Finance Manager

SG Partnership; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

SG Partnership is recruiting a Finance Manager to lead management reporting, financial control and project profitability in a fast-growing healthcare services business in the UK. You will work directly with the CFO and operational teams to develop robust processes and drive commercial insight.

The role covers month-end close, balance sheet control, cash management and VAT, with broad exposure to project accounting and financial information for strategic decision making.

Qualifications

• Three years of accounting experience with month-end close, reconciliations and management reporting.
• Let's explain material movements and variances with clear commentary.
• Strong understanding of double-entry accounting, VAT and balance sheet control.
• Proficient with Excel and Xero; cloud accounting systems preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and support monthly management accounts including P&L, balance sheet and cash flow.
• Own the month-end close processes: accruals, prepayments, journals, depreciation and adjustments.
• Maintain robust balance sheet reconciliations and resolve discrepancies promptly.
• Produce schedules and MI for CFO, Board and leadership team.
• Review project revenue, expenditure and margins for accuracy and period recognition.
• Assist VAT reconciliations and returns; oversee payroll-related accounting.
• Support statutory accounts, corporation tax, audit preparation and external reviews.
• Strengthen financial controls across revenue, purchasing, payments and expenses.

Skills

AAT qualification

ACCA/CIMA/ACA

Month-end close

Management reporting

Reconciliations

Xero experience

Excel skills

Education

AAT qualification

ACCA/CIMA/ACA Part-Qualified

Tools

Xero

Excel

Job description

We are working with a fast-growing healthcare services business to recruit a Finance Manager during an exciting phase of continued growth and development.

The organisation delivers specialist services across the healthcare sector, supporting clients with complex operational challenges and delivering large-scale, project-based programmes. Continued growth has increased the scale and complexity of the business, creating the need to strengthen its finance function and further develop its financial reporting, controls and commercial insight.

Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, this is a broad and hands-on Finance Manager position offering exposure across management reporting, financial control, cash management and project profitability.

The successful candidate will work closely with both the CFO and operational teams, developing a strong understanding of business performance while helping to build the processes, controls and financial information required to support the organisation’s continued growth.

Why Join?

• Fast-growing business – Join an ambitious healthcare services organisation that has experienced significant growth, creating an increasingly important role for finance in supporting its continued development.
• Direct CFO exposure – Work closely with the CFO across financial reporting, cash management, controls and wider business initiatives, providing excellent exposure to senior-level decision-making.
• Broad Finance Manager remit – Take responsibility across management accounts, balance sheet control, working capital, VAT, project reporting and statutory compliance rather than being restricted to one area of finance.
• Commercial & project exposure – Work closely with operational teams to understand project performance, revenue, contractor expenditure and margins, providing greater visibility over profitability.
• Process & systems improvement – Play an active role in simplifying, automating and developing finance processes as the organisation continues to scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and support the production of monthly management accounts, including profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow reporting.
• Take ownership of the month-end close, including accruals, prepayments, journals, depreciation and other accounting adjustments.
• Prepare clear analysis and commentary explaining material movements and variances.
• Maintain robust balance sheet reconciliations, investigating and resolving discrepancies promptly.
• Produce financial schedules, analysis and management information for the CFO, Board and wider leadership team.

Project & Commercial Reporting

• Review project revenue, expenditure and associated margins.
• Partner with operational teams to ensure income and costs are recognised accurately and within the correct accounting period.
• Provide analysis to improve visibility over individual project performance and profitability.
• Investigate financial variances and provide meaningful insight to support operational and commercial decision-making.
• Prepare VAT reconciliations and returns, ensuring transactions are treated correctly and appropriate supporting documentation is maintained.
• Review payroll information and reconciliations and support the accurate accounting of payroll-related costs and liabilities.
• Prepare supporting schedules for statutory accounts, corporation tax, audit and other external review processes.
• Ensure accounting records remain accurate and compliant with UK accounting requirements and internal policies.
• Strengthen financial controls across revenue, purchasing, payments, expenses, payroll and balance sheet accounts.

Cash & Working Capital

• Maintain oversight of customer invoicing, cash allocation and aged debt.
• Support credit control and help ensure overdue balances remain within agreed targets.
• Oversee the accurate processing of supplier invoices, contractor payments and expenses.
• Complete and review bank, credit card and payment platform reconciliations.
• Support invoice finance reconciliations, funding reports and the accurate accounting of associated receipts, liabilities and fees.

Systems & Process Improvement

• Maintain accurate financial information within Xero and connected finance systems.
• Identify opportunities to automate and simplify existing finance processes.
• Improve the quality, consistency and visibility of financial information across the organisation.
• Support the development and documentation of finance policies and procedures.
• Work collaboratively with operational colleagues to improve financial understanding and adherence to agreed processes.

Candidate Profile

• AAT qualified, Part-Qualified ACCA/CIMA/ACA, Qualified Accountant or QBE.
• Minimum three years’ relevant accounting experience, including practical responsibility for month-end close, reconciliations and management reporting.
• Strong understanding of double-entry accounting, accruals, VAT and balance sheet control.
• Strong Excel skills with experience using cloud-based accounting systems; Xero experience would be advantageous.
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to investigate variances, identify issues and turn financial data into meaningful information.
• Commercial mindset with an interest in understanding the operational activity behind the numbers.
• Confident communicator, able to build effective relationships with both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Comfortable operating within a growing SME environment and taking ownership of a broad and varied workload.
• Previous exposure to project accounting, margin analysis or invoice finance would also be beneficial.
• This is an excellent opportunity to join a fast-growing healthcare services organisation in a broad Finance Manager position with direct CFO exposure. You’ll take ownership of core financial reporting and controls while gaining increasing exposure to project performance, commercial analysis and the continued development of the finance function.