Finance manager
Hays · Wallingford, England ·
Last confirmed by our partners on 20 Oct 2026.
Overview
In this Finance Manager role, you join the finance leadership team to ensure accurate financial reporting, robust controls, and ongoing process improvements. You will lead a small finance function in a growing organisation, partnering with stakeholders to support business objectives and improvements. The role focuses on delivering timely reports, insightful analysis, and automation-driven efficiency. This position offers a chance to shape financial performance in a commercially oriented environment.
Responsibilities
- Lead month-end, quarter-end and year-end reporting activities
- Ensure robust financial controls and balance sheet integrity
- Prepare and review management accounts and financial reporting packs
- Support budgeting, forecasting and cash flow processes
- Deliver insightful financial analysis to support business decision-making
- Manage, mentor and develop members of the finance team
- Drive finance process improvements and automation initiatives
- Support audit, tax and statutory reporting requirements
- Build strong relationships with stakeholders across the business
Key requirements
- Experienced finance professional with a strong technical accounting background and previous experience managing teams within a fast-paced environment
- Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
- Strong management accounting and financial reporting experience
- Experience leading and developing finance teams
- Excellent stakeholder management skills
- Strong systems and process improvement mindset
- Ability to operate effectively in a changing and growing organisation
- Stakeholder management
- Leadership and people development
- Adaptability
- Technical accounting background
- Financial reporting
- Budgeting and forecasting
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