Finance Manager

Paul Card Recruitment; Eaglescliffe; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Paul Card Recruitment seeks a finance leader to shape delivery of financial reporting across a varied client portfolio. This newly created role sits between senior leadership and the finance team, driving technical finance, oversight and client responsibility.

You will lead day‑to‑day delivery, review, and sign‑off, with responsibility for budgets, forecasts and standardised reporting. ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified candidates are preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a finance team with strong control of quality and accuracy.
• Proven ability to manage multiple clients, deadlines and priorities.
• Experience turning data into strategic insights for senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing and signing off management accounts packs
• Preparing budgets, forecasts and cash flow forecasts
• Managing workflow, resources and deadlines across the finance team
• Standardising management reporting across the client portfolio
• Preparing and reviewing statutory accounts and corporation tax returns
• Overseeing finance delivery across multiple entities with timely reporting

Skills

Finance leadership

Team management

Financial reporting

Budgeting & forecasting

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualification

Job description

What if your next move gave you more influence over how a finance function operates, rather than simply inheriting an established way of doing things?

This is a newly created role, giving you the opportunity to shape processes, improve reporting standards and make a visible impact on how finance is delivered across a varied client portfolio.

If your background is in accountancy practice, outsourced finance or a similar professional services environment, you'll be able to use that experience in a role that combines technical finance, team management and client responsibility.

You'll join an outsourced finance business, providing the financial and commercial information clients need to support strategic, commercial and operational decisions.

Sitting between the senior leadership team and the finance team, you'll take responsibility for day-to-day delivery, review and sign-off.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Reviewing and signing off management accounts packs
• Preparing financial budgets, forecasts and cash flow forecasts
• Managing workflow, resources and deadlines across the finance team
• Standardising management reporting across the client portfolio
• Preparing and reviewing statutory accounts and corporation tax returns
• Managing finance delivery across multiple client entities, ensuring reporting is accurate and on time

You'll already have experience managing a finance team, reviewing work and taking responsibility for its quality and accuracy.

You'll understand the demands of managing multiple clients, deadlines, chargeable time and utilisation, and be comfortable moving between different client requirements and priorities.

Ideally, you'll be ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified, although someone well progressed towards qualification with the appropriate technical and management experience will also be considered.

If you're ready to take on broader responsibility and make your mark in a newly created role, we'd like to hear from you.