Element Recruitment UK
Finance Manager
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Finance Manager | Gloucester | £60,000 - £70,000
We are partnering with a highly successful, international group as they prepare for a major chapter of global expansion. Before embarking on a series of high-profile acquisitions, they are focused on optimising their financial foundation, offering a unique, high-visibility role for an ambitious Finance Manager to shape operations, build a robust control environment, and step into the Controller seat as the business scales.
Reporting directly to a highly commercial Finance Director, this role offers the perfect balance: technical oversight, team leadership, and high-level stakeholder engagement.
The Role & Opportunity
You’ll play a central role in preparing the finance function for massive future scale, overseeing finance operations while acting as a key commercial partner to the business.
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Key Responsibilities:
- Financial Control & Governance: Driving group-wide internal controls, maintaining high-standard financial governance, and ensuring robust reporting processes.
- Compliance & Treasury: Managing annual audit processes, tax, payroll compliance, and treasury activities across international entities.
- Finance Operations & Leadership: Managing and developing a small, dedicated finance team, mentoring them to higher levels of performance as the team grows. Oversight of the AP, AR and Credit Control function.
- Senior Stakeholder Partnering: Acting as a trusted financial advisor to operational leads and cross-functional directors, helping translate complex financial data into actionable strategy.
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Your Profile:
We need someone who can marry technical precision with exceptional interpersonal impact:
- Qualified (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA) with a strong grounding in UK GAAP / IFRS, financial control, and statutory reporting.
- A strong and natural communicator who thrives on building relationships with diverse, non-finance stakeholders. You have the confidence to present ideas clearly, push back constructively, and hold your ground when challenging senior leaders on key decisions.
- You enjoy refining processes, bringing order to complex structures, and seeing the bigger picture.
- Passionate about coaching and getting the best out of a small team.
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