Finance Manager (Finance Director Designate)

Finance Manager (Finance Director Designate)

We're working with a multi-award-winning engineering specialist based in Manchester who are seeking a hands-on Finance Manager, positioned as succession planning for the Finance Director who plans to retire within the next 12 months.

Turnover has doubled in the last 2 years to £18m, with a clear roadmap and orderbook to achieve £25m in the next 12-24 months.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver monthly management accounts, budgets, and forecasts
• Drive insight through financial reporting and analysis for senior leaders.
• Manage cash flow, balance sheet, and P&L integrity
• Handle credit control, payment runs, VAT returns, and payroll liaison
• Build financial dashboards and implement KPIs
• Lead on systems/process improvement and automation
• Identify and deliver cost-saving initiatives
• Act as a key advisor to the FD and support succession planning

• Qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA or equivalent), or a highly-skilled QBE
• 5+ years' experience in commercial finance or management accounting
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, SME or project-led environment
• Strong financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting skills
• Commercially astute with excellent Excel/reporting tool capability
• Detail-oriented, proactive, and a strong communicator
• Sage 50 experience preferred but not essential

• £55,000 - £60,000 salary
• Annual bonus
• 22 days holiday, rising to 26 with service plus bank holidays
• Pension scheme
• Life cover
• Vibrant, newly built head office workspace
• Chance to be part of a rapidly growing, people-focused business