Financial Controller - Sewell Wallis : Job Details

Sewell Wallis is delighted to be working exclusively with a successful and fast-growing engineering group based in Barnsley to recruit a Financial Controller for their largest and most profitable division.

Based in South Yorkshire, this is a pivotal leadership role, taking full ownership of the financial management, strategy, and performance of a division generating approximately £60 million in turnover across four business units. You'll lead and develop a finance team of seven and play a key role in shaping the future direction of the business.

This is a great opportunity for a driven finance leader to join a thriving organisation and make a real impact at both a strategic and operational level.

What will you be doing?

• Oversee all financial operations, including reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and planning.
• Work closely with senior leaders to provide commercial insight and support strategic decision-making.
• Lead and inspire a high-performing finance team, fostering a culture of development and continuous improvement.
• Strengthen financial controls, processes, and systems across the division.
• Play a key role in driving business change and supporting growth initiatives.

What skills do we need?

• ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualified accountant.
• Strong technical foundation with commercial acumen.
• Proven experience as a Financial Controller, Head of Finance or Divisional Finance Director within engineering, construction, or manufacturing sectors.
• Adept at project accounting and solid understanding of WIP
• Confident communicator with excellent stakeholder management skills.
• Passion for improving processes and driving efficiency.

What's on offer?

• £80,000 salary
• Competitive bonus structure.
• Life Assurance.
• Health Insurance.
• 8% matched pension.
• Internal reward and voucher scheme.

Apply below or for more information, contact Kayley.

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.