Group Finance Manager

Salary/Rate:£40000 - £45000 per annum + hybrid
Job type:Perm
Location:Barnsley, South Yorkshire

About the Role

Sewell Wallis are working with a dynamic and growing business based in Barnsley. This is an opportunity to oversee a team focusing on transactional finance whilst being instrumental to the strategy of future growth and prospective expansion.

What will you be doing?

  • Lead and manage the transactional finance team.
  • Oversee all divisional accounting functions, including accounts receivable, payable and payroll.
  • Foster cross-departmental collaboration by attending and leading meetings derived from finance reporting.
  • Drive profitability and cash flow improvements through strategic planning and implementation.
  • Ensure compliance with statutory requirements across sales, costs, and payroll functions.
  • Identify and recommend operational and system changes to improve efficiency and data integrity.
  • Mentor and develop the finance team, promoting a culture of excellence and accountability.
  • Support the production of audited financial statements and ensure the timely application of annual uplifts.
  • Deliver insightful reporting to the Senior Management Team and the Board.

What skills do you need?

  • People management/supervisory experience
  • Experience in improving efficiencies and procedures
  • Experience in cashlow and financial reporting
  • Excel

What's on offer?

  • The chance to develop into a full management role
  • A growing business with the opportunity to develop and progress
  • Hybrid working
  • The opportunity to influence strategic decisions for future growth of the business

Send us your CV below or contact Hannah Sharp for more information.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.

Job ref: HS/5509Post Date: 14.01.25

Meet Our Recruiter

Hannah Sharp

Hannah Sharp

Associate Director | Part-Qualified and Newly Qualified Finance

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