Yorkshire & The North

The Northern region is a thriving business hub, attracting significant investment from the UK and overseas. As consumer habits, diets, and business activities continue to develop, we see a corresponding shift in production, product development, and service offerings across a wide range of sectors. Key industries driving growth range from FMCG and food production to manufacturing, technology, property and private equity-backed businesses. This diverse, high growth market is constantly expanding, welcoming newcomers looking to innovate and push boundaries with new trends and initiatives.

At HedgerWay, we are committed to shaping effective finance and leadership teams across the North. Our focus spans the diverse industries and sectors within this region, including consumables, non-consumables, food, manufacturing, start-ups, scale-ups, PLCs, and private equity-backed businesses. Our particular expertise lies in recruiting for CFOs and Senior Finance professionals, addressing both permanent and project-based needs for businesses seeking strategic finance leadership.

Recent mandates include;

  • CFO – PE-backed snacks business
  • Group Finance Director – Manufacturing business
  • Group Financial Controller – AIM construction business
  • Finance Director – PE-backed services business
  • Deputy CFO – Owner-managed retail business
  • Interim Finance Director – Retail business
  • Interim CFO – Aviation business
  • Interim Financial Controller – PE-backed distribution business
  • Interim Director of Finance – SaaS business
  • Interim Head of Finance – Tech start-up business

Active jobs

Interim Financial Reporting Consultant

Leeds
Yorkshire
£450 - £550 per day
Interim Financial Reporting Consultant for a large infrastructure and engineering consultancy. Working on specific financial reporting projects aligned to M&A integration, year end process and statutory reporting. Based in Leeds, starting ASAP, pay rate c£450 - £550 per day.

Deputy Head of FP&A

Bristol
South West
Up to £100k plus package
We have been retained on the above search for a PE backed FMCG client in Bristol. Having recently gone through a period of significant change and with improved trading conditions, the Director of FP&A requires a forward thinking, highly commercial number 2.

Finance Director

East Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Up to £150k + bonus
We are extremely proud to be retained on the above search for an iconic, multisite retailer, born out of East Yorkshire.

Meet our Yorkshire & The North Team

Oli Lampkin

Oli Lampkin

Director
Warren Gibson

Warren Gibson

Senior Consultant - Interim & Contract

Read our Blogs

19.02.20

Newsletter: Two decades in the making

When we began our recruitment careers, shortlists were either delivered in person or by facsimile. It was the dawn of the next evolution of technology and dotcoms were launching at a phenomenal rate promising automation of which we could yet dream. Recruitment, search, headhunting and all variants of an industry that relied on a seemingly antiquated notion of a little black book, were destined for the history books. Computers would rule the recruitment world and humans would be surplus to requirements. We are still here. How has the recruitment landscape evolved over these past 20 years?
13.02.20

CFO SPotlight: Phil Dennis, BizSpace

In October 2019, we sat with Phil Dennis, CFO at the PE backed flexible workspace provider, BizSpace. Entering the final quarter of 2019, which promised the first December general election in a century and the finalisation of a paralysing Brexit process, we speak to Phil about his business, its transformation, working with Private Equity Investors and the way ahead.
13.02.20

IR35: Update

Update: March 2020 The following advice was written in preparation for the implementation of announced changes to the IR35 regime, which have now been postponed. This means that the responsibility for determining whether a contract falls inside or outside of IR35, still currently resides with the contractor. Best practice would still suggest that the following process should still be adopted now and in preparation for the changes which will (most likely) come in April 2021.