Finance Manager

Axon Moore; Manchester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension contribution

Onsite parking

Onsite gym

Birthday leave

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption

Healthcare cash plan

Employee Assistance Programme

Staff discounts

Progression within growing group

Job summary

Axon Moore is recruiting a Finance Manager for a high-growth SME just outside Manchester City Centre. You will own a broad, commercially focused finance function and work with senior leadership to deliver high-quality reporting and FP&A insights.

The role offers exposure to both technical accounting and strategic business partnering, with a focus on process improvement and strong stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with ACA/ACCA/CIMA.
• 2-3 years post-qualification experience.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge with commercial mindset.

Responsibilities

• Prepare accurate management accounts and financial reporting.
• Support statutory accounts and external audits.
• Maintain accounting records and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Produce financial analysis, forecasts and budgets.
• Provide commercial insight for strategic decisions.
• Partner with senior leadership and operations teams.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen controls and processes.
• Lead finance projects and continuous improvements.

Skills

Management accounting

Financial reporting

FP&A

Commercial mindset

Excel

Education

Fully qualified accountant

Tools

Power BI

SQL

SAS

AI tools

Job description

Finance Manager | Central Manchester (On-site) |£55,000 - £65,000 + benefits | High Growth SME

Axon Moore are currently recruiting for an excitingFinance Manageropportunity with a highly successful, fast-growing business based just outside Manchester City Centre.

This is a fantastic opportunity for afully qualified accountantlooking to take ownership of a broad and commercially focused finance role within a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment.

Working closely with the senior finance leadership team and key stakeholders across the wider group, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality financial reporting, management information, FP&A and commercial insight to support continued growth.

The Role

This is a genuinely varied position, offering exposure across both the technical and commercial sides of finance. You'll have the opportunity to influence how the business understands and manages its performance, while taking ownership of projects designed to improve processes, controls and operational efficiency.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Preparing accurate and timely management accounts and financial reporting.
• Supporting the preparation of statutory accounts and external audit requirements.
• Maintaining the integrity of accounting records and completing key balance sheet reconciliations.
• Preparing financial analysis, forecasts and budgets to support business growth and investment decisions.
• Producing clear and insightful management information for senior stakeholders.
• Business partnering with senior leadership and operational teams across the business and wider group.
• Identifying opportunities to strengthen financial controls and improve processes.
• Providing commercial insight and analysis to support strategic decision‑making.
• Taking ownership of finance projects and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Supporting the wider finance team in a fast‑paced, evolving environment.

About You

We're looking for afully qualified accountantwho combines strong technical accounting knowledge with a commercial and analytical mindset.

You'll ideally be:

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified with 2-3 years PQE
• Experienced in management accounting, financial reporting and/or FP&A.
• Commercially minded, with the confidence to challenge and influence senior stakeholders.
• Highly organised, analytical and attentive to detail.
• Comfortable managing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• A strong communicator with the ability to translate financial information into meaningful business insight.
• Advanced in Excel and confident working with financial systems and data.
• Proactive, ambitious and keen to make a genuine impact within a growing organisation.

Desirable Experience

• Power BI
• SQL / SAS
• Data analysis and visualisation
• AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot or Claude
• Process improvement and automation

What's on Offer?

• £55,000 - £65,000 salary
• Pension contribution of up to 5%
• Onsite parking
• Onsite gym
• Additional annual leave for your birthday
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Healthcare cash plan
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Staff discounts
• Excellent opportunity to progress within a growing group

The Opportunity

This is more than a traditional Finance Manager position. You'll be joining a high-performing finance function within a growing, entrepreneurial group, with genuine scope to influence processes, improve reporting and provide insight that directly impacts business decisions.

If you're a qualified accountant looking for a role where you can combinetechnical finance, FP&A, commercial analysis and business partnering, we'd love to hear from you.