North East Finance Jobs

Manchester, Greater Manchester | Permanent

£40000 - £45000 per annum

Sellick partnership has been engaged to recruit a Group Commercial Finance Analyst for a fast moving, highly acquisitive, PE backed entrepreneurial service based business based in Cheshire. This exciting opportunity is a newly created, broad and all-encompassing role reporting into the Group Commercial Finance Director. We are looking for a self-motivated and commercially strong individual to immerse yourself within all areas of the business and to add value and have an impact in the pivotal success of the business. The role Working closely with the business divisions in providing genuine commercial insight and analytical support, you will have great exposure with all areas of the business; working closely with the non-finance teams, aiding them in making sound conclusions following your analysis. Your main remit will be to provide in depth financial and commercial planning/reporting to key stakeholders and to ensure that they maximise the performance and drive initiatives for profitable growth. You will provide decision support to the sales and marketing teams by interpreting their performance and undertaking any further analysis to understand drivers of variances to plan and help drive revenue growth. In addition, you will also provide support to the operations side of the business by providing ad-hoc financial modelling / analysis to support insight and recommendations and look for ways to constantly develop management information either by building on existing processes, or where appropriate, by working with new and automated solutions (QlikView / NPrinting). The role holder will act as an integral part of the senior management team who will seek opportunities to add commercial insight and value through challenging on all aspects of their expenditure for cost effectiveness, sales channel profitability, return on investments, new propositions etc. The person The successful applicant will ideally be ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified either making their first move from practice (top4) or coming from a similar role and being able to demonstrate your commercial awareness to enable a focus on both revenue and margins to really drive commercial benefit and add value to the financials. 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. You will have strong Excel skills with experience of using Vlookups, Sumifs, pivot tables and graphs coupled with the ability to present data in meaningful formats. This means that you will have a high attention to detail with an analytical approach to working, be self-motivated with a proactive attitude and a strong sense of autonomy and have experience of working with / partnering teams outside of core finance. Aside from the kind of structure you might expect form a world-class, high achieving business, you can also expect clear measurables for professional development, training opportunities, regular team meetings, sharing of annual business goals, and industry talks - not to mention an environment where your contributions are recognised and rewarded. My client is innovative and encourages ideas; and ambition is at the very heartbeat of what they do. 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.

Manchester, Greater Manchester | Permanent

£65000 - £75000 per annum

Sellick Partnership has been engaged to recruit a Senior Finance Manager for a highly successful and instantly recognisable retail business based in Manchester City Centre. This position/team plays a critical role in their growth transformation with specific focus around the financial understanding to implement this strategy. You will be looking at strategic decisions presented by the group and appraising these based on certain factors. You will work closely with the wider business to understand and explain the viability of business direction. This will include business partnering to manage their expectations in relation to the actual outcome of each and every investment proposal (c£300m per annum capital budget). As a senior finance manager, you will lead a team to provide support and commercial advice on new store acquisitions and other capital projects. With a keen eye for detail, you will critically evaluate and challenge investment proposals and business cases to ensure the highest standard at all times. If you have the experience and great analytical skills, the business can offer you the opportunity to build your profile that puts people at the heart of its strategy. In this role, you will support the business in end-to-end decision making. You will partner with colleagues across commercial, retail operations, logistics, and marketing assessing the profitability of strategic investment decisions. The role requires a self-motivated and focused person who will quickly establish themselves as a key contact challenging the status quo and striving for best practice. We are looking for a versatile individual who is able to liaise with both finance and non-finance stakeholders to gather the information they require to correctly appraise projects. Building a wider communication network would offer you an unprecedented opportunity to see the business at a higher level. Key Responsibilities challenge investment decisions at executive level influence and challenge senior partners in the property team to understand where best to invest understand how the capital investment programme supports the strategic goals and ensure those goals are delivered continually review and develop the current governance process and appraisal techniques develop advanced modelling techniques using robust financial analysis create new tools and insight to improve the quality and pace of appraisals provide a platform to enhance cross functional working, applying best practice across finance lead, guide and direct a high performing team The Person The successful applicant will be a proactive, fully qualified Accountant (ACA, ICAS, ACCA or CIMA) with extensive experience within a similar role where you have reinvented / reengineered processes from a transactional level to a strategic one. You will have experience in building successful working relationships with partners and senior leaders, confidence in presenting insight to different audiences and have proven leadership qualities in motivating a team of talented and skilled professionals. Ideally you will have experience of investment appraisals, however, if you show a strong commercial acumen coupled with a finance background we would love to hear from you. You will have a high level of analytical skills with a real ability to translate numbers and complex data sets into meaningful insight coupled with an inquisitive nature with a real ability to engage, challenge and influence colleagues at all levels. You will have confidence presenting your findings to different audiences and senior leaders. 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, 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.

Stockport, Greater Manchester | Permanent

£40000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits

Sellick Partnership has been engaged to recruit a Commercial Finance Manager for a growing e-commerce and publishing business in South Manchester. As a key member of the finance team you will manage all commercial aspects including budgeting and forecasting. Managing the wider team you will maintain high levels of reporting and present this to key stakeholders within the business. Reporting directly into the Finance Director, you will manage a Commercial Analyst, Group Accountant and Sales Ledger, looking to continuously improve their reporting. This is a truly commercial role which will give you the opportunity to add value in a unique way. You will be the key point of contact for heads of department and directors in explaining complex financial data in easy to understand presentations. Responsibilities: * Manage the budgeting and forecasting for the wider business * Lead on a transformation project and restructure, helping more junior candidates to develop their skill set * Assist the wider executive team in producing business plans based on key financial reports * Analysing current market trends and competitor analysis to provide comparisons against the business growth * High level financial reports and analysis based on more junior reports created by the financial analyst The person The successful applicant will be a fully qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA/ICAS) coming from a similar role, ideally with experience within the e-commerce industry. You will ideally have management experience within a SME business. Due to the nature of this position it is necessary that the successful individual is able to liaise with multiple stakeholders and present complex financials in a simplified way. You should have a high level understanding of financial impacts and therefore be able to offer advice on how best to steer the business in order to achieve key milestones. Sellick Partnership is a market-leading professional services recruitment specialist operating across the UK. Over the years we have built up an enviable relationship with employers and our expert team of consultants boast up-to-date market knowledge and a strong reputation making Sellick Partnership best placed to help you. 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 48 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.