Path to Finance Manager: Assistant Finance Manager, Exeter

Trial Balance; Exeter; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Trial Balance Consulting is recruiting for an Assistant Finance Manager near Exeter to join a family-owned manufacturing business. The role offers hands-on development with a path to Finance Manager within ~12 months, reporting to the Finance Manager and collaborating with the senior leadership team.

The position is full-time and on-site near Exeter, with responsibility for monthly management accounts, VAT/submission work, and cashflow monitoring.

Qualifications

• Grounding in day-to-day finance operations
• Ambition to progress into a Finance Manager role

Responsibilities

• Assisting the Finance Manager with the production of monthly management accounts and reporting
• Supporting the preparation of statutory information and HMRC submissions, including VAT
• Maintaining and reconciling the general ledger across multiple business entities
• Assisting with budgeting, forecasting, and cashflow monitoring
• Supporting supplier payments and monitoring aged debt
• Helping to develop KPIs and management reporting packs
• Providing day-to-day support and guidance to the Finance Apprentice
• Assisting with planned structural and operational changes within the business
• Working with internal and external stakeholders to improve finance processes and controls

Job description

Trial Balance Consulting is recruiting for an Assistant Finance Manager near Exeter to join a family-owned manufacturing business. The role offers hands-on development with a path to Finance Manager within ~12 months, reporting to the Finance Manager and collaborating with the senior leadership team.

The position is full-time and on-site near Exeter, with responsibility for monthly management accounts, VAT/submission work, and cashflow monitoring.