Finance Manager (Full -Time)

Fire & Flow Coffee; Bagendon; Remote; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free coffee

Team perks and bean discounts

Job summary

Fire & Flow Coffee Roastery in Cirencester, part of the Cotswolds, is seeking a Finance Manager to own the day-to-day finance function, deliver accurate records, and provide clear management reporting. You will work closely with Directors to shape growth, improve profitability, and build scalable finance processes for a rapidly expanding business.

Responsibilities include payroll, VAT, and year-end support, plus commercial analysis across wholesale, cafe, and ecommerce channels.

Qualifications

• Experience in a finance manager or similar role.
• Strong understanding of management accounts, budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ambitious and proactive with growth mindset.
• Experience working in a growing SME and improving financial systems.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of day-to-day finance function and provide Directors with relevant information.
• Develop monthly management accounts and reports and report on a monthly basis.
• Monitor cash flow, profitability and performance; support budgeting, forecasting and planning.
• Provide commercial financial insight across revenue streams (wholesale, cafe, ecommerce).
• Improve financial controls, reporting processes, and scalable systems.

Skills

Experience in finance manager role

Commercial awareness

Attention to detail

Organised

Education

AAT Level 3 or ACCA/CIMA/ACA part-qualified

Fully ACCA/CIMA/ACA qualified

Tools

Xero

Job description

Location: Fire & Flow Coffee Roastery, Cirencester, Cotswolds Hours: Full-time Pay: £38,000+ depending on experience Start Date: ASAP

This is a brilliant opportunity for someone who wants more than a traditional finance role. You’ll be close to the decision making, working directly with the Directors and leadership team, helping shape how the business grows and giving the team clear visibility on the numbers that matter.

We are looking for an experienced and ambitious Finance Manager to take ownership of the day-to-day finance function at Fire & Flow, and help us strengthen it as the business continues to grow.

This is a hands-on role and you will be responsible for ensuring the business has accurate financial records, clear management reporting, reliable cashflow visibility, and strong financial controls.

You will work closely with the Company Directors and department heads to provide clear financial insight across the business, helping understand performance, manage costs, improve profitability, and make informed commercial decisions.

As Fire & Flow continues to grow, this role will be central to building a finance function that is structured, scalable, and able to support a more complex business. We are looking for someone who can improve our current reporting, strengthen processes and controls, and help shape the finance function for the next stage of growth.

About Fire & Flow

Fire & Flow is a speciality coffee roastery based in the Cotswolds, supplying high quality coffee to a growing network of wholesale partners, alongside operating a large, high-volume brunch cafe on site.

We’re a growing business with ambitious plans over the next 5 years. We’re now looking for a driven and commercially minded Finance Manager to help build the financial structure, reporting, and insight we need for the next stage of growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the day-to-day finance function, providing the company directors with all the relevant information to run the company efficiently
• Develop improved and accurate monthly management accounts and reports, and report on a monthly basis
• Monitor cash flow, profitability, margins, and business performance
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning
• Provide insight into performance across wholesale, coffee shop, ecommerce, and other revenue streams
• Help turn financial data into practical actions and decisions
• Manage bookkeeping processes and ensure accurate financial records
• Manage bank reconciliations, supplier payments, customer payments, and finance administration
• Ensure finance systems and processes are efficient, accurate, and scalable
• Improve financial controls and reporting processes as the business grows
• Help build simple, reliable systems that support better visibility and decision-making
• Ensure records are maintained clearly and consistently

Payroll & Compliance

• Manage payroll preparation/submission, and ensure payroll information is accurate
• Liaise with external accountants and other professional advisers where required
• Prepare and submit Group VAT returns
• Support our year-end accounts, and statutory reporting processes
• Ensure financial processes are compliant and well documented

Commercial Finance & Business Support

• Work closely with the Directors to understand financial performance and highlight key risks or opportunities
• Support pricing, margin reviews, cost control, and budgeting decisions
• Help identify areas where profitability and efficiency can be improved
• Support financial planning for our future growth models
• Bring curiosity and commercial thinking to the numbers, not just reporting what has already happened
• Work closely with department heads to improve financial understanding and accountability, including identifying & reporting the KPI’s for each department
• Support managers with budgets, cost tracking, and performance reporting
• Translate financial information into clear, practical insight for non-finance team members
• Help create a culture where financial information is useful, understood, and acted on
  

What We’re Looking For

• AAT Level 3 qualified as a minimum, or ACCA / CIMA / ACA part-qualified or qualified.
• Experience with Xero
• Experience in a finance manager or similar finance role
• Strong understanding of management accounts, budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to interpret financial information
• Highly organised and able to manage competing priorities
• Ambitious, proactive, and excited by the opportunity to grow with the business
• Fully ACCA, CIMA or ACA qualified.
• Experience working in a growing and dynamic SME
• Experience improving financial systems, reporting, and internal processes
• Experience with processing payroll, submitting VAT returns, and stock reporting
• Interest in growing into a more senior finance role as the business develops

Personal Attributes

• Commercially minded and proactive
• Ambitious, and keen to make an impact
• Highly organised and detail-focused
• Able to work independently and take ownership
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced growing business
• Practical and solutions-focused
• Able to turn financial information into useful business insight
• Excited by the opportunity to help shape a growing brand from the inside

What We Offer

• Opportunity to play a key role in a growing speciality coffee business
• A finance role with real responsibility, visibility, and influence
• Close working relationship with the business owners and leadership team
• Opportunity to shape finance systems, reporting, and processes as the business grows
• Team perks such as free coffee, discounts on beans and brewing gear, and access to team coffee cuppings
• Development opportunities at a growing coffee roastery with big plans

Fire & Flow is an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.