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Head of Finance (Full-Time)

James Walker

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James Walker is a privately owned global manufacturing organization supplying a vast range of high performance fluid sealing products and associated knowledge-based services across virtually every industry sector. With state‑of‑the‑art expertise in materials technology, precision machining, and precision engineering.

We are looking for a driven and innovative Finance Manager to lead the North America finance team. If you thrive on financial strategy, problem‑solving, team development and delivering results, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Provide finance leadership, support and challenge on strategic and commercial objectives, initiatives and projects.

Lead finance input to major strategic projects, e.g. inventory reduction initiatives, sales incentive scheme, systems and process changes.

Maintain accurate costings, support costing analysis and management of sales margin.

Drive financial performance of the business.

Direct line manager of Finance team.

Set direct reports objectives / goals and carry out performance appraisals. Support direct reports training and development.

Contribution and participation in the wider JW global finance function team.

Transactional Processing, Accounting, Tax, Treasury & Insurance

Responsible for accounts payable, inventory processing, accounts receivable and credit control, banking, payroll, expenses and all other transactional processing.

Balance sheet reconciliations.

Cash flow management.

Hedging policy.

Tax planning and compliance.

Transfer pricing, BEPS compliance and documentation.

Completion of annual insurance renewal questionnaire & arrangement of local insurance.

Financial data owner in the company.

Support and participation in Internal Audits.

Process expert for Forecasting and Budgeting (FAB) software tool.

Timely, accurate and consistent reporting to James Walker Group (JWG), using the JWG consolidation software (CPM) in line with the JWG timetable (sales & orders, cash management, management accounts, budget, forecasts & statutory accounts).

Sustainability reporting (energy use, waste, water, travel etc)

Review and ownership of Tableau BI reporting. Drive use of Tableau to support commercial understanding and decision making.

Statutory financial statements and tax reporting. Primary point of contact with external auditors and tax advisors.

Pension oversight (Defined Benefit and 401k schemes)

Preparation of Annual Review Document and participation in Annual Review Meeting.

Support JW’s global IT team where required in relation to ERP upgrades and data.

Good communication, inter‑personal, management and influencing skills working within a complex matrix organization.

Excel; Current/prior experience in a finance dept of a manufacturing company with ERP.

Good communication, inter‑personal and leadership skills.

IT literate (Tableau; Current/prior experience in a finance dept of a manufacturing company with ERP systems.

Conversant with local GAAP.

Holds a professional accounting qualification.

Job Type: Full-time

Application End Date: 14/12/2025

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