Finance Manager

SF Partners are working with a growing business to recruit a Finance Manager.

Reporting to the Financial Controller, this is a key leadership role responsible for improving the quality, consistency and efficiency of financial reporting across the group. You will manage a team and act as the link between senior finance leadership and the Management Accounting team.

Key responsibilities

- Leading the group month-end close across multiple entities

- Reviewing management accounts, variance analysis and performance reporting

- Improving balance sheet controls and reporting standards

- Coaching and developing three Management Accountants and an Assistant Financial Accountant

- Standardising month-end processes, templates and procedures

- Identifying opportunities to reduce manual reporting and improve automation

- Supporting board reporting and group-level analysis

- Partnering with FP&A and operational leaders around budgets, cost control and performance

- Driving greater ownership and accountability across finance and non-finance teams

The successful candidate will be

- ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified

- Experienced across both management and financial accounting

- Comfortable leading month-end

- Strong across P&L, balance sheet review and financial controls

- Confident managing, coaching and challenging a finance team

- Commercially minded, with the ability to influence operational stakeholders

- Comfortable improving systems, processes and ways of working

This would suit an experienced Finance Manager looking for a broad role with genuine responsibility and visibility across the business.