A highly successful retail business in Bradford seeks an experienced commercial finance professional for a very interesting 12 month contract.

This is a leadership position within the wider finance function where your ability to support and positively challenge key stakeholders will be critical to the department’s success over the next year.

Headline responsibilities include:

• Partner with senior management to proactively drive margin improvement initiatives through robust financial analysis and sound commercial judgement.
• Provide strong financial leadership by implementing a disciplined approach to evaluating commercial opportunities, while identifying and promoting initiatives that enhance business performance and secure stakeholder buy-in.
• Develop and maintain detailed schedules for financial performance reporting, financial modelling, business cases, and project accounting, ensuring accountability for commitments and clear visibility of both cash flow and P&L impacts.
• Ensure effective reporting frameworks are in place, delivering meaningful KPI insights aligned to strategic business objectives.
• Lead the delivery of regular forecasts, budgets, and latest outlooks, including comprehensive reporting packs and supporting analysis, while ensuring rigorous review processes and stakeholder engagement.
• Oversee a smooth and efficient month-end close process, holding the function accountable for performance against comparatives and proactively identifying risks and opportunities.

To be considered for this role you must be ACA/ACCA or CIMA qualified with a proven track record of business partnering and driving commercial initiatives, ideally within the retail sector but this is not essential.

You must have a strong sense of customer focus, be a credible presenter and have advanced Excel modelling skills. You must also be available to start a role quickly and be willing to accept an initial 12 month contract. This is a superb opportunity to showcase your commercial finance expertise.

Excellent benefits include generous holidays, healthcare, staff discount and a very supportive culture.

Sharp Consultancy is a finance and accountancy recruitment specialist assisting accounting and finance divisions of businesses in the Yorkshire and Derbyshire area. With over 30 years' experience we pride ourselves on sourcing excellent finance professionals across all divisions of an accounts function.

Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK full time without restriction. To apply please send your CV to the e-mail address stated, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications, we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within seven days, please note that on this occasion your application has not been successful.