Finance Manager

Summary: The Finance Manager role is a key position within a regional finance team, responsible for partnering with operational sites and senior leaders to ensure effective financial management. This position involves delivering financial accounting deadlines, managing P&Ls, and supporting budgeting and forecasting activities. The role requires strong interpersonal skills and the ability to operate autonomously in a fast-paced environment. The position is remote with occasional travel and is a fixed-term contract for three months starting in January.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver all core financial accounting deadlines to a high standard, including month-end close and payroll
• Support site-based finance administrators with billing, invoicing and process queries
• Own and manage multiple P&Ls, identifying risks and opportunities as they arise
• Lead budgeting and forecasting activities across assigned areas
• Produce timely management accounts with clear and insightful analysis
• Partner with budget holders to ensure cost control and adherence to budgets
• Build strong relationships across finance to improve controls, efficiency and performance
• Contribute to wider financial reporting and governance requirements
• Collaborate with commercial, marketing and operational teams on key planning assumptions
• Maintain a high standard of customer service, responding appropriately to stakeholder queries and feedback
• Support the wider finance team in delivering a high-quality service to operational and central teams
• Maintain effective working relationships with operational managers and senior leadership
• Work collaboratively within a shared services or centralised finance structure
• Support appropriate resourcing and prioritisation within the finance team

Key Skills:

• Strong finance business partnering capability with a service-focused mindset
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, able to engage at all levels
• Confident managing multiple stakeholders and competing priorities
• Proactive and self-directed, with the ability to operate autonomously
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Strong analytical skills, delivering commercial insight through reporting and analysis
• High level of numeracy with the ability to interpret and interrogate data
• Relevant financial qualification, degree-level or vocational
• Proven track record in financial management with a commercial focus
• Experience in complex, multi-site, service-led environments
• Exposure to financial systems, reporting tools and operational databases
• Experience within a competitive, customer-focused sector advantageous

Salary (Rate): £55,000.00/year

City: London Area

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: fixed-term

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Industry: Finance