Job Description:

Senior Finance Manager | Central MCR (3 days in office) | £75,000 – £85,000 + benefits 

Axon Moore are delighted to be partnering with a high profile consumer facing business to recruit a Senior Finance Manager, this is an exceptional client of ours having placed over 4 qualified accountants into this team over the last 2 years. 

Offering the chance to lead a high-performing team, influence the wider finance strategy and transform the way financial reporting is delivered across a complex, multi-business organisation.

The Role

Taking responsibility for the delivery of accurate, timely and well governed accounting and reporting across multiple business areas.

This is a broad and influential role combining people leadership, financial control, month-end reporting, stakeholder management and finance transformation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop the team, creating a high-performing and inclusive culture
• Take ownership of the month-end close process, ensuring accurate and timely reporting
• Oversee divisional P&Ls, balance sheet controls, accruals, provisions and variance analysis
• Ensure financial reporting is delivered in accordance with Group Accounting Policy and UK GAAP
• Maintain strong financial controls and promote a robust reporting culture
• Partner with Commercial Finance, Group Finance, IT and wider business stakeholders
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardise and automate month-end processes
• Lead improvements to the Finance Reporting Hub and its delivery model
• Ensure agreed service levels are consistently achieved and proactively resolve reporting issues
• Provide strong financial leadership and insight to senior stakeholders across the organisation
• Develop talent through effective coaching, mentoring and performance management

About You

We’re looking for a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with significant post-qualification experience and a strong track record of leading finance teams.

You’ll ideally have:

• Proven experience managing and developing accounting or financial reporting teams.
• Strong technical accounting and financial control expertise.
• Experience within a complex, multi-entity or multi-business environment.
• Excellent knowledge of month-end reporting, P&L and balance sheet accounting.
• Strong understanding of UK GAAP and financial reporting controls.
• A track record of improving, standardising or automating finance processes.
• Strong systems knowledge and an understanding of finance data flows and integrations.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• The ability to balance robust financial control with commercial requirements.
• A genuine passion for developing people and building high-performing teams.
• A continuous improvement mindset, with the confidence to challenge existing ways of working.

What’s on Offer?

• £75,000 – £85,000 salary
• Manchester City Centre location
• Hybrid working – 3 days in the office
• Significant exposure to senior finance leadership
• Leadership responsibility within a high-performing team
• Scope to drive automation, standardisation and process improvement
• Excellent career development opportunities
• Opportunity to work across a portfolio of well-known brands

The Opportunity

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Finance Manager / Senior Finance Manager / Financial Controller / Business Accounting professional looking to step into a genuinely influential leadership position.

You’ll be joining an organisation undergoing an exciting period of growth and transformation, with the opportunity to shape how financial reporting operates, develop a talented team and deliver meaningful improvements across the wider Group.

If you're a qualified accountant with strong leadership experience and a passion for financial control, reporting, transformation and people development, we'd love to hear from you.