Details:
- Salary: £50,000 - 60,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: OL16 Milnrow Borough of Rochdale
- Date: 1 day ago
Description:
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.
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.
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* £50,000 – £60,000 depending on experience
* Early finish on a Friday (3pm) enjoy a longer weekend
* 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
* Private healthcare
* Christmas closure
* Rewards scheme
* On site parking
* Modern newly refurbished offices, with real autonomy and direct exposure to group-level reporting and senior stakeholders
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* Managing the transactional finance function — purchase ledger, sales ledger and bank reconciliations
* Preparing monthly management accounts and reporting packs for directors and the parent company, in line with group timetables and formats
* Owning month-end close, including accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations
* Supporting the annual budgeting and forecasting cycle
* Monitoring cash flow and working capital, and reporting risks upwards
* Ensuring compliance with accounting standards, VAT regulations and statutory requirements
* Acting as the main point of liaison with external auditors and supporting the year-end audit
* Reviewing and improving finance processes and controls
* Managing and developing 1 direct report within the transactional team
* Working closely with operational stakeholders across the site to support business decision-making
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* Qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA or ACA) or qualified by experience — our client is genuinely open on route
* Proven experience running a transactional finance function in a similar sized business, ideally manufacturing but not essential
* Strong track record of producing management accounts and reporting into a group structure
* Confident owning month-end close end to end
* Working knowledge of SAGE 50 (or a similar package, with the willingness to pick it up quickly)
* Comfortable dealing directly with external auditors
* Solid people management experience, including developing a direct report
* Excellent communicator, credible with senior stakeholders and operational teams alike
* Hands-on and proactive, with a real appetite for improving processes and controls
A key leadership position in a profitable, growing business where you can shape how finance operates rather than inherit someone else’s system.
For a private and confidential conversation about this role, please contact Joanne Sizer at ALF Recruit