abpm - Experts in Financial Recruitment

Description: ABPM as experts in Financial Recruitment have been asked to locate a Finance Business Partner for a business in the East Midlands. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a large multinational organisation as they go through a state of transition.

This role will undertake the following responsibilities;
To work with the customer to improve the finance reporting information.
Experience of creating, maintaining and improving current reporting data.
Not only identifying problems but proposing solutions as you work with other teams within the company.
Lead in the delivery of action orientated insight to the key stakeholders.
Entrench governance and controls within projects that different teams are managing.
Work across Finance to ensure that their objectives are delivered across the business

If this position would be of interest please get in contact with Phil Brindley quoting reference 1020223.

Qualifications Required: ACA, ACCA, ACMA

Description: ABPM as experts in financial recruitment have been appointed by a FTSE 100 type business in the East Midlands, who are seeking a Group Accountant to join them on a permanent basis.

Reporting to the financial controller this is a highly commercial role where you will be acting as a business partner and therefore a background in a commercial finance environment is beneficial.

Your main tasks will be as follows:
Oversee the annual budgeting process
Present to the board of directors
Delivery of financial forecasts
Group reporting
Reconcile cash flow forecasts
Business analysis and improvement projects

You must be a qualified accountant with knowledge of UKGAAP and IFRS and experience of group consolidation work. You must also have an energetic approach to work, be very analytical and have superb communication skills

If this role is of interest please apply, or contact Phil Brindley quoting reference PB 1020157.


Qualifications Required: ACA, ACCA, ACMA

Description: Finance Assistant - Wakefield - to £20,000 + Bens

A Finance Assistant is required to join my expanding Wakefield based client. The business is expecting to see significant growth over the next few years and they are looking to enhance and expand the finance team to deal with the extra demands expected of the team.

The primary duties of this role are to manage the returns and refunds process, which can often be quite complex and detailed. Some of the duties include;

Processing refund requests
Managing stock returns
Issuing receipts and refunds
Updating stock control and ledger systems
Liaising with internal and external customers
Resolving any issues that may arise
Producing returns analysis
Assisting the finance team during busy periods or covering holiday or sickness absence

The role will sit within the finance team and would suit someone with accounting or sales/purchase ledger experience who is considering a slight change of direction. There are a number of aspects to each return so you must be used to a process driven role.

The ideal candidate will be methodical, possess a keen eye for detail, used to managing a varied workload and have strong communication skills.


Qualifications Required:

Description: You'll know our name and you'll love our products and we've got plenty of ambition to go even further. We are on a journey to be one of the world's best family food businesses. Join us and you'll be part of a team who always show how much they care for what they do, taking full responsibility to deliver great quality and freshness to millions of people every day.

At Warburtons, family is at the heart of our business. The five generations of expertise that goes into making our bakery products allow us to continue a tradition of baking inherited over the past 135 years.

This newly created role will have you at the heart of the business as a senior member of the finance function with strong relationships supporting the Finance & IT Director and the Operations Director. As a key individual of the management team supporting the business, the essence of the role is to identify opportunities to deliver improvement strategies to maximise profit potential in line with agreed vision and objectives. The impact you will have upon the business will be through the leadership of the broader aspects of the operations finance team at Head Office and within the bakeries/distribution network, providing a robust platform of information from these areas to enable better operational decision making.

You will be a graduate qualified Accountant who has previously held the responsibility for leading finance teams across multi sites, delivered success in operationally facing roles within an FMCG or Distribution organisation. Your career must clearly display the strategic and commercial qualities that this role requires. You will excel in your role through the dynamic and responsive leadership of the central and the Site Finance teams with a total commitment to best practice and the highest standards of continuous improvement. It is expected that you will be conversant with the latest developments in business systems (SAP would be advantageous) and be confident in advising on strategy.

The successful individual will be inclusive in approach, an influential communicator, robust and totally committed to delivering their best at all times. Expectations are high and the ambition and determination to succeed should mirror those of the business.

To be considered for this exciting opportunity send your curriculum vitae in confidence, including remuneration details and a daytime telephone number quoting reference RA1020227 to our adviser Rej Abraham, Managing Director for a preliminary discussion.

All direct responses will be forwarded to ABPM Recruitment Ltd.

Job Reference: RA1020227
Contact: Rej Abraham
Phone: (44) 01509 678200


Qualifications Required: ACMA

Description: Financial Planning and Analysis Manager - £45,000-£55,000 + Car Allowance + Bens - Wakefield

A Financial Planning and Analysis Manager is required for my Wakefield based PLC client. Reporting to the Financial Director, this role will see you take financial responsibility for both the Commercial and Operational aspects of the business. You will have exposure to the wider group and be expected to make a significant impact in this business partnering role.

You will manage a small team, providing direction and driving the team and business forward. This is a fast paced business, you will ideally have similar experiences in a business partnering role and be comfortable liaising with various non-finance managers and presenting at board level. You must be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, ACMA) looking for a challenging and rewarding position. This role will create a great opportunity to make your mark within the business, providing a great platform for future development.

An ideal background will be someone from within FMCG, Retail or possibly a high volume manufacturing sector.

Qualifications Required:

Description: Senior Credit Risk Analyst / Credit Risk Manager - Central Bradford - To £36,000 + Bens

A Senior Credit Analyst or Credit Manager is required to join a successful and established financial services organisation and household name in central Bradford.

Joining a highly skilled team, this is an opportunity to take ownership of the full lifecycle development of new lending platforms, and make a significant contribution to strategy and customer credit policies.

If you have experience within a Credit role, and are looking to move into a challenging and rewarding environment as a key member of the team, we would like to hear from you.

Responsibilities would include:
- Define and support development of credit management policies and systems across the credit cycle for all products.
- Analysing credit decisioning systems and data
- Ensure that regular and comprehensive monitoring of existing and new tools is in place.
- Be responsible for providing analysis and insight into customer behaviour and credit performance in order to shape value-creating lending strategies.
- Ensure accurate and timely implementation to deliver business benefit.
- Identify and pursue opportunities that enhance the profitability and sustainability of the business by improving the decision tools and processes used in account management or collections.
- Recommending changes and gaining agreement for improvements in business strategies, processes or systems
- To help staff develop their skills through coaching and effective support
- Partner with key stakeholders from across the business to develop and execute co-ordinated, robust and coherent treatment strategies

We are looking for people who meet the following criteria:

- Strong analytical background - Data set manipulation, analysis and interpretation
- Good SQL skills with good business understanding (Strong skills in data manipulation)
- Knowledge of the Credit Risk life cycle
- Understanding of risk management and scorecard development
- Awareness of automated decisioning tools
- Experience in influencing stakeholders at all levels both internal and external.
- Strong problem solving skills
- Excellent communicator


Qualifications Required:

Description: ABPM as experts in Financial Recruitment have been asked to locate a Commercial Finance manager. This is a permanent opportunity based in the Nottingham. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a large multinational facilities management organisation. The purpose of the Commercial Finance Manager is to provide business partnering and commercial decision support to the different areas of the business.


This role will undertake the following responsibilities;

* Provide commercial decision support across all areas of the business
* Develop and maintain planning model and planning reference database
* Provide detailed analysis to understand business performance, highlighting risks and opportunities
* Coordinate planning outputs with the management team so targets and objectives are clearly communicated and understood
* Challenge all commercial decision making, ensuring deals deliver on profitability or market share
* Work closely with Manager to ensure actual and plan variances are fully integrated and understood
* Managing direct reports, take accountability for their development and career progression.


We are looking for people who can be commercially astute as well as have strong interpersonal skills. You must be ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified, not QBE or PQ. If this position is of interest please contact Phil Brindley or apply this position.



Qualifications Required: ACA, ACCA, ACMA

Description: ABPM as experts in financial recruitment have been appointed by a FTSE 100 type business in the East Midlands who are seeking a Group Accountant to join them on a permanent basis. Ideally candidates will be ACA Qualified and possess a couple of year's post qualified experience. The role would suit someone who has worked in practice and is looking to move into commerce, or someone who started their career in practice and a few years' experience within industry.

Your main tasks will be as follows:
Prepare annual Group consolidation and liaise as key contact with auditors
Assist with preparation of annual statutory accounts across the Group
Assist with preparation of Group tax computations
Assist with preparation of financial forecasts
Preparation of Group corporate brochure
Liaise with the Group Financial Controller on ad hoc Group projects
Project manage the implementation of UK GAAP/IFRS across the Group
Business analysis and improvement projects

You must be a qualified accountant with knowledge of UKGAAP and IFRS and experience of group consolidation work. You must also have an energetic approach to work, be very analytical and have superb communication skills

If this role is of interest please apply, or contact Phil Brindley.

Qualifications Required: ACA/ACCA/ACMA

Description: ABPM as experts in financial recruitment are assisting a major manufacturing group to identify a key member of the divisional management team of an established and growing consumer focused business.

Reporting to the Divisional Finance Director and supporting Site GMs, you will manage the Finance/Costing and Operations finance teams across the sites and support the finance & IT functions of the business units via the Site Finance Managers. Directly, you will be looking to maximise the operational efficiencies of these departments whilst complying with corporate and legislative requirements.Your remit will include the production and distribution of the statutory and management accounts and as such you must be prepared to roll up your sleeves. Key responsibilities will include - at a macro level and in association with your fellow heads of function - formulating the long term strategic and financial plans and at a micro level delivery of timely, accurate and insightful financial information.
You will be a IT literate, conversant with a major ERP system, qualified accountant who has a desire to use their core skills to develop their financial leadership skills at a management level. Your career will have been in the manufacturing sectors. The individual will need to be engaging and an excellent communicator who can demonstrate their ability to positively challenge and influence a successful leadership team.


Qualifications Required: ACMA ACA ACCA

Description: ABPM as experts in Financial Recruitment have been asked to locate a Finance manager for a logistics/distribution/warehousing organisation. This is a permanent opportunity based in the East Midlands. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a large organisation, which drives and pushes its staff to excel. If you are looking for an organisation where talent is identified and nourished, this is the right opportunity for you.
Ideally they are looking for experience in a top 10 practice, qualified accountant, with 2-4 years post qualification experience in a management accountant / finance manager position. You will be managing a team and reporting into the head of department. If you want to see your decisions make an impact on the business, this role is well placed for that exposure. People who are naturally commercial would excel in this environment.

This role will undertake the following responsibilities;

- Management of the team to ensure that all reports issued daily, weekly and monthly are distributed accurately and by the specific deadline set by the business.

- Providing commercial understanding and helping to communicate technical finance issues. The job holder will act as a key liaison between Finance and the business.

- Provide commercial support for projects and initiatives. The job holder will be the finance representative and will be required to provide commercial knowledge and financial support to the team as well as providing robust challenge and developing business case models that provide financial evaluation of the impact of change.

- Provide routine and ad hoc profit and cost analysis to better understand the profit drivers of the business. The role will be required to identify cost efficiencies that can drive performance. The job holder will also be required to perform add hoc data analysis to ensure understanding of full year out turn as well as delivering monthly reporting.

- Financial Planning - the job holder will be responsible for financial planning support to core elements of the business. The job holder will provide support to the business to build robust understanding of the Warehouse areas and use this to support development projects.

- People management, ensuring objectives and reviews are completed within the agreed timescale.

Person Specification (Skills, Knowledge and Aptitude required)
- CIMA, ACA, or ACCA qualified
- Strong Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access skills
- Excellent communication (verbal & written) and interpersonal skills
- Sharp commercial awareness and business modelling skills
- Attention to detail and ability to work to tight deadlines
- Self starter with drive and ambition to succeed
- Previous management experience required

If this position would be of interest please get in contact with Phil Brindley


Qualifications Required: ACA,ACCA,ACMA

Description: ABPM as experts in Financial Recruitment have been asked to locate an Internal Auditor. This is a permanent opportunity based in Nottingham. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a large international organisation, travelling Europe with this role. If you are looking for an organisation where talent is identified and nourished, this is the right place for you.

Successful applicants for the Internal Auditor post will be qualified accountants from a leading accountancy practice. Experience of working with large plc's is expected. This is a well know UK business with a fantastic reputation.

If this position would be of interest please get in contact with Phil Brindley


Qualifications Required: ACA, ACCA

Description: As result of some fantastic new wins my client is expanding its Audit Team at its offices in Nottingham. This national professional services firm (Top 4) has strong market presence in the world of assurance and business advisory.

As a newly qualified accountant or up to 5 years PQE, you will be undertaking a role where you will be given a great deal of responsibility and exposure to interesting/ varied clients and have the opportunity for progression This is a great opportunity to develop your career, there are a number of opportunities and a wide variety of skill sets is required.

Candidates should be qualified ACA or ACCA , either just qualifying or with up to 5 years PQE. Most importantly have recent experience of auditing both corporate and unincorporated business. Critically you should have a zest for work as well expect a fun and manageable lifestyle.



Qualifications Required: ACA, ACCA

Description: ABPM as experts in Financial Recruitment have been asked to locate an experienced and ACA/ACCA/CIMA Qualified Management Accountant professional, for a 12 month assignment. This opportunity is to implement various financial procedures and strategies in support of the corporate accounting team.
Key duties:

* Assist in the planning and production of statutory accounts.
* Analysis and implementation where necessary of Financial system amendments.
* Provide weekly and monthly management reports.
* Financial support in tendering processes.
* Improve management information and analysis on key commercial sectors and contracts.

Experience:
* ACA/ACCA/CIMA Qualified
* Possess excellent communication skills - verbal & written
* Driven, proactive and hands on
* Good understanding of contract accounting.
* Able to think on their feet / think laterally
* Proven organisation, passion & determination
* Excellent commercial acumen
* Strong MS office user, advanced excel skills

If this role is of interest please apply, or ask to speak to Phil Brindley.


Qualifications Required: ACA, ACCA, ACMA

Description: ABPM as experts in Financial Recruitment have been asked to locate an experienced ACA/ACCA/CIMA Qualified commercial accountant Professional for an opportunity to assist this FTSE100 Business. This is a fantastic opportunity to be involved in the day to day running of contracts and tenders with this facilities management company.

This particular opportunity is commutable from Lincoln, Grantham, Newark and Worksop.

Key duties:
Liaise effectively with stakeholders
Build & maintain rapport & relationships with all staff & stakeholders
Create open & honest methodology for all staff - Finance & Non-Finance
Review & implement policies, procedures & systems
Improvements to cashflow, supplier days, costings & inventory
Work with Senior Management Team/s influencing Key Decisions
Ensure key accuracy in Financial & Management Accounting
Ensure Budgets & Forecasts are reviewed & submitted effectively

Experience:
ACA/ACCA/CIMA Qualified
Experience of working for FTSE100 Company would be desirable
Proven experience of networking across business
Proven experience of working through to Senior Management & Boards of Directors
Possess excellent communication skills - verbal & written
Driven, proactive and hands on
Knowledge of working within a fast paced & pressurised environment
Able to think on their feet / think laterally
Proven organisation, passion & determination
IT - Excel and ERP Systems
Proven management & development of staff



Qualifications Required: ACA, ACCA, CIMA

Description: ABPM as financial recruitment experts are currently working with a international FTSE-250 Plc within the retail/FMCG sector.

The finance function is in the process of a positive change of direction and we are seeking a highly commercial accountant who will act as number two to the head of function. The role will be working cross-functionally in a number of strategic projects and you should have excellent commercial understanding and influencing skills through to director level. You will be supporting a number of non-finance business partners and you should be able to managing a number of priorities. Although the role currently has no direct line management responsibility you will be continually supporting the department head managing a team of commercial analysts therefore previous team management/mentoring skills would be desirable.

For this role it is essential you have experiance within the FMCG/retail space and you are fully qualified ACA/ACMA/ACCA

Qualifications Required: aca, acca, acma

Description: ABPM as experts in financial recruitment are assisting a leading acquisitive fast paced PLC Group undergoing significant transformation with this newly created position for a finance director.

Supporting the business unit managing directors and leading a high performance team, the role emphasis is on the provision of insightful and high quality commercially orientated financial decision support. As a key contributor to the development and execution of the short to long term strategic plan and as a key member of the senior leadership team, you will drive the delivery of the transformation programme and deliver via your team via planning, budgeting, forecasting, pricing and high level analysis.

The ideal candidate will be a commercially astute, qualified accountant with an exceptional background of successfully driving change that has directly impacted large numbers of the front line employees. This is a high profile appointment that offers tangible deliverables and rapid career progression within a highly acquisitive and expanding group.


Qualifications Required: ACA/ACCA/CIMA/ACMA

Description: Senior Purchase Ledger Clerk - Leeds - £19,000-21,000 + Bens

A Senior Purchase Ledger Clerk is required to join my East Leeds based client.

This is a stand alone role and you will be expected to process up to 800 invoices, deal with a small amount of sales invoicing and also some reporting duties. You will also be expected to introduce and monitor a number of systems and process to ensure the smooth running of the department.

You will have experience of working in a similar environment, possess a keen eye for detail whilst working at a fast pace. You will have good communication and IT skills and be looking for a challenging position.

Qualifications Required:

Description: ABPM as experts in financial recruitment have been retained by this entrepreneurial client in the recruitment of a Finance Director. At an exciting juncture in the business' evolution, the role is a statement of intent in terms of their growing ambitions and the need to enhance the strategic financial inputs to the leadership group. Already successful and well regarded in their market the role provides an exciting entry point to a business of proven potential.

The role sits at the heart of the leadership group alongside the Chief Executive and board members. The role of Finance Director 360 degree position with a key part to play in the creation of a new vision for the finance function of the group. The scale of the business means we require a proven board level FD. He/she will have the capacity to operate at a micro and macro level; understanding the importance of detail and take responsibility for reviewing the existing financial information thereby beginning the evolution of a new platform of management information that will enhance the decision making capability of the leadership group. In a statutory capacity you will be the main point of contact for internal financially lead initiatives and externally all bodies that interact with the business for financial, tax and legal matters.

To be considered for this role you will need to be a qualified chartered accountant with demonstrable expertise in leading the finance function through a time of change and project management skills. Although not pre-requisite a background in multi-site retail or distribution would be advantageous.
To succeed in the role you will be a finance professional who has a strong instinct for profitable business management, yet has the subtlety to influence and manage multiple stakeholder interests.

If you wish to pursue this opportunity please contact their retained consultant Rej Abraham, Managing Director or send your CV with a covering letter quoting reference RA1020217.

Qualifications Required: ACA ACMA ACCA

Description: Assistant Management Accountant - Wakefield - £22,000 - £25,000 + Study

An Assistant Management Accountant is required for my Wakefield based manufacturing client. This will be a very hands-on role which will see you support the management of the business and provide valuable financial reporting and analysis.

Key duties will include

Month end accounts
Budgets and forecasting
Variance analysis
Monitor and maintain internal systems and processes
Reporting and analysis

You will ideally possess similar manufacturing experience and be looking to take your career to the next level. Strong communication skills are essential as you will liaise will all levels of personnel within the business. You will either be AAT qualified or studying CIMA/ACCA.

Qualifications Required: AAT or CIMA/ACCA studying