EMEA Finance Manager

An exciting opportunity for a qualified Finance Manager based on outskirts of Bedford to join a growing international business at a pivotal point in its development. Reporting to the EMEA Finance Director, you'll take ownership of core finance operations while helping shape a stronger, scalable finance function across the region. With further international integration and potential M&A ahead, this is a role offering genuine scope to influence the business and progress your career.What you'll doLead and develop a high-performing finance team across transactional finance and financial accounting.Own month-end reporting, management accounts, forecasting and financial controls.Provide meaningful commercial insight into margins, working capital and cash.Take a hands-on role in improving controls, costing and root-cause analysis.Support the integration of a European entity into the EMEA structure.Help build a finance function capable of supporting future acquisitions and growth.Partner closely with the Finance Director, senior leadership and international stakeholders.Drive process improvements and strengthen reporting, controls and systems.What you'll bringACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified.Strong post-qualified experience within a Finance Manager / senior finance role.Experience managing and developing a finance team.Strong month-end, management accounting, forecasting and financial control experience.Commercial mindset with the ability to understand the drivers behind performance, not simply report the numbers.A proactive, hands-on approach with the appetite to make an impact in a changing environment.Ambition to develop into a broader senior finance leadership position (clear route to FD here).Package & working patternCirca £70K-£75K.Headline bens: Bonus, PMI, Life Assurance & enhanced pensionHybrid: 4 days a week on site.Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidatesTPBN1_UKTJ