Projects Finance Manager

SF Partners; West Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

SF Partners is seeking a Projects Finance Manager to lead the finance workstream during the integration of newly acquired businesses, ensuring robust financial controls and accurate reporting across the group.

You will coordinate data transfers from legacy systems, review balance sheets, establish policies, and work with senior management to deliver integration milestones. Travel to Birmingham is required.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with ACA/ACCA/CIMA designation.
• Strong financial accounting and month-end experience.
• Experience with acquisitions, integration or finance transformation.
• Experience in complex or multi-site organisations.
• Willingness to travel to Birmingham three days a week.

Responsibilities

• Lead the finance workstream for the integration of newly acquired businesses.
• Review processes, controls, systems and reporting structures.
• Coordinate transfer of financial data from legacy systems into the Group's finance systems.
• Prepare and review opening balance sheets and ensure data integrity.
• Establish accounting policies, processes and controls.
• Collaborate with Finance Directors, Financial Controllers and operational management to deliver plans.
• Monitor milestones, identify risks and resolve issues promptly.
• Ensure acquired entities transition into month-end and reporting timetable.

Skills

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Financial accounting

Month-end close

Acquisitions experience

Finance systems implementation

Multi-site operations

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Job description

Projects Finance Manager

Midlands / Hybrid Working

I'm supporting a rapidly growing SME that is looking to appoint a Projects Finance Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the finance workstream for the integration of newly acquired businesses.
• Review company financial processes, controls, systems and reporting structures.
• Coordinate the transfer and reconciliation of financial data from legacy systems into the Group's finance systems.
• Prepare and review opening balance sheets and ensure the integrity of financial information.
• Establish appropriate accounting policies, processes and controls
• Work with Finance Directors, Financial Controllers and operational management to deliver plans.
• Monitor integration milestones, identify risks and resolve issues promptly.
• Ensure acquired entities transition successfully into the Group month-end and reporting timetable.

Candidate Profile

We are seeking a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with strong financial accounting experience and ideally exposure to acquisitions, integration or finance transformation.

You will ideally have:

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification.
• Strong financial accounting and month-end experience.
• Experience working within a complex or multi-site organisation.
• Experience of finance systems implementation, migration or integration.

We're interested in speaking with individuals who have experience working within acquisitive, high-growth or PE-backed businesses.

This role will need somebody to be able to travel to Birmingham three days a week.