Finance Manager

The Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Finance Manager to join a fast-growing, entrepreneurial business. This is a newly created role offering the chance to take ownership of the finance function, working closely with senior leadership to provide financial rigour, commercial insight, and strategic support.

This is a hands-on position where you'll be responsible for everything from producing management accounts and cashflow reporting through to profitability analysis, forecasting, and business partnering. You'll play a key role in helping the business make better decisions and drive future growth.

Responsibilities

Financial Reporting & Management Information

• Prepare monthly management accounts, P&L reports and cashflow statements. 
• Produce monthly management information packs and financial performance analysis.
• Deliver variance analysis against budget and prior periods. 
• Develop financial dashboards and KPI reporting. 

Financial Control & Systems

• Maintain and reconcile accounting systems and ERP integrations.
• Ensure accurate reconciliation across sales channels and operational systems. 
• Investigate and resolve financial discrepancies. 
• Drive improvements to financial processes, controls and reporting.

Commercial Finance

• Analyse profitability by customer, channel and product category
• Support pricing decisions, commercial negotiations and growth initiatives.
• Build and maintain budgets, forecasts and financial models. 
• Evaluate new business opportunities and support strategic decision-making. 

Compliance & Team Support

• Manage VAT reporting and compliance requirements. 
• Lead year-end preparation and support external accountants and auditors.
• Support and develop a small finance team member, overseeing credit control activities

The Person

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) or qualified by experience.
• Strong management accounting and financial reporting experience.
• Proven experience working with accounting and ERP systems.
• Confident producing management accounts and MI packs from first principles.
• Commercially minded with strong analytical skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and a continuous improvement mindset.

Why this role?

• Newly created role with genuine influence across the business.
• Direct exposure to senior leadership and strategic decision-making.
• Opportunity to shape and develop the finance function.
• Broad role spanning reporting, commercial finance and business partnering.
• Hybrid working and a collaborative, entrepreneurial culture