Senior Finance Manager

Finatal; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Finatal rapidly expands its finance function, with a Senior Finance Manager playing a pivotal role alongside the CFO and leadership team. The role covers financial control, business partnering, and performance reporting in a PE-backed, asset-intensive business.

You will strengthen reporting, controls and finance transformation while partnering with operational teams on project performance and capex, driving strategic decision-making during a high-growth phase.

Qualifications

• ACA qualification required; Big 4/Top 10 preferred.
• Strong technical accounting and financial reporting background.
• Experience in asset-intensive environments such as infrastructure, utilities, energy, telecoms, data centres.

Responsibilities

• Lead monthly management accounts and board reporting.
• Own budgeting, forecasting and cash flow reporting.
• Develop KPI reporting and provide commercial insight to leadership.
• Support financing, lender reporting and investor requirements.
• Partner with operational stakeholders on project and capex performance.
• Drive improvements to controls, processes and reporting infrastructure.
• Support acquisitions, integrations and transformation projects.

Skills

Financial reporting

Stakeholder management

Business partnering

Technical accounting

Leadership

Education

ACA

Job description

Finatal is partnering with a private equity-backed infrastructure business that is entering a critical phase of growth, investment and operational scale-up. With strong sponsor backing and an ambitious leadership team, the business is investing heavily across its platform, systems and reporting capability to support future expansion.

As part of this journey, they are seeking a high-calibre Senior Finance Manager to work closely with the CFO and wider leadership team. This is a broad role combining financial control, business partnering, performance reporting and finance transformation, offering significant exposure to senior stakeholders and investors.

The Opportunity

You will play a key role in strengthening the finance function, improving reporting and controls, and supporting strategic decision-making across a growing, asset-intensive business. The role offers a genuine platform for progression as the company continues to scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the monthly management accounts and board reporting process
• Own budgeting, forecasting and cash flow reporting
• Develop KPI reporting and provide commercial insight to leadership teams
• Support financing, lender reporting and investor requirements
• Partner operational stakeholders on project and capex performance
• Drive improvements to controls, processes and reporting infrastructure
• Support strategic initiatives including acquisitions, integrations and transformation projects

Candidate Requirements

• ACA qualified (Big 4 or Top 10 preferred)
• Strong technical accounting and financial reporting background
• Experience within an infrastructure, utilities, energy, telecoms, data centre or other asset-intensive environment
• Advanced stakeholder management and business partnering capabilities
• Ambitious, commercially minded and comfortable operating in a fast-paced PE-backed environment