The Role
1. Provide leadership to the companies finance department with direct responsibility for a team of 5.
2. Support the Senior Management team in business planning, forecasting and creating and managing budgets .
3. Define, implement and oversee procedures for the finance department.
4. Use financial modelling to simulate potential scenarios.
5. Perform financial analysis on the company to predict and manage financial health.
6. Monitor spending and create budgets.
7. Ensure adherence to national and international financial regulations .
8. Oversee the company’s payroll and bookkeeping system.
9. Work with financial institutes and represent the company in these meetings.
10. Work closely with the vehicle manufacturer, presenting data and information as required.
11. Support the company’s 3 dealership sites.
The Candidate
12. Our ideal candidate will be educated to degree level (or equivalent) in the area of accountancy, maths, economics or business .
13. Ideally you will hold a professional Accountancy qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA or similar.
14. Preferable is an exposure to a dealership environment, this could be automotive, commercial vehicle or off-highway.
15. Previous experience in a Finance Director, Director of Finance, Head of Finance or a Group Finance role.
16. A strong presenter, able to deliver financial information to different audiences.
17. Previous experience of managing a team.
18. Experience across different accounting and business software. Our client uses IFS, previous experience of this would be an advantage.