Finance Manager

AmcoGiffen; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure firm in the UK seeks a Finance Manager to shape and lead the finance team. This role involves ensuring financial integrity, preparing statutory accounts, and supporting budget preparations. The ideal candidate will have a professional accountancy qualification, significant experience in construction or engineering, and strong leadership capabilities. This position offers excellent career prospects and a competitive salary in a dynamic work environment.

Benefits

Competitive annual salary

Company Car or Car Allowance

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Company contributory Pension scheme

Life Insurance

Westfield Health Cash Plan

Consistent learning opportunities

Internal development programmes

Safe working environment

Employee forum for voice heard

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with strong practice and industry experience.
• Experience in leading month-end close and statutory reporting.
• Strong knowledge of financial regulations.

Responsibilities

• Lead finance general ledger team and ensure financial integrity.
• Oversee bank reconciliations, cash forecasts, and payments.
• Deliver high-quality management reporting to stakeholders.
• Support annual budget preparation and financial analysis.

Skills

Professional accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)

Proven experience in accounting for long-term contracts

Strong background in both practice and industry, ideally within construction or engineering

Demonstrable team leadership qualities and experience

In-depth knowledge of FRS102 and IFRS16

Demonstrated ability to lead month-end close, statutory reporting, and group submissions

Experience in management reporting, budgeting, and cost control

Strong stakeholder management and communication skills

Track record of coaching and developing finance teams

Advanced data analytics skills (Excel, PowerBI)

Education

ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent

Job description

The Vacancy

Finance Manager

Function: Finance

Sector: Infrastructure / Civil Engineering & Construction

Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire

What We Offer

• Competitive annual salary negotiable dependant on experience
• Company Car or Car Allowance
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (increasing with service)
• Company contributory Pension scheme
• Life Insurance
• Westfield Health Cash Plan & Westfield Rewards
• Support and employee infrastructure embedded in the business as a platform for personal and professional development creating pathways for unrivalled career development and progression opportunities internally.
• Consistent learning opportunities
• Internal development programmes dedicated to supporting the development of our colleagues and future business leaders including Purposeful Leadership, Women in leadership and much more.
• A safe place to work
• Employee forum's that provide a platform for having your voice heard

The Role

As Finance Manager, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and leading the finance general ledger team. Reporting directly to the Financial Controller, you will ensure the integrity of financial accounting, reporting, and control activities across the business.

Key Accountabilities

• Acting as the primary contact for external auditors and the wider Finance Department.
• Overseeing weekly and monthly bank reconciliations, daily cash forecasts, and approving payments/expenses.
• Leading month-end close procedures to maintain accurate and compliant accounting records.
• Delivering high-quality management reporting to internal stakeholders and group reporting submissions to the parent company.
• Reviewing balance sheet reconciliations and presenting findings to senior finance leadership.
• Supporting annual budget preparation and monthly overhead cost analysis with department heads.
• Preparing statutory accounts under FRS102 and overseeing lease schedules under FRS102 and IFRS16.
• Managing tax computations, VAT returns, and CIS submissions.
• Supporting financial analysis for bidding and M&A activity.
• Overseeing the Fixed Asset Register and CAPEX files.
• Driving continuous improvement in financial processes, controls, and reporting.
• Coaching and developing Financial Accountants and Assistant Financial Accountants.

About You

We’re seeking a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with a strong blend of practice and industry experience, ideally within infrastructure, civil engineering, or construction. You will be commercially astute, technically strong, and confident in influencing senior stakeholders.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Professional accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Proven experience in accounting for long-term contracts.
• Strong background in both practice and industry, ideally within construction or engineering.
• Demonstrable team leadership qualities and experience.
• In-depth knowledge of FRS102 and IFRS16, particularly lease accounting.
• Demonstrated ability to lead month-end close, statutory reporting, and group submissions.
• Experience in management reporting, budgeting, and cost control.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with board-level exposure.
• Track record of coaching and developing finance teams.

• Familiarity with M&A financial analysis and bid support.
• Advanced data analytics skills (Excel, PowerBI).

About us

AmcoGiffen delivers maintenance frameworks, capital delivery and complex civil engineering across the UK, including bridge reconstruction, environmental infrastructure, highways, tunnels, station works, lineside civils and utility installations. Our clients include Local Authorities, Network Rail, energy companies and environmental organisations.

Join our dynamic, fast‑paced environment working on multi‑disciplinary projects for a diverse range of clients. Our project portfolio includes:

• Highways & Roads
• Under bridges, Overbridges & Footbridges
• Tunnels & Station Infrastructure
• Flood Alleviation & Repairs
• Earthworks & Embankments
• Lineside Civils, Cabling, Trough Routes & Telecoms

Why Join Us?

This is a unique opportunity to step into a senior finance leadership role within a dynamic infrastructure and civil engineering business. You’ll be instrumental in ensuring financial integrity, driving performance, and supporting strategic decision‑making at board level.

The Company

Why AmcoGiffen?

You will be joining a reputable and firmly established, engineering contractor operating nationally in rail, civils and engineering markets. AmcoGiffen are renowned in the market as a specialist civil, building, mechanical and electrical renewals and maintenance business with ongoing and successful projects and frameworks across the country. You will become part of our expert outfit.

AmcoGiffen has a wealth of experience working on sensitive, live assets in highly regulated environments, we deliver exceptional peace of mind for our customers, creating and maintaining assets across a growing range of high‑quality public and private sectors. These include rail, power generation, electricity distribution, flood defence, aviation, waterways and much more.

Diversity & Inclusion at AmcoGiffen

We value collective expertise, but also the spark that one person can bring. As one of us, you can be you, because your individuality is an asset to our business and the communities in which we work and represent.

We are working hard as part of the civil engineering and construction industry, to improve diversity & inclusion. Our Diversity and inclusion journey at AmcoGiffen, is constantly evolving and is designed to break down barriers and promote the principles of a diverse workforce through multiple channels. This includes delivering training, raising awareness, regular forums and sharing our engagement calendar of activities and events to encourage participation at all levels throughout our organisation.

Diversity & Inclusion is embodied throughout our SPIRIT core Business values and lies at the heart of our culture of Safety, Professionalism, Innovation, Respect, Integrity and Teamwork.

AmcoGiffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer, offering challenging, worthwhile careers to everyone and is pro‑actively committed to improving our understanding year on year to foster a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees as well as for the customers and communities in which we serve and operate within. It doesn’t matter to us what your age, disability, employment status, gender, health, marital status, sexual preference, membership or non‑membership of a trade union, nationality, race, religion or social class are, or indeed any other personal characteristics not directly related to the relevant job. Anyone who meets the requirements of the job is eligible for employment with AmcoGiffen.

Health & Wellbeing

Operating from a people‑first perspective we support safety and wellbeing in the workplace as a priority. We have large number of colleagues that are trained and qualified mental health first aiders to support and listen where appropriate. We enrol all of the AmcoGiffen family onto an employee assistance programme which provides 24 hour, 7 days a week counselling and advice services.

Is AmcoGiffen your next career challenge? If so, apply now!

For more information or to arrange a private and confidential discussion about AmcoGiffen career opportunities, please contact our Recruitment Team:

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Recruitment Manager

The Benefits

We offer excellent career prospects, a competitive salary, and outstanding training development and support opportunities. You can expect to receive a range of benefits (role dependent) including:

• Contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Westfield health scheme
• Minimum 25 days’ holiday
• Private medical insurance