Financial Controller

Zachary Daniels Recruitment; Cheadle Hulme; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Career progression to Head of Finance

Job summary

Zachary Daniels Recruitment is partnering with a founder-led consumer business in South Manchester to appoint a Financial Controller. You will own financial control, reporting and commercial insight across a multi-entity group, reporting to the Finance Director, with a clear route to Head of Finance as the business scales.

This on-site role offers deep stakeholder exposure, leadership of the finance team, and hands-on improvements to processes and automation, plus a discretionary bonus and

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant ACA/ACCA/CIMA with strong technical finance foundations.
• Experience in e-commerce, retail or fast-paced consumer business.
• Experience with financial control, management reporting and statutory accounting.
• Experience across multiple entities.
• Excellent stakeholder management and business partnering.
• Strong systems knowledge and advanced Excel.
• Proactive mindset to challenge processes and drive improvements.
• People management experience or leadership potential.

Responsibilities

• Lead month-end, management accounts and board reporting across multiple entities
• Deliver accurate, commercially focused financial reporting and analysis
• Own budgeting, forecasting and variance reporting
• Improve financial controls, reporting processes and automation
• Partner with commercial and operational stakeholders to provide financial insight
• Lead balance sheet integrity, audit preparation and statutory reporting
• Drive continuous improvement across finance systems and processes
• Manage and develop members of the finance team
• Support strategic projects alongside the Finance Director

Skills

Financial control

Management reporting

Statutory accounting

Stakeholder management

Business partnering

Excel

Multi-entity experience

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Tools

ERP systems

Excel advanced

Job description

Financial Controller | Consumer Brand | South Manchester (On-site) | £80,000 - £90,000, + bonus + benefits

The Opportunity

We're exclusively partnering with an ambitious, founder-led consumer business to appoint a Financial Controller into a newly created leadership role.

Having experienced exceptional growth in recent years, the business is entering its next phase and is investing heavily in its finance function. This is a rare opportunity to work alongside an experienced Finance Director, taking ownership of financial control, reporting and commercial insight across a complex, multi-entity business.

Importantly, this role offers a genuine route to becoming Head of Finance as the business continues to grow.

If you're looking for a role where you can influence decision making, improve processes and make a visible impact, this is an outstanding opportunity.

The Role

Reporting directly to the Finance Director, you'll lead the financial control function while providing accurate, timely and commercially focused reporting to support business performance.

You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders across the business, improving reporting, strengthening controls and helping leadership make faster, better-informed commercial decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead month-end, management accounts and board reporting across multiple entities
• Deliver accurate, commercially focused financial reporting and analysis
• Own budgeting, forecasting and variance reporting
• Improve financial controls, reporting processes and automation
• Partner with commercial and operational stakeholders to provide financial insight and challenge
• Lead balance sheet integrity, audit preparation and statutory reporting
• Drive continuous improvement across finance systems and processes
• Manage and develop members of the finance team
• Support strategic projects alongside the Finance Director

About You

You’ll be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with strong technical finance foundations and the commercial awareness to operate within a fast-moving business.

You’ll ideally bring:

• Practice-trained background before moving into industry
• Previous experience within e-commerce, retail or another fast-paced consumer business
• Strong financial control, management reporting and statutory accounting experience
• Experience operating across multiple entities
• Excellent stakeholder management and business partnering skills
• Strong systems knowledge and advanced Excel capability
• A proactive mindset with the confidence to challenge existing processes and drive improvement
• Previous people management experience, or clear leadership potential

Most importantly, you'll enjoy working in an entrepreneurial environment where no two days are the same and you'll have the opportunity to shape both the finance function and your own career.

What's on Offer?

• £80,000 - £90,000 basic salary
• Performance bonus
• Genuine progression opportunity to Head of Finance for the right individual
• Broad, commercially focused leadership role
• Direct exposure to the Finance Director and senior leadership team
• Opportunity to influence the future direction of the finance function
• Long-term career development within a high-growth business

Zachary Daniels is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates and are committed to creating an inclusive recruitment process for everyone.