Finance Manager

GMP Worldwide; Worcester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

A stable, permanent opportunity based在

A structured 35-hour working week

Job summary

GMP Worldwide in Worcester is recruiting an experienced Finance Manager to lead the finance function. This hands-on role combines day-to-day financial management with strategic input, commercial analysis and business improvement.

You will report to the Managing Director and help drive profitability and financial strength across the organisation. The ideal candidate will have senior finance experience, strong accounting knowledge and the ability to manage a finance team while partnering with

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a Finance Manager, Management Accountant or similar senior finance position.
• Strong technical knowledge of management accounting, budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting.
• Previous experience managing or supervising finance staff.
• Excellent understanding of financial controls, cashflow management and statutory compliance.
• Experience preparing management accounts and presenting financial information to senior stakeholders.
• AAT qualifications, with further professional accountancy qualifications such as ACCA considered advantageous.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to translate financial information into practical commercial recommendations.
• Excellent communication, organisation and stakeholder management skills.
• A proactive, solutions-focused approach with the confidence to challenge existing processes and drive improvements.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the company's day-to-day finance operations, ensuring accurate and efficient financial management.
• Prepare and present monthly management accounts, profit and loss reports and financial information for the Board.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting and cashflow management, providing meaningful financial analysis to support decision-making.
• Manage and develop the finance team, encouraging a collaborative, high-performing environment.
• Oversee balance sheet reconciliations, financial controls and statutory reporting requirements.
• Manage payroll, PAYE, VAT and CIS submissions, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Oversee accounts payable, credit control, banking and cash collection activities.
• Maintain accurate work-in-progress (WIP) reporting and support commercial performance analysis.
• Work closely with departmental managers to identify cost efficiencies and opportunities to improve profitability.
• Review the financial implications of commercial tenders and business opportunities.
• Coordinate year-end financial information and liaise with external accountants, auditors and professional advisers.
• Identify and implement improvements to financial systems, processes and internal controls.

Skills

Management accounting

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial reporting

Cashflow management

Financial controls

Stakeholder management

Team supervision

Analytical skills

Communication

Education

AAT qualifications

ACCA considered advantageous

Job description

Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am–4:30pm (35 hours per week)

The Opportunity

GMP Worldwide is delighted to be recruiting on behalf of an established and ambitious Worcestershire-based business seeking an experienced and commercially minded Finance Manager to lead its finance function.

This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on finance professional who enjoys combining day-to-day financial management with strategic input, commercial analysis and business improvement.

Reporting directly to the Managing Director, the successful candidate will play a pivotal role in maintaining financial control, supporting business decisions and ensuring the continued financial strength of the organisation.

The position offers genuine responsibility, autonomy and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact across the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the company's day-to-day finance operations, ensuring accurate and efficient financial management.
• Prepare and present monthly management accounts, profit and loss reports and financial information for the Board.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting and cashflow management, providing meaningful financial analysis to support decision-making.
• Manage and develop the finance team, encouraging a collaborative, high-performing environment.
• Oversee balance sheet reconciliations, financial controls and statutory reporting requirements.
• Manage payroll, PAYE, VAT and CIS submissions, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Oversee accounts payable, credit control, banking and cash collection activities.
• Maintain accurate work-in-progress (WIP) reporting and support commercial performance analysis.
• Work closely with departmental managers to identify cost efficiencies and opportunities to improve profitability.
• Review the financial implications of commercial tenders and business opportunities.
• Coordinate year-end financial information and liaise with external accountants, auditors and professional advisers.
• Identify and implement improvements to financial systems, processes and internal controls.

About You

We are seeking a confident, proactive and commercially aware finance professional with the ability to operate both strategically and operationally.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate:

• Proven experience in a Finance Manager, Management Accountant or similar senior finance position.
• Strong technical knowledge of management accounting, budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting.
• Previous experience managing or supervising finance staff.
• Excellent understanding of financial controls, cashflow management and statutory compliance.
• Experience preparing management accounts and presenting financial information to senior stakeholders.
• AAT qualifications, with further professional accountancy qualifications such as ACCA considered advantageous.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to translate financial information into practical commercial recommendations.
• Excellent communication, organisation and stakeholder management skills.
• A proactive, solutions-focused approach with the confidence to challenge existing processes and drive improvements.

Experience within a commercially focused, project-led or operational business environment would be particularly advantageous.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

This is an opportunity to join an established organisation where the finance function plays a central role in commercial performance and business development.

You will benefit from:

• Direct exposure to senior leadership and business decision-making.
• Ownership of a broad and varied finance function.
• The opportunity to develop and mentor an existing finance team.
• Genuine scope to improve systems, processes and financial reporting.
• A stable, permanent opportunity based in Worcester.
• A structured 35-hour working week.

Interested?