Finance Manager — Path to Group Controller | Hybrid + Bonus

Harvey John; Bexhill-on-Sea; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Free on-site parking

Annual discretionary bonus

Role with progression potential

2 days home working per week

Job summary

Harvey John is recruiting a Finance Manager near Bexhill to join a growing business and support the Group CFO. The role sits in a small finance function, with potential to evolve into a Group Financial Controller as the company grows.

You will train and manage a small team, oversee transactional finance, VAT returns, cash flow forecasting, and prepare management accounts across entities, while assisting with budgeting and forecasting.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant with professional certification.
• Experience leading a small finance team.
• Strong business partnering and stakeholder communication.
• Hands-on leader in a small company.
• Clean driving licence preferred.

Responsibilities

• Training and managing a small team (currently 2 but growing).
• Overseeing and hands-on input with transactional aspects of finance.
• VAT returns.
• Active credit control management and cash flow forecasting.
• Preparing management accounts across multiple entities.
• Supporting the FD with budget setting and forecasting.

Skills

Leadership

Business Partnering

Stakeholder communication

Team management

Education

ACCA/ACA/CIMA

Job description

Harvey John is recruiting a Finance Manager near Bexhill to join a growing business and support the Group CFO. The role sits in a small finance function, with potential to evolve into a Group Financial Controller as the company grows.

You will train and manage a small team, oversee transactional finance, VAT returns, cash flow forecasting, and prepare management accounts across entities, while assisting with budgeting and forecasting.