Job Description

Sewell Wallis are currently recruiting for a permanent Finance Team Lead (Projects) to join a well-established, international business based within Leeds Centre. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting project teams and ensuring the financial performance of a diverse portfolio of projects.
As Finance Team Lead, this is a hands-on role where you will oversee project finances, provide commercial insight, and support decision-making across the business.
About the role:

• Supervise and support the project finance team, ensuring accurate and timely reporting.
• Partner with project managers to monitor budgets, forecasts, and project profitability.
• Ensure compliance with company financial policies and procedures.
• Oversee project billing, revenue recognition, and cost allocations.
• Provide analysis and insights to support strategic and operational decisions.
• Lead on month-end and year-end processes relating to project finances.
• Drive continuous improvement in financial processes and controls.

About you:

• Proven experience in a finance role within a project-driven environment (consultancy, engineering, construction, or similar).
• Strong understanding of project accounting and financial controls.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to partner across teams.
• A natural leader with supervisory or mentoring experience.
• High attention to detail and strong analytical skills.
• Organised and able to prioritise effectively, and confident in meeting deadlines.
• Confident using Microsoft Excel (lookups and pivot tables) and other relevant software.
• You can comfortably review and discuss fee amendments, budget changes, and invoice queries.

What's in it for you:

• 32,000.
• Hybrid - 2 days in the office, 3 at home.
• Health and wellness benefits.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Life insurance.
• Career progression.

For more information, apply now or reach out to Emma.
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.
Job ref: EJ/6201Post Date: 04.09.25
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