Finance Manager
22 days ago
Rochdale
ALF Recruit have been retained exclusively to recruit a Finance Manager for a well-established and highly profitable manufacturing business turning over £20m and still growing. Part of a wider group, the business is looking for someone to take full ownership of the finance function on site a genuine number 1 in finance locally, with the visibility and support that comes from reporting into a parent company. \n This is a hands-on role. You will be as comfortable working through the purchase ledger as you are presenting management accounts to directors. If you want a role where you own the whole picture rather than a slice of it, this is it. \n ’ \n\n • £50,000 – £60,000 depending on experience\n, • Early finish on a Friday (3pm) enjoy a longer weekend\n, • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays\n, • Private healthcare\n, • Christmas closure\n, • Rewards scheme\n, • On site parking\n, • Modern newly refurbished offices, with real autonomy and direct exposure to group-level reporting and senior stakeholders\n\n ’ \n\n • Managing the transactional finance function — purchase ledger, sales ledger and bank reconciliations\n, • Preparing monthly management accounts and reporting packs for directors and the parent company, in line with group timetables and formats\n, • Owning month-end close, including accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations\n, • Supporting the annual budgeting and forecasting cycle\n, • Monitoring cash flow and working capital, and reporting risks upwards\n, • Ensuring compliance with accounting standards, VAT regulations and statutory requirements\n, • Acting as the main point of liaison with external auditors and supporting the year-end audit\n, • Reviewing and improving finance processes and controls\n, • Managing and developing 1 direct report within the transactional team\n, • Working closely with operational stakeholders across the site to support business decision-making\n\n ’ \n\n • Qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA or ACA) or qualified by experience — our client is genuinely open on route\n, • Proven experience running a transactional finance function in a similar sized business, ideally manufacturing but not essential\n, • Strong track record of producing management accounts and reporting into a group structure\n, • Confident owning month-end close end to end\n, • Working knowledge of SAGE 50 (or a similar package, with the willingness to pick it up quickly)\n, • Comfortable dealing directly with external auditors\n, • Solid people management experience, including developing a direct report\n, • Excellent communicator, credible with senior stakeholders and operational teams alike\n, • Hands-on and proactive, with a real appetite for improving processes and controls\n\n A key leadership position in a profitable, growing business where you can shape how finance operates rather than inherit someone else’s system. \n For a private and confidential conversation about this role, please contact Joanne Sizer at ALF Recruit