Finance Manager - Scale Fast, Remote-Ready, Impact-Driven

Octopus Legacy Limited; Greater London; Vor Ort; GBP 65.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

27 days holiday

Birthday day off

Remote work flexibility

Health & life insurance

Parental leave

Free Will & LPAs

Cycle to Work

EV Salary Sacrifice

Charity matching

Breakfast & snacks

Zusammenfassung

Octopus Legacy is seeking a Finance Manager to own core accounting processes end‑to‑end—from ledger integrity and reconciliations to management reporting and compliance—across multiple entities. You’ll enable senior leadership with accurate financial data and drive improvements in systems and controls as the business scales.

You will own monthly management accounts, month‑end close, budgets, and analytics, while supporting onboarding/offboarding and liaising with external accountants and

Qualifikationen

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or similar.
• 3-5+ years’ experience in finance, accounting, or a management accounting role.
• Strong grounding in accounting fundamentals — reconciling ledgers, reviewing balance sheets, and preparing management accounts.
• Highly detail‑oriented with the discipline to manage high‑volume transactional work accurately.
• Confident working across multiple entities and reconciling complex accounts.
• Strong Excel or Google Sheets capability; hands‑on experience using Xero in a multi‑entity environment.

Aufgaben

• Prepare monthly management accounts, including P&L, balance sheet and cash flow reporting.
• Manage month-end close, reconciliations and financial controls.
• Monitor and track expenses and budgets, flag variances and support cost control.
• Work with external accountants, auditors and vendors to ensure compliance and smooth reporting cycles.
• Improve financial systems, processes and reporting tools; automate where possible.
• Conduct ad‑hoc financial analysis to support commercial decisions and planning.
• Own finance‑related aspects of onboarding/offboarding (payroll, system access, documentation).

Kenntnisse

Strong Excel skills

Attention to detail

Ownership mindset

Regulated environment awareness

Ausbildung

Degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics

Working towards professional qualification

Tools

Xero (multi-entity)

Jobbeschreibung

Octopus Legacy is seeking a Finance Manager to own core accounting processes end‑to‑end—from ledger integrity and reconciliations to management reporting and compliance—across multiple entities. You’ll enable senior leadership with accurate financial data and drive improvements in systems and controls as the business scales.

You will own monthly management accounts, month‑end close, budgets, and analytics, while supporting onboarding/offboarding and liaising with external accountants and