Role: Finance Manager Company: Assist Security Group Location: Wandsworth Job Type: Full-time Role Overview: Assist Group is an ambitious and growing security services provider seeking a proactive Finance Manager to join our team. This is a hybrid role, blending the responsibilities of a traditional Finance Manager and Financial Controller. The ideal candidate will be a qualified or part-qualified accountant with a strong interest in streamlining financial processes, improving efficiency, and driving process improvement. This role is perfect for someone who aspires to manage a department in the future, potentially as a Group FD, within a company led by a dynamic CEO and supported by mature senior leaders. Assist Group currently has approximately 25 head office staff and 250 security guards, along with a number of sub-contractors and other partners. Key Responsibilities: · Oversee day-to-day financial operations, ensuring accuracy and compliance. · Manage cash flow, treasury functions, and financial forecasting. · Develop and implement quicker, more automated reporting systems. · Identify and implement improvements to financial processes and workflows. · Participate in adjacent interesting projects. · Lead and mentor the finance team, ensuring adherence to best practices and company policies. · This role requires a minimum of 3 days per week working from the office, with the expectation of leading the team to follow this requirement. Candidate Profile: · Qualified or part-qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent). · Proactive and self-motivated with a strong desire to improve processes. · Ambitious, with aspirations to manage a department and potentially progress to a Group FD role. · Experience in cash management, treasury, and forecasting. · Strong interest in streamlining, efficiency, and process improvement. · Excellent communication and leadership skills Company profile: Our vision is "Keeping Your World Safe with Expert Led Solutions". Our core values include Ownership & Accountability, Innovation, Prioritising People First, Trust and Integrity. As a group we have a unique combination of facets that include: · In-house experts / security expertise · Agility – a small company ethos with outsized capability · Integrated Partner/Client lead solutions