Finance manager in manufacturing

Harmonic Finance™ | Certified B Corp; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

8% pension (3% employer)

Stock options

Job summary

Harmonic Finance™ | Certified B Corp в Великобритании ищет опытного главного бухгалтера/финансового директора для перехода к производству и масштабированию. Команда строит финансовую функцию до стандартов публичной компании и работает в глобальной группе.

Вы будете руководить групповыми закрытиями, консолидированием и составлением управленческой отчетности, а также координацией аудита и разработки учетных политик. Требуется профиль ACA/ACCA/CPA и опыт в производстве/скоростном росте.

Qualifications

• Qualified ACA/ACCA/CPA (CIMA considered) with 4+ years post-qualification experience in multi-entity groups.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS and FRS 102; experience with statutory accounts and audits.
• Hands-on close, journal postings, intercompany and eliminations, not just reviews.
• Inventory/cost accounting in manufacturing or high-volume environment.
• Experience in a high-growth business where processes and controls are built; ERP exposure preferred.

Responsibilities

• Run month-end and year-end close, owning journals, accruals, prepayments, fixed assets, payroll postings and full balance sheet reconciliations.
• Operate and improve the group consolidation across all entities, including intercompany reconciliations, eliminations and multi-currency translation.
• Prepare monthly management reporting and group cash flow reporting for leadership, investors, lenders and auditors.
• Prepare UK/US statutory financial statements and support local filings with external advisors.
• Own the external audit end to end, including PBC lists, auditor relationships and technical position papers.
• Write technical accounting papers on complex transactions and develop policies across revenue, inventory, R&D, leases and share-based payments.
• Lead inventory and manufacturing cost accounting as the business moves into production, including standard costing, cost of sales and stock provisioning.
• Build and document internal controls, play a central role in the ERP build-out, and use AI and automation to speed up the close and reconciliations.

Skills

Close & consolidation

IFRS & FRS 102

Multi-entity groups

US GAAP awareness

Automation tools

Education

ACA/ACCA/CPA (CIMA considered)

Tools

NetSuite

SAP

Job description

Описание

A well-funded deep-tech business building hardware and AI products for industrial customers, having raised over $100m in its Series A from leading VC investors. It is moving from R&D and prototypes into production, operates across multiple international entities including the US, and is building its finance function to public-company standards.

Задачи

• Run the month-end and year-end close, owning journals, accruals, prepayments, fixed assets, payroll postings and full balance sheet reconciliations
• Operate and improve the group consolidation across all entities, including intercompany reconciliations, eliminations and multi-currency translation
• Prepare monthly management reporting and group cash flow reporting for leadership, investors, lenders and auditors
• Prepare UK/US statutory financial statements and support local filings in other jurisdictions alongside external advisors
• Own the external audit end to end, including PBC lists, auditor relationships and technical position papers
• Write technical accounting papers on complex transactions and develop policies across revenue, inventory, R&D, leases and share-based payments
• Lead inventory and manufacturing cost accounting as the business moves into production, including standard costing, cost of sales and stock provisioning
• Build and document internal controls, play a central role in the ERP build-out, and use AI and automation to speed up the close and reconciliations

Требования

• ACA, ACCA or CPA qualified (CIMA considered), ideally trained in an audit firm 4+ years' post-qualified experience across multi-entity, multi-currency groups, ideally including US entities (US GAAP)
• Strong technical knowledge of FRS 102 and IFRS, with experience preparing statutory accounts and managing external audits end to end
• Hands-on close and consolidation experience, owning journals, reconciliations, intercompany and eliminations rather than only reviewing them
• Inventory and cost accounting experience, including standard costing, in a manufacturing, physical goods or high-volume environment
• Experience in a high-growth business where processes, controls and documentation still need to be built
• Будет плюсом: ERP implementation experience (e.g. NetSuite, SAP); Background in a venture-backed hardware, robotics or deep tech business; Confident using AI and automation tools to speed up close and reporting

Условия

• £80,000-£90,000 + Stock Options
• Private healthcare
• 8% pension (3% employer)
• 23 days' holiday plus bank holidays and company closure days (30+ days off in total)
• breakfast provided