Finance Controller - Path to Head of Finance

Zachary Daniels Recruitment; Cheadle Hulme; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Career progression to Head of Finance

Job summary

Zachary Daniels Recruitment is partnering with a founder-led consumer business in South Manchester to appoint a Financial Controller. You will own financial control, reporting and commercial insight across a multi-entity group, reporting to the Finance Director, with a clear route to Head of Finance as the business scales.

This on-site role offers deep stakeholder exposure, leadership of the finance team, and hands-on improvements to processes and automation, plus a discretionary bonus and

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant ACA/ACCA/CIMA with strong technical finance foundations.
• Experience in e-commerce, retail or fast-paced consumer business.
• Experience with financial control, management reporting and statutory accounting.
• Experience across multiple entities.
• Excellent stakeholder management and business partnering.
• Strong systems knowledge and advanced Excel.
• Proactive mindset to challenge processes and drive improvements.
• People management experience or leadership potential.

Responsibilities

• Lead month-end, management accounts and board reporting across multiple entities
• Deliver accurate, commercially focused financial reporting and analysis
• Own budgeting, forecasting and variance reporting
• Improve financial controls, reporting processes and automation
• Partner with commercial and operational stakeholders to provide financial insight
• Lead balance sheet integrity, audit preparation and statutory reporting
• Drive continuous improvement across finance systems and processes
• Manage and develop members of the finance team
• Support strategic projects alongside the Finance Director

Skills

Financial control

Management reporting

Statutory accounting

Stakeholder management

Business partnering

Excel

Multi-entity experience

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Tools

ERP systems

Excel advanced

Job description

Zachary Daniels Recruitment is partnering with a founder-led consumer business in South Manchester to appoint a Financial Controller. You will own financial control, reporting and commercial insight across a multi-entity group, reporting to the Finance Director, with a clear route to Head of Finance as the business scales.

This on-site role offers deep stakeholder exposure, leadership of the finance team, and hands-on improvements to processes and automation, plus a discretionary bonus and