Finance Manager

We are partnering with a well-established manufacturing business in North Bradford to recruit a Finance Manager. Following a recent acquisition, the company is seeking a Finance Manager to join the leadership team and play a pivotal role in shaping the business’s future.

• Report to the Finance Director and MD, leading, mentoring, and developing the finance team, including performance management.
• Oversee the preparation of accurate and timely financial statements, including P&L, balance sheets, and cash flow statements.
• Lead the month-end management accounts process.
• Provide financial analysis to support business planning and strategic decision-making.
• Manage the budgeting and forecasting processes, challenging assumptions and reviewing outputs with senior management.
• Partner with the senior leadership team to provide strategic financial guidance.
• Ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Design and implement financial controls, policies, and procedures.
• Manage year-end audits, VAT, PAYE, P11D, and corporate tax processes.
• Serve as the primary contact for auditors, banks, and external advisors.

• CIMA, ACCA, ACA, or equivalent professional qualification.
• Proven experience in a senior finance role, preferably within manufacturing.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to build, develop, and motivate teams.
• Excellent technical knowledge of compliance, governance, and reporting.
• Hands‑on, commercially aware, and strategically minded.
• Communication skills, confident engaging from shop floor to boardroom.
• Comfortable on‑site, demonstrating a collaborative and visible leadership style.
• Advanced Excel and IT skills, including pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, macros, etc.

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 . Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within seven days, please note that on this occasion your application has not been successful.