Finance Manager: Lead Finance, Reporting & Growth

Casanovas Recruitment Solutions; Essex; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to £45k

Full-time

Multi-site

Impactful

Leadership exposure

Systems improvement

Job summary

Casanovas Recruitment Solutions is seeking a proactive Finance Manager to lead the day‑to‑day finance function, provide valuable financial insight and support growth across a multi‑site organisation. The role blends financial management with reporting, business partnering, process improvement and team leadership, ensuring strong controls and timely reporting.

You will work with senior leaders and operational managers to understand performance, manage costs and drive efficiency through improved

Qualifications

• Minimum five years' finance or accounting experience.
• Experience preparing management accounts, budgets, forecasts and cash flow.
• Strong knowledge of financial controls, reconciliations and month-end processes.
• Experience overseeing payroll processes and monitoring workforce costs.
• Excellent Excel skills and confidence using accounting software and digital finance systems.
• Ability to translate financial information into practical advice for business decisions.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management accounts, including profit and loss, balance sheets, cash flow reports and variance analysis.
• Lead budgeting and forecasting processes, providing financial insight and recommendations to senior management.
• Oversee purchase and sales ledgers, invoicing, supplier payments, bank reconciliations and credit control.
• Monitor income, expenditure and cash flow, identifying risks and opportunities to improve financial performance.
• Oversee payroll processes, ensuring accurate calculations, timely payments and appropriate financial reconciliations.
• Work closely with operational managers to monitor budgets, staffing costs and expenditure, supporting effective cost management.
• Maintain robust financial controls, policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with relevant statutory, tax and reporting requirements.
• Support year‑end accounts preparation, external audits and requests for financial information.
• Produce clear financial reports and dashboards to support decision‑making at senior management level.
• Lead and support the development of the finance team, ensuring responsibilities are clearly allocated and deadlines are met.
• Identify opportunities to improve financial systems, reporting, automation and overall efficiency.
• Build strong working relationships across the organisation, communicating financial information clearly to non‑finance colleagues.

Skills

Finance experience

Management accounts

Budgets & forecasts

Cash flow

Payroll

Excel skills

Accounting software

Financial analysis

Communication

Attention to detail

Independence

Education

ACCA/ACA/CIMA or equivalent

Tools

Sage

Xero

Job description

Casanovas Recruitment Solutions is seeking a proactive Finance Manager to lead the day‑to‑day finance function, provide valuable financial insight and support growth across a multi‑site organisation. The role blends financial management with reporting, business partnering, process improvement and team leadership, ensuring strong controls and timely reporting.

You will work with senior leaders and operational managers to understand performance, manage costs and drive efficiency through improved