Finance Manager – Pudsey, Leeds, LS28 West Yorkshire

Salary £45,000 – £55,000 + 10% annual bonus

Flexible working – finish at 1pm on Fridays

Permanent Full time Office based role.

Hawk 3 Talent Solutions are recruiting for an experienced Finance Manager who thrives in a hands-on, fast-paced environment and loves improving processes, strengthening controls, and supporting a business as it scales. This role gives you full ownership of the finance function day-to-day, leading a team of four with two direct reports, and acting as a trusted partner to senior leadership.

The Opportunity

You’ll oversee all financial operations, ensuring accurate reporting, strong governance, and meaningful insight that helps the business grow while minimising risk. From month-end to budgeting, cash forecasting to audit, you’ll be the person the board relies on for clarity, challenge, and commercial guidance.

Key Responsibilities

• Month-end leadership — drive a smooth close and deliver accurate, consolidated management accounts and KPI reporting.
• Board reporting — produce packs leadership genuinely use to make decisions.
• Balance sheet control — maintain robust reconciliations and resolve outstanding items promptly.
• Cost management — partner with departmental managers to review overheads and support smart spending decisions.
• Budgeting & forecasting — assist with annual budgets and quarterly forecasts across P&L, balance sheet, cash flow and working capital.
• Team leadership — motivate, coach and develop your team to create a high-performing, collaborative culture.
• Cash forecasting & debtor finance — monitor debtors and working capital, providing accurate weekly data to senior leadership.
• Stock & manufacturing analysis — lead annual stock counts, variance reporting and analysis of manufacturing data including costed BOMs and new product development costs.
• Audit & compliance — act as main contact for auditors; ensure VAT, Deferred VAT/Duty and PVA are recorded correctly.
• Payroll support — work with the Financial Accountant on in-house payroll and headcount reporting.
• Fixed assets — maintain the Fixed Asset Register and depreciation policies.