Finance Manager

Vitae Financial Recruitment; Hatfield; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing SME in Hatfield is seeking a Finance Manager to oversee management accounting and financial reporting. This role is crucial for shaping the finance function during rapid growth. Candidates should be ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified with strong management accounting and reporting experience. You will lead a small finance team, ensuring accurate and timely financial processes while fostering a collaborative culture. Employees will enjoy working together, and flexibility for remote work is available. Join a business with ambition and a commitment to its values.

Benefits

Free on-site parking

Collaborative culture

Opportunity to work closely with Finance Director

Qualifications

• Fully professionally qualified (ACA, ACCA or CIMA).
• Strong experience in management accounting and financial reporting.
• Proactive approach with ability to improve processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage monthly management accounts and financial controls.
• Produce high-quality financial reporting for stakeholders.
• Lead budgeting and forecasting processes.

Skills

Management accounting

Financial reporting

Coaching and development

Excellent communication

Education

ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification

Job description

Finance Manager

Salary: 60,000 – 70,000 + benefits

Location: Hatfield, Hertfordshire (Office–based – 1 day per week WFH optional)

Permanent Full–time

The Opportunity

This is a newly created Finance Manager role within a fast–growing, highly successful SME operating in a market with huge long–term potential. With a current turnover of around 50m and growing rapidly, the business is entering an exciting phase of development, with future growth driven by a blend of organic expansion and strategic M&A activity.

Unlike many organisations that talk about culture, this is a business that genuinely lives and breathes it. People enjoy coming to work, care deeply about what they do, and are proud of the values they represent. This is an opportunity to become part of something special – a genuine success story built by great people.

The role reports directly to the Finance Director, providing strong exposure, influence and the chance to play a key role in shaping the finance function during a period of rapid growth.

The Role

As Finance Manager, you will take responsibility for the management accounting and financial reporting function, while leading and developing a small finance team. This is a hands–on leadership role, requiring strong technical capability alongside the ability to coach, mentor and develop others.

Key responsibilities include:

• Ownership of the monthly management accounts, balance sheet reconciliations and financial controls
• Production of high–quality financial and management reporting for senior leadership and external stakeholders
• Leading budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis to support commercial decision–making
• Oversight of invoicing, credit control, reconciliations and payment processes
• Responsibility for core finance activities including VAT, corporation tax, payroll and statutory requirements
• Driving continuous improvement across finance processes, systems and reporting as the business scales
• Acting as a trusted finance partner to the Finance Director during a period of growth and change

The role is predominantly office–based, reflecting the collaborative and people–focused culture of the business. That said, flexibility is available, with one day per week working from home for those who find this works best for them. The team values being together, sharing ideas and supporting one another, and this balance helps maintain a strong sense of connection while recognising individual preferences.

About You

This role would suit either:

• A recently qualified accountant looking to take the next step into managing an all–encompassing finance function, or
• An experienced Finance Manager excited by the challenge of contributing to the continued growth of a dynamic SME

You will be fully professionally qualified (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) and comfortable operating in a hands–on environment where accuracy, ownership and leadership are essential.

You will bring:

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification (essential)
• Strong experience in management accounting and financial reporting
• A genuine passion for people leadership, coaching and development
• A hands–on, proactive approach with the ability to improve and evolve processes
• Excellent communication skills and the confidence to work closely with senior stakeholders
• Experience in a regulated, services or high–growth SME environment (desirable, not essential)

The Environment

• Modern offices with a great working environment
• Free on–site parking
• A collaborative, values–driven culture where people enjoy working together
• A business with ambition, momentum and a genuine sense of purpose

Why Apply?

• Join a business at a pivotal stage of its growth journey
• Work directly with an experienced Finance Director
• Take ownership of management accounting and financial reporting within a growing organisation
• Lead and develop a team in a culture that genuinely prioritises people
• Be part of a business success story, working with talented, committed and passionate colleagues

If you are looking for a role that combines technical challenge, leadership responsibility and cultural alignment, this opportunity offers an outstanding next step.