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 * Lead and develop a finance team of four, ensuring accuracy, accountability and performance * Full ownership of management accounts, balance sheet reconciliations and month-end processes * Maintain and improve cashflow tracking, forecasting, and working capital discipline * Oversee intercompany and group reconciliations, ensuring ledgers are clean and aligned * Support decision-making on asset management, capital spend and financial controls * Drive finance process improvements and support upcoming system upgrades/migrations * Be a proactive partner to operations, understanding commercial drivers, not just numbers About You * Proven experience as a Finance Manager or senior finance lead within an SME environment * Strong knowledge of Sage 50 (essential) and excellent Excel capability * Comfortable managing complexity, group accounts, reconciliations, cash, capex * Confident leading a team, setting standards, and managing day-to-day activites. * Hands-on, proactive, and solution-focused, someone who brings clarity, not just reports * Industry experience in manufacturing, engineering, construction or similar (preferred) What You’ll Gain * Real influence, your work directly impacts performance and growth * Opportunity to shape finance systems, processes and team culture * A business investing heavily and ready for someone to take control and make change * 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