Finance Manager

ALF Recruit have been retained exclusively to recruit a Finance Manager for a well-established and highly profitable manufacturing business turning over £20m and still growing. Part of a wider group, the business is looking for someone to take full ownership of the finance function on site a genuine number 1 in finance locally, with the visibility and support that comes from reporting into a parent company.

This is a hands-on role. You will be as comfortable working through the purchase ledger as you are presenting management accounts to directors. If you want a role where you own the whole picture rather than a slice of it, this is it.

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• £50,000 – £60,000 depending on experience
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• Early finish on a Friday (3pm) enjoy a longer weekend
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• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
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• Private healthcare
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• Christmas closure
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• Rewards scheme
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• On site parking
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• Modern newly refurbished offices, with real autonomy and direct exposure to group-level reporting and senior stakeholders
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• Managing the transactional finance function — purchase ledger, sales ledger and bank reconciliations
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• Preparing monthly management accounts and reporting packs for directors and the parent company, in line with group timetables and formats
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• Owning month-end close, including accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations
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• Supporting the annual budgeting and forecasting cycle
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• Monitoring cash flow and working capital, and reporting risks upwards
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• Ensuring compliance with accounting standards, VAT regulations and statutory requirements
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• Acting as the main point of liaison with external auditors and supporting the year-end audit
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• Reviewing and improving finance processes and controls
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• Managing and developing 1 direct report within the transactional team
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• Working closely with operational stakeholders across the site to support business decision-making
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• Qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA or ACA) or qualified by experience — our client is genuinely open on route
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• Proven experience running a transactional finance function in a similar sized business, ideally manufacturing but not essential
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• Strong track record of producing management accounts and reporting into a group structure
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• Confident owning month-end close end to end
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• Working knowledge of SAGE 50 (or a similar package, with the willingness to pick it up quickly)
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• Comfortable dealing directly with external auditors
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• Solid people management experience, including developing a direct report
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• Excellent communicator, credible with senior stakeholders and operational teams alike
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• Hands-on and proactive, with a real appetite for improving processes and controls
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A key leadership position in a profitable, growing business where you can shape how finance operates rather than inherit someone else’s system.

For a private and confidential conversation about this role, please contact Joanne Sizer at ALF Recruit