Finance Manager

Xperience; Lisburn; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance on probation

Salary Sacrifice Pension

Death in Service Benefit

30 Days Annual Holiday Entitlement

8 Public Holidays

Hybrid Working

Cycle to Work Scheme

Employee Referral Bonus £1500

IT Purchase Scheme

Company Funded Social Events

Free parking

Job summary

Xperience seeks a Finance Manager to own AR/AP, payroll and cash, reporting to the Group Financial Controller. You will lead a small transactions team within a PE-backed group expanding through acquisitions.

You’ll drive strong controls, payroll accuracy and timely reporting, partnering with HR/Shared Services and the Group FC on consolidation and investor reporting.

Qualifications

• Private-equity-backed experience and reporting discipline.
• Hands-on AR/AP, cash and payroll management experience.
• People management of a small transactional finance team.
• Strong controls mindset to identify and fix process gaps.
• Qualified accountant or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end AR and credit control: cash collection and aged debt.
• Own accounts payable processes and supplier payments.
• Manage cash positioning, bank reconciliations and short-term forecasting.
• Run payroll for all group employees with statutory compliance.
• Support Group FC with consolidation, statutory reporting and investor reporting.
• Lead and develop the transactions team and maintain strong controls.
• Ensure documentation and controls withstand audit and PE due diligence.
• Support month-end close and handover to Management Accountant.

Skills

AP/AR management

Payroll

People management

Controls mindset

Private equity experience

M&A integration experience

UK payroll (PAYE, NI)

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent

Tools

HiBob

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

ConnectWise

Job description

Xperience helps SMEs unlock the full potential of their business using Digital Solutions, built with Xperience.

Our industry experts get to know our client’s business inside and out, exploring processes, pain points and people, to build tailored technology across Cloud & IT Services, Cyber Security, CRM, and ERP.

With solutions designed around client operations, we provide the freedom to be more productive and focus on what is important for your business – without getting side tracked by the admin. At Xperience, we create digital solutions with the power to improve and protect your business, both now and in the future.

Our people are what make us different. They are the primary reason our clients recommend us. Their unique skills and infectious energy help our clients focus on what matters most. Our people actively engage with clients using a collaborative style that prioritises teamwork and trust.

As a rapidly growing business, we look for people who share our values (of integrity, collaboration, ambition and success) to come on our growth journey with us, and create an amazing career #BuiltwithXperience

The Role

We are undergoing an exciting time in our evolution and now seek a Finance Manager. This is a newly formalised role reporting to the Group Financial Controller, created to give the transactional finance function a dedicated, experienced owner as the group scales through an active M&A programme.

The Finance Manager will be responsible for day-to-day ownership of accounts receivable, accounts payable, cash management and payroll, and acts together with the Management

Accountant as the Group FC's right hand: the person who keeps the numbers moving

reliably enough that the FC can focus upward, on consolidation, statutory reporting and

audit and due-diligence readiness.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the transactions team which includes credit control, accounts payable and finance assistants plus payroll, a team of circa 8–9 people today, expected to flex as the group's acquisition pipeline adds entities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own end-to-end accounts receivable and credit control: cash collection, aged debt and credit risk across the group's customer base.
• Own accounts payable: supplier payment runs, invoice processing controls and
• Own cash management: daily cash positioning, bank reconciliations and short-term cash forecasting into the Group FC.
• Own payroll: accurate, on-time monthly payroll for all group employees, including statutory compliance (PAYE, NI, pensions auto-enrolment) and liaison with HR/Shared Services on starters, leavers and changes.
• Act as right hand to the Group FC, alongside the Management Accountant: covering process, controls and people management so the FC can focus on consolidation, statutory reporting and board/investor reporting.
• Manage, coach and develop the transactions team, setting clear standards for accuracy, timeliness and service to the rest of the business.
• Maintain and strengthen financial controls across the transactional cycle, with an eye to audit and PE buyer due-diligence defensibility.
• Support month-end close: transactional cut-off, accruals/prepayments relevant to AP/AR, and clean handover of data to the Management Accountant and Group FC.

Person Specification

• Proven experience working in a private-equity-backed business — comfortable with the pace, scrutiny and reporting discipline that comes with PE ownership.
• Solid, hands‑on experience managing accounts receivable, accounts payable and cash functions, ideally alongside payroll.
• People management experience, with the ability to lead and develop a small transactional finance team.
• Strong controls mindset — able to spot and fix a process gap before it becomes
• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) or qualified by experience at an equivalent level.
• Experience operating through an M&A integration or multi‑entity group structure.
• Experience working with HiBob, Microsoft Business Central and ConnectWise would be beneficial.
• UK payroll processing experience (PAYE, NI, pensions auto-enrolment) gained directly, rather than solely through oversight of an outsourced provider.

Key Attributes:

• Hands‑on and delivery‑focused — this is a doing role as much as a managing one.
• Comfortable being a trusted right hand rather than the most senior voice in the room; a strong number two.
• Clear communicator, able to flag issues early rather than let them surface at

What Success Looks Like:

• Taken full, confident ownership of AR, AP, cash and payroll, with the Group FC needing to step in only on exceptions.
• Reduced aged debt and tightened the credit control cycle, with a visible improvement in days sales outstanding.
• Run payroll without error or escalation, cycle after cycle, with clean statutory compliance.
• Built or tightened documented controls across the transactional cycle that would stand up to PE buyer due diligence.
• Established themselves, alongside the Management Accountant, as a dependable support to the Group FC — someone who can be handed a problem and trusted to close it out.

Benefits Package (*subject to specific contract terms):

• Private Medical Insurance on completion of probationary period for you, with option to add spouse and children and reduced cost*
• Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme, 3% ER, 5% EE contributions
• Death in Service Benefit x 3‑time base salary from commencement of employment*
• Generous 30‑Day Annual Holiday Entitlement (Jan‑Dec)
• 8 Public Holidays
• Additional Guaranteed Birthday Leave- 1 Day
• Volunteering Day per year to support an Xperience chosen charity, or a charity of your choice
• Enhanced Sick Pay on completion of probationary period
• Bereavement Leave Policy
• Enhanced Parental Leave Policy
• Long Service Awards commencing from 1 years’ service
• Monthly/ Annual Recognition Awards
• 36.25 hours working week
• Hybrid Working*
• Salary Sacrifice Cycle to Work Scheme
• Salary Sacrifice EV Scheme
• Employee Referral Bonus of £1500 per hire
• Discounted IT Purchase Scheme
• Company Funded Social Events
• Easily accessible and free car parking*

Xperience is an equal opportunities employer.