Finance Manager

SF Recruitment; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Direct access to senior leadership

Autonomy and real influence

Long-term progression opportunities

Competitive salary and benefits

Job summary

A finance recruitment firm seeks a Sole Charge Finance Manager in Wolverhampton. This hands-on role requires producing monthly and statutory accounts, managing month-end processes, preparing audit files, and setting up financial systems. Ideal candidates have experience building accounts from scratch and improving finance functions. The position offers direct access to leadership, autonomy, and competitive salary with long-term progression opportunities. Candidates from large corporate backgrounds may not fit well.

Qualifications

• Experience in practice with account building and management.
• Comfortable handling month-end close, journals, and reconciliations.
• Ability to work on-site primarily.

Responsibilities

• Produce monthly management and statutory accounts.
• Own month-end closing and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Prepare audit files and liaise with auditors.
• Set up financial processes and improve reporting timelines.
• Improve reporting timelines and data quality
• Support group reporting and analysis as the business grows

Skills

Hands-on finance management

Knowledge of account building from scratch

Comfort with detailed financial processes

Ability to improve messy finance environments

Job description

My client is bringing their finance function back in-house after a period of outsourcing and are looking for a Sole Charge Finance Manager to build it properly from the ground up.

This is a hands‑on role for someone who enjoys owning the numbers end‑to‑end; from journals and reconciliations through to statutory accounts and audit.

If you’re looking for a role where you “oversee” rather than do, this won’t be the right fit.

The Role

Initially, you will be the sole finance lead for the group, working closely with the Group CFO.

You will personally:

• Produce monthly management accounts and statutory accounts
• Own month‑end close, journals and balance sheet reconciliations
• Prepare audit files and liaise directly with auditors and advisors
• Set up processes, controls, templates and documentation
• Improve reporting timelines and data quality
• Support group reporting and analysis as the business grows

Over time, the role will naturally evolve and a team will be built, but the foundation is hands‑on execution.

This Role Is For You If

• You’ve worked in practice and know how to build accounts from scratch
• You’ve since moved into industry and stayed close to the detail
• You’re comfortable being the go‑to person for finance
• You enjoy improving messy or underdeveloped finance environments
• You’re happy working primarily on‑site

This Role Is NOT For You If

• You come from a large PLC or heavily shared‑service environment
• You expect a finance team around you on day one
• You’re looking for a purely strategic or leadership‑only role
• You don’t want to be hands‑on with journals, reconciliations and accounts prep

What’s On Offer

• A rare chance to build a finance function properly
• Direct access to senior leadership and ownership
• Autonomy, trust and real influence
• Long‑term progression as the business scales
• Competitive salary and benefits

Interested?

If you’ve run finance on your own before, or want to, we’d love to hear from you.

This is a genuinely hands‑on, sole charge role. Candidates from large corporate or oversight‑only backgrounds are unlikely to be a fit.