Senior Finance Manager
Posted 2 days ago by Vitae Financial Recruitment
£80,000 Per year
Outside
Hybrid
Watford, Hertfordshire
Summary: The Senior Finance Manager role is a 12-month fixed-term contract based in Watford, offering a competitive salary and the potential for permanent placement. The position involves acting as the lead finance business partner, supporting performance, driving efficiencies, and influencing key decisions within the organization. The role requires strong commercial acumen and proven business partnering experience, particularly in fast-paced environments. The successful candidate will also lead and mentor a small finance team while engaging with senior stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead all planning cycles including budgeting, forecasting, and longer-term planning.
- Own and deliver monthly management accounts, ensuring clear, insightful commentary.
- Drive a cost-conscious culture, identifying risks, opportunities, and efficiencies.
- Manage and challenge key third-party providers, ensuring value and accountability.
- Support strategic projects and business cases to enable informed decision-making.
- Act as the key link with central finance teams on reporting and audit deliverables.
- Lead, develop, and mentor a small finance team.
Key Skills:
- Fully qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA).
- At least 4+ years PQE.
- Strong commercial acumen.
- Proven business partnering experience within a large fast-paced evolving business.
- Confidence in influencing and challenging senior stakeholders.
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail.
- Experience within the FMCG, retail, logistics, or distribution sectors.
Salary (Rate): £80,000/year
City: Watford
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: Finance
Senior Finance Manager
12-Month FTC | £70,000 - £80,000 + Bonus and Benefits
Watford (Hybrid)
Our client, a leading player in their chosen sector, is looking to secure the services of a Senior Finance Manager on a 12-month fixed term contract. This is a high-profile role with strong exposure to senior stakeholders and the potential opportunity to become permanent for the right individual.
You will act as the lead finance business partner supporting performance, driving efficiencies and influencing key decisions.
Key areas:
- lead all planning cycles including budgeting, forecasting and longer-term planning.
- own and deliver monthly management accounts, ensuring clear, insightful commentary.
- drive a cost-conscious culture, identifying risks, opportunities and efficiencies.
- manage and challenge key third-party providers, ensuring value and accountability
- support strategic projects and business cases to enable informed decision-making
- act as the key link with central finance teams on reporting and audit deliverables
- lead, develop and mentor a small finance team
You will be fully qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) with at least c.4+ years PQE. You will have strong commercial acumen, proven business partnering experience within a large fast paced evolving business, be confident influencing and challenging senior stakeholders, be highly organised with strong attention to detail and be able to draw upon experience within the FMCG, retail, logistics or distribution sectors.
This role offers a great chance to step into a high-impact Senior Finance position gaining valuable experience leading a team and driving commercial performance across key operational areas. Alongside this, there's a competitive package, strong benefits, and the opportunity to enhance your profile with one of the counties employers of choice.
Vitae Financial Recruitment Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.