Financial Controller

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

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits package

Job summary

Zachary Daniels Recruitment is partnering with a founder-led consumer business in South Manchester (on-site) to appoint a Financial Controller. This new leadership role heads financial control, reporting and commercial insight across multiple entities, with a clear route to Head of Finance as the business grows.

Reporting to the Finance Director, you will lead month-end, budgeting, forecasting and variance reporting, while strengthening controls and driving process automation.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with ACA/ACCA/CIMA and strong technical finance foundations.
• Experience in financial control, management reporting and statutory accounting.
• Experience operating across multiple entities.
• Excellent stakeholder management and business partnering skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead financial control and month-end across entities.
• Deliver accurate, commercially focused reporting and analysis.
• Own budgeting, forecasting and variance reporting.
• Improve controls, reporting processes and automation.
• Partner with commercial and operational stakeholders.
• Support strategic projects with the Finance Director.
• Lead and develop finance team.
• Prepare balance sheet and audit readiness.

Skills

Financial reporting

Financial controls

Management reporting

Stakeholder management

Excel

Business partnering

Multi-entity

Systems knowledge

Proactive mindset

Leadership potential

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

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.

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