Finance Manager
Employer Location Salisbury, England, Wiltshire Salary - per annum + £50-60,000 Closing date 14 Oct 2025 View more categoriesView less categories Sector Salary band, Contract type Hours Where will they be working You need to or to save a job.
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Finance Manager - Capital Project📍 Salisbury (Ideally a minimum of 3 days per week onsite)
💰 £50,000-£60,000 per annum
📅 12-month Fixed Term Contract
Are you a commercially astute finance professional with a passion for driving value through capital investment? We're partnering with a leading FMCG business, to recruit a Finance Project Manager to lead financial governance and insight across a major site investment project.
This is a high-impact role, offering the opportunity to shape financial strategy and delivery of a significant capital programme, while also supporting wider site operations. You'll act as a trusted business partner to project sponsors, engineers, procurement and operations, ensuring robust financial planning, reporting and compliance.
What you'll be doing:
1. Leading financial governance across a major capital investment project (c.£15m project budget)
2. Forecasting spend and cash flow, tracking against business case
3. Business partnering with senior stakeholders, producing insightful financial reports and helping them understand the financials.
4. Embedding financial rigour into operational decision-making
5. Managing financial risks and supporting audit processes
6. Collaborating with the wider finance team and site operations
What we're looking for:
7. Strong financial modelling and, ideally, capital (or complex WIP/manufacturing/engineering) project accounting experience
8. Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and bridge finance with operations
9. The client is equally open-minded about qualified by experience or CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualified candidates.
10. Advanced Excel and ERP system skills
11. Resilience and adaptability in a fast-paced project environment
Why join?
This is a fantastic opportunity to make a tangible impact on a strategic investment for a well-established food manufacturing business. You'll be part of a collaborative and values-driven team, with visibility across senior leadership.
12. Flexible working arrangements available, up to 2-3 days from home after the initial onboarding process.
13. 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays)
14. Parking on-site.
15. hours per week.
16. Auto-enrolment pension scheme.
Ready to take the lead on a high-profile finance project?
Apply now or contact Emily Oakes at Hays Senior Finance for a confidential discussion.
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Company
At Hays we invest in lifelong partnerships that empower people and businesses to succeed. With over 50 years’ success under our belts and a workforce of 10,000+ people across 32 countries, we’ve evolved to put our customers at the heart of everything we do.
From CFO to Newly Qualified, we work with talented finance professionals and match them with organisations where they can achieve a lasting impact.
So much more than specialist recruiters in accounting and finance, what really sets us apart is our knowledge through scale, deep understanding and our ability to meaningfully innovate for our customers. All our consultants have strong relationships across the industry and the support of our extensive global network. That’s why organisations of all types and sizes – from international blue chips to SMEs – trust us to find the people who can help transform their business.
So, whether you want something local or international, permanent, or interim, we have the breadth of coverage and the depth of understanding to help you find it.
We have specialist recruitment teams in the following areas:
17. Corporate Governance
18. Credit Control
19. Part-Qualified Accountant
20. Payroll
21. Public Practice Accounting
22. Public Services Accounting
23. Senior Finance – Qualified
24. Support, Ledgers & Bookkeeping
25. Tax & Treasury
You can rely on us to deliver today and help you plan for tomorrow
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