Senior Finance Manager

JR United Kingdom; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative and fast-growing FMCG company is seeking a Senior Finance Manager in London. This role involves steering financial strategy and ensuring compliance while providing insightful financial reporting directly to senior management. Candidates must be qualified accountants with experience in consumer goods and strong financial modelling skills.

Qualifications

• Qualified or nearly qualified ACA, ACCA, or CIMA.
• Experience in Financial Controller or similar roles in FMCG.
• Strong skills in financial modelling, forecasting, and management accounting.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of comprehensive accounting functions and monthly financial reporting.
• Development of financial models for long-term forecasting and budgeting.
• Management of working capital and cash flow forecasting.

Skills

Financial modelling

Forecasting

Management accounting

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

ACA

ACCA

CIMA

Tools

Excel

Job description

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Senior Finance Manager, london (city of london)

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Client:

Lime Talent

Location:

london (city of london), United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

16.06.2025

Expiry Date:

31.07.2025

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Job Description:

Senior Finance Manager

London | 4 days in the office

Lime Talent is currently partnering with an innovative, fast-growing FMCG business renowned for its focus on health and wellness, seeking an ambitious Senior Finance Manager to join their team. This is an exceptional opportunity to become an integral part of a thriving brand, where your strategic input will directly influence business decisions and long-term growth.

The Role:

As Senior Finance Manager, you will be instrumental in steering financial strategy, ensuring robust compliance and delivering insightful financial reporting directly to senior management. Your analytical expertise will shape strategic decision-making and optimize operational performance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Take ownership of comprehensive accounting functions, ensuring accurate monthly financial reporting, management accounts, and insightful variance analysis.
• Develop and refine financial models for precise long-term forecasting, budgeting, and strategic planning.
• Oversee meticulous monthly balance sheet reconciliations to maintain the accuracy and integrity of financial records.
• Manage and optimize working capital, including cash flow forecasting, capital expenditure planning, and liquidity management.
• Strengthen financial controls to mitigate risks and enhance operational efficiency across the business.
• Analyze cost structures to identify opportunities for cost reduction and performance improvement.
• Act as a proactive business partner, offering key financial insights to support commercial and operational decision-making.
• Coordinate budgeting processes in alignment with strategic business goals.
• Assist in managing year-end audit processes and liaise effectively with external auditors.
• Provide analytical support for commercial negotiations and evaluation of business cases.
• Work closely with the leadership team to prepare materials and presentations for investor meetings.

About You:

• Qualified or nearly qualified ACA, ACCA, or CIMA (CIMA preferred).
• Proven experience either in a Financial Controller or similar role within a small to mid-sized consumer goods business, or in a financial consulting firm working with FMCG clients and looking to move in-house.
• Strong skills in financial modelling, forecasting, and management accounting.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel for detailed data analysis and reporting.
• Detail-oriented with excellent problem-solving capabilities.
• Highly analytical with exceptional numerical skills.
• Comfortable managing multiple tasks in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to clearly convey financial information to non-financial stakeholders.
• Proactive approach and readiness to engage closely with diverse functions across the business.

If you are looking to join a high-growth FMCG company where you can truly make an impact, we would love to receive your application.

We are committed to creating diverse and inclusive workplaces, and we encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that a variety of viewpoints fosters innovation and strengthens teams. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or age.

Lime Talent is acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy.

Lime Talent is a recruitment agency specialising in the consumer goods industry. To view a broader selection of our current vacancies, go to www.limetalentgroup.com