Job Description
Your new company
\ N An established and successful privately owned group with operations across multiple UK locations is looking to appoint a Finance Director. This is an operationally focused business with significant activity across a portfolio of logistics and supply chain operations. This is an excellent opportunity to join the senior leadership team in a broad, highly visible role where finance is closely connected to day-to-day commercial and operational decision-making.
Your new role
\ N Reporting directly to the Board, you will take ownership of the Group finance function and act as a key commercial partner to senior management. This is a genuinely hands-on Finance Director position, combining financial control with commercial and operational business partnering. Key responsibilities will include:
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- Production of Group management accounts, budgets and cash-flow forecasts
- Reviewing performance and explaining key variances to the Board and management team
- Providing financial analysis, costing and commercial insight to support new ventures and decision-making
- Managing banking and asset finance relationships
- Leading relationships with auditors and other external advisers
- Overseeing payroll, VAT, tax, fixed assets and statutory financial requirements
- Supporting the financing and purchase of major plant and equipment
- Working closely with operational management across the Group
- Coordinating monthly management meetings and providing meaningful financial insight to support business performance
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What you'll need to succeed
\ N The preference is for a hands-on accountant who enjoys being close to operations rather than operating solely at Board or strategic level will ideally bring:
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- Fully Qualified Accountant
- A strong background in operational finance and commercial business partnering
- Experience within logistics, haulage, warehousing, distribution or supply chain environments
- The ability to combine strong financial control with pragmatic commercial thinking
- Strong management accounting, budgeting and cash-flow forecasting experience
- Confidence working directly with operational managers and senior leadership
- Experience managing external relationships with banks, auditors, finance providers and advisers
- A willingness to get into the detail while retaining a wider commercial perspective
- A proactive, down-to-earth approach suited to an entrepreneurial and operationally driven business
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Above all, this role will suit an accountant who wants to be visible within the business, close to its operations and influential in commercial decision-making.
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This is a site based rolewith occasional national travel.
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What you'll get in return
\ N In addition to a competitive salary, the role offers a suite of corporate benefits, including bonus, car allowance and private medical.
What you need to do now
\ N If you're interested in this finance director job in Liverpool, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
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Finance Director in Liverpool employer: Jobtome
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