Sewell Wallis is recruiting for a Head of Finance and Commercial for a South Yorkshire public sector organisation based in Sheffield. This is a senior leadership role reporting into the Executive Leadership Team, responsible for shaping financial strategy, driving commercial performance and ensuring strong financial governance across the organisation.
What Will You Be Doing?
Leading and developing the finance and commercial team, driving engagement and improvement
Delivering financial strategy, annual budgets and strategic advice to the CEO and ELT
Producing accurate reporting, forecasting and financial models for ELT and Board decisions
Ensuring compliance with statutory requirements, audit standards and government frameworks
Overseeing annual accounts, external audit, procurement and commercial policy compliance What Skills Are We Looking For?
Fully qualified accountant (ACA, CIPFA, ACCA or CIMA) with senior-level experience
Proven leadership capability with experience developing high-performing teams
Strong strategic thinker with the ability to deliver operational excellence
Skilled in budgeting, costing models and financial analysis
Excellent communicator with strong collaboration skills and commitment to inclusionWhat's on Offer?
Hybrid working- 2 days per week in the Sheffield office
25 days annual leave rising to 30 with service, plus bank holidays
Option to purchase up to 5 additional days of annual leave
Award-winning inclusive culture with staff networks, social events and forums
Pension scheme, life insurance, employee recognition scheme and cycle to work scheme Apply below, or for more information, contact Jenny
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