Finance Manager

CarFinance 247; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension contributions

Onsite parking

Onsite gym

Transport to station

Birthday leave

Parental leave

Fertility leave

Healthcare plan

Employee assistance

Job summary

Car Finance 247 is seeking a fully qualified Finance Manager to join our professional services team in a fast-paced, owner-managed group just outside Manchester City Centre. You will shape financial reporting, management accounts and FP&A, partnering with the CFO and leadership to drive performance and invest in growth across the group.

The role offers diverse responsibilities, including statutory reporting, external audit management and process improvements, with opportunities to lead strategic

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant.
• Dynamic, ambitious, able to work in a fast-paced owner-managed business.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with IT literacy (Excel, Word).
• Organised with attention to detail and a drive to improve practices.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accounting records and complete group reconciliations.
• Prepare management and statutory accounts.
• Compute key accounting estimates and manage external audit.
• Provide FP&A support and business partnering for growth across Car Finance 247 and group.
• Deliver clear management information to inform decision-making at all levels.
• Identify controls and process improvements across the group.

Skills

Qualified Accountant

Advanced Excel

Finance Analysis

Business Partnering

Tools

Power BI

SAS

SQL

CSS & HTML

Job description

About The Role

Here at Car Finance 247, we are currently recruiting for a fully qualified Finance Manager to join our professional services.

The Finance function is a driven, dynamic and high-performing team, led by an FD and FC with professional services backgrounds and more than 10 years’ experience in the automotive finance industry. Supported by qualified and part-qualified accountants and a strong Credit Control team, Finance plays a key role in providing accurate reporting, valuable insight and analysis across the business.

As the wider group continues to grow, including businesses such as WarrantyWorks and Arcane AI, so do the opportunities within Finance.

What does the role offer?

This is a genuinely diverse role covering financial reporting, management accounts, FP&A and business partnering across Car Finance 247 and the wider group. You'll have the opportunity to shape how the business understands its performance, producing management accounts and analysis that directly inform decision‑making. Working in a fast‑paced, owner‑managed business, you'll need to be dynamic, flexible and commercially minded, with the opportunity to take ownership of analysis and projects that improve operational efficiency and support the continued growth of the group.

Responsibilities Include:

• Accuracy of accounting records and completion of key reconciliations across the group
• Preparation of management and statutory accounts
• Calculation of key accounting estimates and management of the external audit
• Financial planning and analysis to support group growth and investment decisions
• Business partnering with the CFO, wider finance function and business leaders across Car Finance 247 and group companies
• Identification and enhancement of controls and processes
• Producing clear, informed management information that supports decision‑making at every level

About You

Required:

• Fully qualified accountant
• Dynamic, ambitious individual willing to develop and able to work in a fast‑paced, owner‑managed business
• Flexible, with the ability to manage different and changing priorities
• Ability to engage with senior management through excellent written and verbal communication skills, including IT literate (Excel, Word, etc)
• Organised, attention to detail and desire to challenge the status quo and improve working practices

Desirable

• Previous experience within an FCA regulated environment
• Power BI / SAS / SQL / CSS and HTML coding experience
• Confident using AI tools such as Claude or Microsoft Copilot to work smarter and drive efficiencies in day‑to‑day finance processes

Company Benefits

• Up to 5% Pension Contribution.
• Subsidised Onsite Parking.
• Onsite gym.
• Free transport to and from Piccadilly Train Station.
• Additional leave for your birthday.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave pay.
• Time off from day‑one for fertility appointments.
• Healthcare Cash plan.
• Free Employee Assistance Programme.
• Staff discount on vehicle finance.

Car Finance 247 is an award‑winning business just outside of Manchester City Centre. We create personalised and high quality customer experiences driven by outstanding tech, streamlined process and most importantly, amazing people. Over the next 12 months we have exciting upcoming projects to cement our position as market leaders in every aspect of our business and that journey starts with attracting the best talent.

As an equal opportunities employer, CarFinance 247 is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join CarFinance 247.