Interim CFO

Sewell Wallis is delighted to be working with a well-established education provider in Sheffield to recruit an Interim CFO for a six-month fixed-term contract.

This role offers an excellent opportunity for an experienced Finance Director or CFO to provide vital financial leadership and support to the senior leadership team. The successful candidate will guide the organisation through year-end, take ownership of budget setting, manage a team of eight, and ensure a smooth handover to a new permanent hire until around Easter.

You'll also oversee ongoing developments in the organisation's ERP systems, so prior experience with ERP transitions or implementations would be highly beneficial.

What will you be doing?

• Managing a finance team of eight, ensuring workflow is effectively maintained.
• Overseeing an ERP system change and supporting process improvements.
• Preparing a comprehensive handover for the incoming permanent CFO.
• Leading on annual budget setting and financial planning.
• Partnering with senior stakeholders to ensure effective budgetary control and informed decision-making.
• Analysing P&L performance and presenting insights to the Board and Senior Leadership Team.
• Managing the year-end close process and liaising with external auditors.
• Ensuring strong financial controls are in place and adhered to.

What skills are we looking for?

• Experience within the education sector.
• Fully qualified accountant (ACCA / ACA / CIMA).
• Ethical and transparent leadership style.
• Proven management and team leadership experience.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong financial acumen and analytical ability.
• Demonstrated experience in budgeting within the education sector.

What's on offer?

• Immediate start with a six-month fixed-term contract.
• 85,000 salary (pro rata).
• Private healthcare.
• Matched pension contributions.
• Hybrid working arrangement.

If you're an experienced finance leader seeking a meaningful interim role within the education sector, please submit your CV below or contact Inci Evcil for more information.

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.