Senior Finance Manager £70,000 - £80,000 Car Allowance & Bonus Leicestershire SF Recruitment have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Finance Manager to join a successful and growing house construction business in Leicestershire. This is a key leadership role responsible for driving strong financial performance, supporting strategic decision-making, and ensuring the highest integrity of financial reporting across the division. As the Senior Finance Manager you will report directly into the Finance Director. Key Responsibilities - Preparation of monthly management accounts including commentary, P&L, Balance Sheet and Cashflow forecasts - Maintain and update WIP summary including month-end calculations and assumptions challenge - Reconcile project gross profit to management accounts, ensuring robust verification - Support the Head of Finance with monthly Board pack preparation - Lead monthly Joint Venture reporting internally and to partners - Business partner with Sales, Operations and Commercial teams to enhance performance - Participate in weekly Build and Sales meetings - Ensure data accuracy across COINS and Anaplan - Monitor daily bank movements and maintain short-term cash forecasts - Update monthly sales forecasts and review with senior leadership - Oversee timely and accurate invoicing in line with sales forecasts, analysing variances - Manage retention and bonds forecasting, working with senior management to set and deliver targets - Monitor customer care costs and recoveries from subcontractors - Review cost-to-complete at monthly project reviews, challenging where necessary - Manage weekly reporting for sales and build performance - Deliver flash reporting to Finance Director and Division on working day on - Drive continuous improvement in systems, processes and financial governance - Lead preparation of audit schedules - Manage and develop a finance team, including performance reviews and objective setting - Collaborate closely with senior leadership on ad-hoc financial analysis and reporting initiatives About You - ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified - Extensive post-qualification experience in a similar role - Proven ability to produce clear, concise management information - Strong Excel capability and analytical skills - Confident working independently and managing priorities to meet tight deadlines - Effective communicator, able to build relationships across commercial teams - Strong commercial acumen and proactive mindset - Flexible, adaptable and comfortable challenging assumptions to drive improvements - Team leadership experience - Desirable - Experience within the construction industry - Knowledge of COINS accounting system - Familiarity with Anaplan What We Offer - Competitive salary and annual bonus scheme - Company car / car allowance / travel allowance options - Salary sacrifice car scheme - Private medical insurance options - Enhanced family-friendly leave policies - Competitive pension scheme via salary sacrifice - Life assurance at 4x salary - Share save and share incentive plans - Employee rewards and benefits programme