Finance Manager

Hawthorn One; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced pension

Healthcare

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Job summary

Hawthorn One, a well-established manufacturing group, seeks a Finance Manager to take full ownership of UK entity management accounts and consolidate the group into a single reporting framework. You will lead a small team of three direct reports, mentoring them toward full responsibility for two international entities.

This role involves building MI packs, KPIs, cost budgeting with department heads, and supporting multiple live finance projects as the business continues to invest in systems and

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent (or by experience).
• Strong month-end and multi-entity reporting experience.
• Hands-on with Excel and finance systems; able to pull data from multiple sources.

Responsibilities

• Own UK entity management accounts and group consolidation.
• Develop MI pack, establish KPIs and throughput measures; lead budgeting with department heads.
• Mentor and develop a team of three direct reports toward wider responsibilities.
• Support in live finance projects as the group invests in systems and processes.

Skills

Management reporting

Data analysis

Stakeholder communication

Education

ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent

Tools

Excel

Finance systems

Job description

This manufacturing business is a well-established, international manufacturing business easily accessible from North Manchester and Lancashire, supplying complex, technical products to blue-chip and niche customers across multiple sectors worldwide. With a long and successful history, the business has grown significantly and continues to invest heavily in its people, systems and manufacturing capability as it targets continued growth in turnover over the next two years across the group. The finance function sits at the centre of that growth story, and this Finance Manager role has been created to give it the leadership and structure it needs as the group becomes more complex.

The Finance Manager Job

This is a newly created Finance Manager job, reporting into a Financial Controller as part of the same restructure. As Finance Manager, you will take full ownership of the UK entity's management accounts and reporting, while also bringing together the group's other entities into a single consolidated position, working from a modern finance system that all entities report into. You will manage a small team of three direct reports, acting as a genuine mentor as the team develops, with both direct reports working towards full responsibility for two of the group's smaller international entities.

Reporting is a genuine build project in this Finance Manager job. Beyond sales and margin reporting, formal management information is starting from a low base, so you will develop a proper MI pack, establish KPIs and throughput measures, and lead budgetary cost management alongside department heads and operations with a strong commercial focus. You will also support on several live finance projects as the business continues to invest in its systems, processes, and wider capital programme.

This Finance Manager job will grow in scope as the group grows, hence a genuine appetite for building processes from scratch, rather than simply maintaining an established function, matters as much as technical ability.

The Requirements

• You must be a qualified accountant, ACA, ACCA, CIMA or qualified by experience may be considered, with solid experience in a Finance Manager, senior Management Accountant or similar role.
• You will have a strong grounding in full month-end management accounts, ideally within a group of entities with proven experience managing or mentoring a team.
• You must be confident, strong and hands-on with Excel and systems, comfortable pulling together data from multiple sources.
• Finally, it is essential that you are comfortable operating in a fast-evolving environment, building processes and reporting from an early stage rather than simply maintaining what already exists.
• Experience in a manufacturing or stock-based environment is desirable, as is exposure to multi-currency reporting, international group consolidation, or a system implementation.

The Rewards

A competitive salary is on offer, dependent on experience. Standard hours are 37.5 and benefits include an enhanced employer pension contribution, healthcare, and 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays.