Finance Manager: Controls, Insights & Growth

Trial Balance; Redruth; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Trial Balance Consulting have been exclusively engaged by a long-established Cornish business to recruit an experienced Finance Manager for a full-time, permanent role based at the head office in Redruth. Reporting to the Head of Finance, the Finance Manager will run the day‑to‑day finance function, ensure accurate reporting and strong controls, oversee the team, and support strategic decision‑making.

This is a hands-on, senior role within a growing company.

Qualifications

• Strong transactional finance, financial control and month-end experience.
• Experience supervising a finance team and driving process improvements.
• Ability to provide meaningful cost, revenue and margin analysis to support decisions.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing purchase ledger, sales ledger, credit control and debt collection.
• Supporting month-end processes, including reconciliations, journals, accruals, prepayments and depreciation.
• Maintaining fixed asset and stock records and investigating variances.
• Managing banking activities, payment processes and cash flow administration.
• Supporting payroll, PAYE, pensions and VAT submissions.
• Assisting with year-end preparation, audits and statutory reporting.
• Supervising and supporting members of the finance team.
• Reviewing and improving finance, procurement and purchasing processes.
• Providing cost, revenue and margin analysis to support operational decision-making.

Skills

Transactional finance

Financial controls

Month-end processes

Team supervision

Financial analysis

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualification

Job description

Trial Balance Consulting have been exclusively engaged by a long-established Cornish business to recruit an experienced Finance Manager for a full-time, permanent role based at the head office in Redruth. Reporting to the Head of Finance, the Finance Manager will run the day‑to‑day finance function, ensure accurate reporting and strong controls, oversee the team, and support strategic decision‑making.

This is a hands-on, senior role within a growing company.