Establishing and leading the finance function for 2 growing SMEs Benefits include a bonus, healthcare, life assurance and pensionBoard-level opportunityNorth England based, across 2 sitesAre you looking for an opportunity to take ownership of your own finance function within a manufacturing business? Well, this Finance Director role can offer you that for not one, but two businesses. It s 2 small businesses (circa £1m and £3m turnover) that make highly specialised equipment, and they re looking for someone who can become part of their senior leadership teams and hold responsibility for all financial aspects of each company''s strategy. Both are growing, both are investing to support that growth, and they need your commercial insight to help make this happen.With products exported globally, you will be investigating, summarising, reporting on, and making recommendations on how to improve the businesses. You will lead the finance teams (each has 1 FTE) and providing a high-quality service to all stakeholders. This would be a significant step forward for an experienced accountant looking to contribute to shaping a business''s future strategy. Your time will be split between their two offices, so you ll ideally live in or around the North Pennines. You will report to both MDs and be responsible for: Ensuring company financial systems are robust, compliant, as well as supporting future business growth.Work closely with the Senior Management Team to strategise, analyse and manage,