SENIOR FINANCE MANAGER – TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS
READING – 2 DAYS OFFICE / 3 DAYS HOME – PERMANENT
£70,000 - £80,000
Are you an experienced finance professional looking to step into a senior role with real impact? Do you enjoy business partnering, driving improvements, and delivering meaningful financial insights to support decision-making?
We’re hiring a Senior Finance Manager to play a key role in financial reporting, management accounts, and partnering with operational teams. This position will suit a qualified accountant with experience in fast-paced or scale-up environments, who thrives on variety and the challenge of improving processes.
WISH LIST
- Qualified Accountant
- Proven experience in management accounts and financial reporting
- Strong communicator, able to influence and build trusted relationships with stakeholders
- Advanced Excel skills with excellent attention to detail
THE ROLE
- Prepare / compile monthly group and entity management accounts / financial statements.
- Review journal entries ensuring they are accurate and correctly posted.
- Manage monthly close schedule.
- Co-ordinate the compilation of monthly commentary to accompany management accounts, contributing as necessary.
- Oversee the preparation of and review/approve all balance sheet reconciliations.
- Act as a senior finance business partner to operational teams, providing data-driven advice and financial support.
- Provide ad hoc analysis, reports, metrics and commentary.
- Support the budgeting and forecasting process by FP&A, working collaboratively with department heads.
- Participate in continued development and evaluation of internal controls and processes, in accordance with best practices.
- Support the preparation of statutory accounts by providing requested information and support.
- Support Finance’s continuous improvement activity as required.
- Lead the internal & external audit processes, ensuring timely completion of year-end reporting.
- Prepare for and attend audit planning meetings, ensuring that audit issues are identified and appropriately discussed.
- Prepare and supervise preparation of audit working papers for the internal and external audits, including agreeing format of working papers and other audit requirements.
YOUR PROFILE
- ACA/ACCA/CIMA Qualified
- Effective communicator with stakeholders, ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders & build trusted relationships.
- Able to work proactively and independently with a team in a fast- paced environment and produce quality output under tight deadlines.
- Attention to detail, prioritisation skill and time management.
- Delivery orientated - able to set own goals/targets.
- Strong analytical skills & attention to detail.
- Strong Excel skills.
- Comfortable in an informal team environment.