both large retail, multisite, leisure or FMCG industry. You will have evidence of having played a key role in Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) or financial reporting teams in a large, complex business and who is resilient and comfortable challenging and engaging internal business partners. Therefore, you will have to show experience of building and managing meaningful relationships with a variety of different stakeholders at all levels, as you will be challenging the status quo. You will have a fantastic opportunity to build your profile and land some great changes to the way they do business. The role requires an ambitious and proactive individual who enjoys applying a strong commercial focus, with the ability to build robust and productive relationships, providing support and challenge across all functions and liaising with senior management. If you consider yourself to be a committed, career driven professional who can demonstrate the above experience and who would welcome the stimulus of this commercial finance post then we would be pleased to hear from you. If you would like to apply for this role or would like to find out more, please apply online or contact Jonathan Moss at Sellick Partnership on 0161 834 1642.

Manchester | Permanent

£100000 - £130000 per annum

Financial Director Salary: £100,000- £130,000 Location: Manchester New and exclusively retained assignment to partner a division of a reputable and market leading global manufacturing business. Sellick Partnership has been engaged to recruit an ambitious and driven Finance Director as part of the senior leadership team to drive the strategic plan and continue the growth trajectory and performance. Based in Manchester, this is a broad and all-encompassing role which exposes you to a wide variety of global stakeholders in the business. Reporting into the Group CFO and working closely with the Divisional MD, you will play a major part in the company's strategic planning process and decision making. You will lead a team that is accountable to produce all the Financial and Management Accounts, timely strategic and operational financial information to support the business plan and the evolving needs of the business (UK & EMEA regions). You will be focussed on delivering and implementing strategies to provide financial management and support operations, work as part of the UK & EMEA senior leadership teams in providing genuine commercial insight and aid in making sound conclusions to ensure that performance is maximised and to drive initiatives for profitable growth. A full job specification is available but below is a brief overview of general duties:- Work with the leadership team to support business development activity and expansion Lead business and financial strategy and planning, monitoring, management reporting. Preparation of value add commentary with explanations for the key movements Build close links with the Operations and Sales functions and broader teams to develop, implement and control the regional plans in support of the Group's overall strategy Work with colleagues to develop and implement analysis based investment decisions in allocating both capital and operational resources Carry on the required activities in the implementation of the new ERP system. Review people and processes within the Finance function. Ensure that best practice is adopted to establish a faster, more efficient service with a 'right-first-time' concept Financial Analysis and Modelling of proposals (e.g. Capital Expenditure, new contracts, acquisitions, disposals, restructuring etc.) Responsibility for the Finance Department, including production of monthly Management Accounts, Annual Financial Accounts (including Statutory Accounts & legal entity requirements relating to treasury & taxation). The successful applicant will be a qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with experience in a similar role within a manufacturing business (ideally HVAC). You will be commercially astute, and able to identify key trends, risks and opportunities within the business. A proven track record of driving improvements and cost savings, experience of working in an environment of strict cash management, experience of multi-site operations, experience of implementing and integrating an ERP system, excellent negotiating and influencing skills, experience of managing change coupled with significant managerial experience is essential. You will have strong written and verbal communication skills, with continuous improvement in mind, and the ability to motivate oneself, and others, to deliver a high standard of work to agreed timetables, evaluate progress and implement corrective action. You must have strong analytical skills, be organised and able to present conclusions to support decision-making. If you consider yourself to be a proactive rather than reactive individual, committed, career driven professional who can demonstrate the above experience and who would welcome the stimulus of this finance post then we would be pleased to hear from you. If you would like to apply for this role or would like to find out more, please apply online or contact Jonathan Moss at Sellick Partnership on 0161 834 1642. Sellick Partnership is a market-leading professional services recruitment specialist operating across the UK. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances, including minorities and those with disabilities. Please note our advertisements use years' experience and salary levels purely as a guide. We are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role. If you do not hear from us within 72 hours please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. For information on how your personal details may be used by Sellick Partnership, please review our data processing notice which can be found in the footer on our website.