Finance Manager | Multi-Channel Coffee Brand

COREcruitment Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

COREcruitment Ltd is seeking a hands-on Finance Manager in London for a fast-growing, small-batch coffee roaster supplying restaurants, cafés and online channels. You will lead a two-person finance team and report to the Finance Director, taking ownership of day-to-day finance and strategic reporting.

Key responsibilities include month-end, cash flow forecasting, stock audits and cross-channel reporting, with a focus on process improvements and strong collaboration with the Exec team.

Qualifications

• Qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA, or final exam stage with relevant experience.
• Experience running month-end and producing full management accounts.
• Strong balance sheet control, accruals and stock accounting.
• Experience mentoring junior team members.

Responsibilities

• Own month-end and deliver management accounts with commentary and variance analysis.
• Review journals, reconciliations and control accounts to keep the balance sheet clean.
• Run weekly cash flow forecast, approve payment runs and manage working capital.
• Oversee stock valuation and quarterly stock audits.
• Produce monthly sales and margin reporting across wholesale, cafés, export and e-commerce.
• Partner with Commercial, Operations and the Exec team on budgets, forecasts and performance.
• Lead the external audit and stay on top of VAT, payroll and statutory compliance.
• Coach and develop two finance juniors.
• Improve processes and systems across Xero, Shopify and other business related systems.

Skills

Month-end accounting

Management accounts

Cash flow forecasting

Balance sheet control

Mentoring juniors

Excel

Xero

Financial reporting

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified

Tools

Xero

Shopify

Job description

COREcruitment Ltd is seeking a hands-on Finance Manager in London for a fast-growing, small-batch coffee roaster supplying restaurants, cafés and online channels. You will lead a two-person finance team and report to the Finance Director, taking ownership of day-to-day finance and strategic reporting.

Key responsibilities include month-end, cash flow forecasting, stock audits and cross-channel reporting, with a focus on process improvements and strong collaboration with the Exec team.