Finance Manager for Agile Product Teams

CO-OP; Manchester; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

28 days holiday

Pension with employer contributions (9

Private healthcare

Onsite gym at Manchester HQ

Staff discount

Job summary

Co-op is seeking a Finance Manager to join our Product Team in Manchester. You will work across Finance, SPA and Product Teams, using financial expertise to shape how our Product Team model develops and grows.

The role focuses on ensuring robust financial, asset and audit controls as we expand to multiple teams. You will mobilise Product Teams with cross-functional collaboration, manage governance around cost allocation and reporting, and drive high-quality financial data across the

Qualifications

• A recognised accountancy qualification, and product trained.
• Experience of working in an agile environment or alongside agile Product Teams.
• Strong financial and commercial understanding, with experience of maintaining effective financial controls.
• Great relationship-building and communication skills, with the confidence to bring different teams together and constructively challenge where needed.
• An organised and adaptable approach, with the ability to identify risks, solve problems and keep work moving in a changing environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop a consistent and repeatable approach for mobilising and growing Product Teams.
• Bring Finance and SPA together, making sure financial controls and delivery readiness are considered throughout mobilisation.
• Track readiness for new Product Teams, identifying gaps and escalating risks.
• Lead financial governance across cost allocation, capitalisation, asset accounting and reporting.
• Improve the quality of financial data and audit evidence, making sure there's a clear and reliable audit trail.
• Maintain effective financial, asset and audit controls as the number of Product Teams grows.
• Support the handover of finance ownership from the Product Team Technology Hub FBP to the relevant Business FBP once business cases are approved.

Skills

Agile methodologies

Financial governance

Financial controls

Stakeholder management

Relationship building

Communication skills

Education

ACCA/CIMA/CPA

Job description

Co-op is seeking a Finance Manager to join our Product Team in Manchester. You will work across Finance, SPA and Product Teams, using financial expertise to shape how our Product Team model develops and grows.

The role focuses on ensuring robust financial, asset and audit controls as we expand to multiple teams. You will mobilise Product Teams with cross-functional collaboration, manage governance around cost allocation and reporting, and drive high-quality financial data across the