Finance Manager

Tailored Search Recruitment; Alcester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Tailored Search Recruitment is working with an established SME to recruit a newly created Finance Manager role in Alcester. You’ll own the finance function day-to-day, lead a small team and partner with senior leadership to drive reporting, controls and commercial insight.

The role combines hands-on accounting with strategic business partnering, giving you genuine influence over budgeting, forecasting and longer-term planning as the business grows.

Qualifications

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified or qualified by experience
• Strong management accounting and month-end experience
• Experience leading a small finance team
• Hands-on plus commercial business partnering
• Proven in improving processes, controls and reporting
• SME environment experience with impact
• Confident communicating with finance and non-finance stakeholders
• Xero experience would be useful

Responsibilities

• Full ownership of the month-end process and management accounts
• Produce MI, commentary and analysis for senior stakeholders
• Manage cash flow, working capital and credit control oversight
• Lead and develop a small transactional finance team
• Improve financial controls, processes and reporting
• Support budgeting, forecasting and longer-term planning
• Business partner across the wider organisation
• Provide commercial insight with senior leadership
• Help develop the finance function

Skills

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Management accounting

Team leadership

Business partnering

Xero knowledge

Tools

Xero

Job description

We’re working with an established and growing SME to recruit a newly created Finance Manager role.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys being close to the business and wants genuine ownership of a finance function. You’ll lead the day-to‑time finance operation, manage a small team and work closely with senior leadership to improve reporting, controls and commercial insight.

The role will suit someone who is happy being hands‑on when needed but can equally step back from the numbers, challenge the business and help drive better decisions.

The role

• Full ownership of the month‑end process and management accounts
• Produce meaningful MI, commentary and analysis for senior stakeholders
• Manage cash flow, working capital and oversight of credit control
• Lead and develop a small transactional finance team
• Improve financial controls, processes and reporting
• Support budgeting, forecasting and longer‑term planning
• Business partner across the wider organisation
• Work closely with senior leadership to provide commercial insight
• Help continue the development and professionalisation of the finance function

About you

We’re looking for someone who:

• Is ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified, or qualified by experience with a strong track record
• Has solid management accounting and month‑end experience
• Is comfortable managing and developing a small team
• Can balance being hands‑on with a more commercial, business partnering approach
• Has experience improving processes, controls and reporting
• Enjoys working in an SME environment where you can genuinely make an impact
• Is confident communicating with both finance and non‑finance stakeholders
• Experience with Xero would be useful but isn’t essential.

Package

• Alcester
• 3-4 days per week on site
• Newly created role with plenty of scope to shape and develop the finance function

This is a really interesting opportunity for someone looking for a broad Finance Manager role where they can take ownership, add value and become a key part of the business as it continues to grow.