Finance Manager: FP&A, Commercials & Ops

Artefact; Devil's Thrashing Floor; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4-month FTC

Potential permanent conversion

Job summary

Artefact is a global consulting and technology company hiring a Finance Manager for its UK function. You’ll own day-to-day running of the UK Finance team, coordinating the Accounts team, and delivering core reporting, budgeting and commercial analysis with senior stakeholders.

Reporting to the Head of Finance, you’ll drive process improvements, manage month-end, and support strategic decisions. This 4-month FTC offers meaningful responsibility with potential for permanent hire.

Qualifications

• Part-qualified or qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA, or equivalent practical experience, with around 3 to 4 years’ relevant experience in accounting, audit, FP&A, commercial Finance or a similar area.
• Strong accounting fundamentals and advanced Excel / Google Sheets skills.
• Proactive and comfortable being given an objective rather than a checklist; you identify what needs doing and take it through to completion.
• Analytical and commercially curious, able to explain what the numbers mean, not just producing them.

Responsibilities

• Reporting and FP&A: Own management reporting, budgeting, forecasting and supporting analysis, explaining movements and identifying forward-looking risks and opportunities.
• Commercial Finance: Analyse and challenge revenue, gross margin, staffing, pipeline, contract status, unbilled work and profitability, turning financial information into clear insights and recommendations.
• Accounts team: Be the day-to-day point of contact and first review layer for the Accounts team, coordinating priorities, reviewing outputs and resolving first-line queries.
• Accounting, tax and compliance: Coordinate and review month-end, year-end, audit, routine tax and other recurring Finance processes, including journals and reconciliations.
• Cash, working capital and banking: Oversee cash flow, working capital, invoicing, aged debtors and payments.

Education

ACCA/ACCA/CIMA qualified or part-qualified

Tools

Salesforce

Everwin

Sage

Job description

Artefact is a global consulting and technology company hiring a Finance Manager for its UK function. You’ll own day-to-day running of the UK Finance team, coordinating the Accounts team, and delivering core reporting, budgeting and commercial analysis with senior stakeholders.

Reporting to the Head of Finance, you’ll drive process improvements, manage month-end, and support strategic decisions. This 4-month FTC offers meaningful responsibility with potential for permanent hire.