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