Senior Finance Manager

Zachary Daniels; Wimbledon; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Zachary Daniels in London is seeking a Senior Finance Manager to lead the finance function in a growing SME within retail, ecommerce and wholesale. You will manage day-to-day finance, build a small team, enhance controls, and partner with the FD on strategic projects to support future growth.

This hybrid London role offers exposure to multi-channel operations and significant process improvements across month-end close, reconciliations, and system enhancements.

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Taking ownership of the day-to-day finance operation.
• Leading, supporting and developing a small finance team across AP, AR and wider finance operations.
• Owning and improving the month-end close process.
• Ensuring accurate and timely management accounts and financial reporting.
• Reviewing and strengthening balance sheet reconciliations and financial controls.
• Investigating variances, discrepancies and historic items and ensuring these are appropriately resolved.
• Overseeing journals, accruals, prepayments, fixed assets and other month-end activities.
• Improving the quality, consistency and timeliness of financial information.
• Reviewing existing finance processes and identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, accuracy and control.
• Bringing greater structure, consistency and professionalism to the finance function.
• Developing robust and scalable processes as the business continues to grow.
• Supporting finance systems development, implementation and improvement projects.
• Playing a key role in the continued development and integration of finance systems.
• Identifying opportunities to streamline and automate processes.
• Working closely with the FD on key finance and business projects.

Job description

Senior Finance Manager | SME | Impressive Growth | Retail, E-commerce & Wholesale

Hybrid | London

Salary Depending on experience; Up to £90,000 + Bonus + Benefits

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Finance Manager to join a well-established heritage brand at a really exciting stage of its journey.

This is a growing, multi-channel consumer business with a strong heritage and ambitious plans for the future, including new store openings, continued e-commerce growth and an expanding wholesale operation.

Reporting directly to the Finance Director, you'll play a key role in developing and strengthening the finance function as the business enters its next phase of growth.

This is a hands-on senior finance role within a lean SME environment. You'll lead a small team, take ownership of the day-to-day finance operation and work closely with the FD and wider business to improve processes, strengthen controls, develop systems and ensure the finance function is fit to support future growth.

The Role

You'll have broad responsibility across the finance function, including:

• Taking ownership of the day-to-day finance operation.
• Leading, supporting and developing a small finance team across AP, AR and wider finance operations.
• Owning and improving the month-end close process.
• Ensuring accurate and timely management accounts and financial reporting.
• Reviewing and strengthening balance sheet reconciliations and financial controls.
• Investigating variances, discrepancies and historic items and ensuring these are appropriately resolved.
• Overseeing journals, accruals, prepayments, fixed assets and other month-end activities.
• Improving the quality, consistency and timeliness of financial information.
• Reviewing existing finance processes and identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, accuracy and control.
• Bringing greater structure, consistency and professionalism to the finance function.
• Developing robust and scalable processes as the business continues to grow.
• Supporting finance systems development, implementation and improvement projects.
• Playing a key role in the continued development and integration of finance systems.
• Identifying opportunities to streamline and automate processes.
• Working closely with the FD on key finance and business projects.