Senior Finance Manager/Financial Controller

Marshall of Cambridge Holdings Ltd; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace company in Cambridge seeks a Senior Finance Manager to oversee financial reporting, forecasting, and statutory compliance. This role combines operational ownership and strategic influence, requiring strong leadership, financial insight, and the ability to manage complex data. Candidates should have significant experience in finance, preferably within the aerospace or related sectors, and hold a professional accounting qualification. The position offers hybrid working and various benefits.

Benefits

27 days holiday (increasing with service to 30)

Hybrid working

Pension contributions up to 9%

Private healthcare

Car allowance

Flexible benefits programme

Life assurance (4x basic salary)

Enhanced parental leave and pay

Paid volunteering leave

Access to market-leading wellbeing resources

Qualifications

• Experience with FP&A, management reporting, and statutory accounting is ideal.
• Ability to turn complex data into clear insights.
• Experience managing small teams and ensuring timely processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead quarterly forecasting and annual budgeting cycles.
• Own the group's weekly cashflow forecast.
• Provide value-added financial analysis for performance improvement.
• Consolidate monthly management accounts and performance packs.
• Oversee statutory accounts preparation and manage auditor relationships.
• Ensure accurate reconciliations and control integrity of financial processes.
• Manage and mentor a small team, fostering their development.
• Lead financial oversight of overseas entities.
• Collaborate with other Senior Finance Managers.

Skills

Significant experience in a senior finance role

Strong understanding of financial performance drivers

Proven leadership skills

Excellent communication and presentation skills

Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

Proactive and adaptable mindset

Education

Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

Job description

Marshall Aerospace is seeking a commercially astute and technically strong Senior Finance Manager / Financial Controller to join our team.

This role leads a small team and oversees forecasting, reporting, and statutory compliance, while playing a key role in driving financial insight and accountability. It's a rare opportunity that combines hands-on operational ownership with strategic influence-supporting decision-making at the highest levels while ensuring strong processes, insightful analysis, and robust governance.

You'll partner with senior stakeholders across the business, provide oversight of international entities, and bring structure and clarity to complex data.

Key Responsibilities

• Forecasting & Budgeting - Lead quarterly forecasting and annual budgeting cycles, consolidating inputs and challenging assumptions to ensure accuracy and robustness.
• Cashflow Management - Own the group's weekly cashflow forecast, delivering clear, reliable short- and mid-term projections with actionable insights for the Finance Director.
• FP&A Leadership - Provide value-added financial analysis, scenario modelling, and insights to drive performance improvement and cost control.
• Monthly Reporting - Consolidate and present monthly management accounts and performance packs, highlighting key business drivers to senior leadership.
• Statutory Reporting & Audit - Oversee statutory accounts preparation, coordinate audit deliverables, and manage relationships with external auditors.
• Balance Sheet & Fixed Assets - Ensure accurate reconciliations, control integrity, and oversight of fixed asset registers and processes.
• Team Leadership - Manage and mentor a small team, fostering development and delivering high-quality outputs.
• International Oversight - Lead the financial oversight of overseas entities, ensuring accurate consolidation into group reporting.
• Cross-functional Collaboration - Work closely with other Senior Finance Managers to integrate FP&A, overheads, operations, and reporting seamlessly.

About You

We'd love to hear from you if you have most of the following:

• Significant experience in a senior finance role with exposure to FP&A, management reporting, and statutory accounting-ideally within Aerospace, Defence, or a related manufacturing/engineering sector.
• Strong understanding of financial performance drivers, with the ability to turn complex data into clear insights.
• Proven leadership skills with experience managing small teams and driving processes under tight deadlines.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with experience reporting to senior stakeholders.
• Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with strong knowledge of UK statutory requirements and audit processes.
• A proactive, adaptable mindset with the confidence to manage ambiguity and coordinate multiple stakeholders.

This is a dynamic role in a changing environment-we're looking for someone who thrives on challenge, takes initiative, and enjoys bringing clarity to complexity.

Benefits

• 27 days holiday (increasing with service to 30) plus option to buy/sell
• Hybrid working (approx. 3 days per week in Cambridge)
• Pension contributions up to 9%
• Private healthcare
• Car allowance
• Flexible benefits programme
• Life assurance (4x basic salary)
• Enhanced parental leave and pay
• Paid volunteering leave
• Access to market-leading wellbeing resources

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