Job Description:

Finance Manager – Office based

This Finance Manager position offers the chance to take full ownership of the company’s financial operations and shape long-term financial strategy.

It’s a senior, hands on,office based role, for a qualified finance professional with strong manufacturing or construction experience, confident in balancing day to day  control with strategic insight, passion for finance and business, with a senior level mindset.

As Finance Manager, you’ll be central to driving sustainable growth, strengthening financial processes and acting as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, your approach being confident and able to work at C level.

Key Responsibilities of the Finance Manager

• Lead project and construction finance, including profitability analysis, forecasting, valuations, bids, retentions, and payment cycles
• Drive strategic finance activity: investment appraisal, capex, asset management, financing options, and financial modelling
• Oversee day‑to‑day financial operations: reporting, cashflow, budgeting, procurement, KPIs, and continuous process improvement

What You’ll Bring

• Proven experience as a Finance Manager or senior finance lead, with ACCA, ACA or CIMA qualifications
• Strong background in manufacturing or contracting
• Expertise across cashflow, budgeting, valuations, retentions, and commercial finance
• A balance of strategic capability and hands‑on delivery
• Desirable: professional qualification, advanced modelling skills, M&A exposure, or experience with share schemes

How You Work

• You strengthen processes, controls, and governance
• You’re confident with compliance, tax, and accounting standards
• You can integrate finance systems with operational platforms
• You communicate clearly and work effectively with directors, auditors, banks, and advisors.

Due to the nature of the role, it is office based, therefore you will need to live within a daily commutable distance, using your own transport.

Shortlisted candidates will be contacted within 3 working days.

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