A fast-growing, SME undergoing major transformation and investment. With significant projects underway and ambitious growth targets, this is a business where finance truly drives decisions, cash, control, investment, and operational accuracy are everything.
The Opportunity
We’re looking for a hands-on Finance Manager who thrives in real-world finance, balancing the detail of ledgers and reconciliations with the commercial awareness of cashflow, profitability, and operational impact. You’ll lead a finance team, drive process improvements, and act as the steady financial voice in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
Key Responsibilities
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Lead and develop a finance team of four, ensuring accuracy, accountability and performance
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Full ownership of management accounts, balance sheet reconciliations and month-end processes
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Maintain and improve cashflow tracking, forecasting, and working capital discipline
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Oversee intercompany and group reconciliations, ensuring ledgers are clean and aligned
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Support decision-making on asset management, capital spend and financial controls
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Drive finance process improvements and support upcoming system upgrades/migrations
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Be a proactive partner to operations, understanding commercial drivers, not just numbers
About You
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Proven experience as a Finance Manager or senior finance lead within an SME environment
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Strong knowledge of Sage 50 (essential) and excellent Excel capability
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Comfortable managing complexity, group accounts, reconciliations, cash, capex
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Confident leading a team, setting standards, and managing day-to-day activites.
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Hands-on, proactive, and solution-focused, someone who brings clarity, not just reports
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Industry experience in manufacturing, engineering, construction or similar (preferred)
What You’ll Gain
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Real influence, your work directly impacts performance and growth
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Opportunity to shape finance systems, processes and team culture
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A business investing heavily and ready for someone to take control and make change
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Long-term scope for progression as the group continues to scale
Interested?
If you’re a finance leader who wants ownership, pace, and impact, not just routines and reports, this is the move where you steer the ship, not just count the waves