Regional Finance Manager

Turver Jones Limited; Middleton; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing multi-site group in the UK is seeking a Regional Accountant / Finance Manager. In this versatile role, you'll manage finances across two sites, providing valuable insights and support for strategic growth. The ideal candidate is a fully qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA) with experience in diverse sectors such as distribution and retail. You'll be hands-on, producing management accounts, preparing budgets, and improving financial systems. This role offers hybrid work and significant influence in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified Accountant with experience at a similar level.
• Comfortable working independently across multiple sites.
• Strong analytical and financial reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Produce full management accounts and analyze against budget.
• Support Group stakeholders during month-end processes.
• Prepare statutory accounts and monthly cashflow statements.
• Engage in internal, interim, and year-end audits.
• Business partnering to support commercial decisions.

Skills

Experience in distribution, manufacturing, production or retail/e-commerce

Strong systems skills

Ability to manage deadlines

Business partnering

Education

ACCA/CIMA/ACA qualified

Tools

QuickBooks

MS Dynamics

Job description

Regional Accountant / Finance Manager

£50-£60k+Car+Bonus Lancashire (Hybrid)

Lancaster & Rossendale Growing Group Real influence across two sites

A fast-growing, multi-site group has recently expanded into the Lancaster area and, off the back of that, created a brand-new Regional Accountant / Finance Manager role. Youll look after two subsidiary businesses one in Lancaster, the other near Rossendale with a hybrid set-up that usually looks like 12 days a week at each site once youre settled in. Because of that, theyre looking for someone based in Lancashire whos happy doing the rounds and getting properly involved with both teams.

The group operates across several sectors, so experience in distribution, manufacturing, production or retail / e-commerce would be a real advantage. Youll report to a Head of Finance based offsite, but the day-to-day impact is very local. Youll work closely with senior managers on both sites, shaping how finance supports growth, driving improvements, and being the go-to person for anything numbers-related.

This isnt a narrow reporting role its hands-on, varied, and gives you genuine influence.

Key parts of the job includes:

• Producing full management accounts, plus analysis against budget and last year
• Supporting Group stakeholders during month-end and seasonal peaks
• Accruals, prepayments and monthly balance sheet recs
• Keeping fixed asset registers up to date and posting depreciation
• Helping build annual budgets for each site
• Playing a key role in internal, interim and year-end audits
• Preparing statutory accounts
• Producing monthly cashflow statements and profit forecasts
• Supporting local finance teams across ledgers, bank recs and payment runs
• Preparing VAT submissions for Group consolidation
• Assisting with monthly payroll alongside internal and external support
• Improving systems and processes to align with wider PLC standards
• Business partnering across both sites to support commercial decisions
• Margin reporting, pricing analysis and KPI development
• Operational analysis (production volumes, efficiencies, resourcing etc.)
• Leading post‑CAPEX reviews and supporting investment decisions
• Handling ad‑hoc compliance and internal reporting

Who were looking for

A fully qualified Accountant (CIMA / ACCA / ACA) with experience at a similar level. Someone comfortable working independently, managing deadlines and juggling the needs of two sites without dropping the ball. Strong systems skills are important too one site currently uses QuickBooks, and the group is considering a move to MS Dynamics down the line.

Most of all, this suits someone who wants variety, visibility and the chance to shape how two growing businesses operate. The group is big on innovation and sustainability and genuinely backs its people to develop.

If this sounds like your kind of challenge and youd like to chat it through, just give me a shout, interview are being arranged for next week (3rd Dec onwards).