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Manchester (Hybrid, up to 2 days WFH) | Salary £75,000 – £80,000 (dependent on experience).
Responsibilities
- Lead a high-quality, efficient month‑end close and deliver board‑ready reporting with robust reconciliations and clear audit trails.
- Strengthen financial controls, systems and automation to build a scalable, investor‑ready finance function.
- Act as the lead for audit, year‑end accounts, VAT, payroll and broader tax compliance.
- Partner cross‑functionally to translate financial performance into commercial insight, confidently challenging on accounting treatment where needed.
- Lead and develop the finance team, raise standards, improve processes, and embed a systems‑first, high‑performance culture.
Qualifications
- Fully qualified (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with strong post‑qualified experience.
- Proven experience operating as a Financial Controller or Senior Finance Manager within a scaling, high‑growth environment.
- Strong technical grounding, with clear SaaS/software revenue recognition experience and a deep understanding of financial controls.
- Systems‑first mindset – instinctively improve processes, leverage automation, and enhance reporting accuracy.
- Confident communicator with gravitas, comfortable challenging stakeholders and translating financial data into commercial insight.
- Meticulous, disciplined and commercially aware, with the drive to build a finance function that supports rapid and sustainable growth.
Benefits
- Hybrid working – up to 2 days per week from home.
- £1,000 holiday bonus after first year.
- £500 yearly learning and development budget.
- Paid birthday.
- 2 paid volunteering days.
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay.
- Mental health and well‑being support via Health Assured.
- Flexible working hours.
- Public transport season ticket loan.
- Paid menopause leave.
- Holiday buying scheme.
- Team off‑sites and events.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Electric car salary sacrifice scheme.
- Climate‑positive company culture.
We are committed to Equal Employment Opportunity. Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK and be able to perform the work specified.
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Location: Manchester
Job Description:
Manchester (Hybrid, up to 2 days WFH) | Salary £75,000 – £80,000 (dependent on experience).
Responsibilities
- Lead a high-quality, efficient month‑end close and deliver board‑ready reporting with robust reconciliations and clear audit trails.
- Strengthen financial controls, systems and automation to build a scalable, investor‑ready finance function.
- Act as the lead for audit, year‑end accounts, VAT, payroll and broader tax compliance.
- Partner cross‑functionally to translate financial performance into commercial insight, confidently challenging on accounting treatment where needed.
- Lead and develop the finance team, raise standards, improve processes, and embed a systems‑first, high‑performance culture.
Qualifications
- Fully qualified (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with strong post‑qualified experience.
- Proven experience operating as a Financial Controller or Senior Finance Manager within a scaling, high‑growth environment.
- Strong technical grounding, with clear SaaS/software revenue recognition experience and a deep understanding of financial controls.
- Systems‑first mindset – instinctively improve processes, leverage automation, and enhance reporting accuracy.
- Confident communicator with gravitas, comfortable challenging stakeholders and translating financial data into commercial insight.
- Meticulous, disciplined and commercially aware, with the drive to build a finance function that supports rapid and sustainable growth.
Benefits
- Hybrid working – up to 2 days per week from home.
- £1,000 holiday bonus after first year.
- £500 yearly learning and development budget.
- Paid birthday.
- 2 paid volunteering days.
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay.
- Mental health and well‑being support via Health Assured.
- Flexible working hours.
- Public transport season ticket loan.
- Paid menopause leave.
- Holiday buying scheme.
- Team off‑sites and events.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Electric car salary sacrifice scheme.
- Climate‑positive company culture.
We are committed to Equal Employment Opportunity. Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK and be able to perform the work specified.
#J-18808-Ljbffr…
Posted: May 17th, 2026