Corney & Barrow
Finance Manager
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Main Responsibilities
Financial leadership & business partnering
- Own the monthly performance cycle: deliver timely, accurate management accounts, commentary, and KPIs; synthesize drivers of variance and recommend corrective actions.
- Partner with Buying, Operations, and Sales: challenge pricing, margin, and profitability.
- Prepare quarterly performance reviews: present to the Exec Team.
Planning, budgeting & forecasting (FP&A)
- Run the annual budget process: and rolling re-forecasting (12–18 months horizon).
- Build driver-based models: scenario analysis, and sensitivity testing.
- Translate strategy into financial targets, milestones, and resource plans.
Statutory, compliance & audit
- Oversee statutory accounts preparation: under UK GAAP/IFRS (as applicable) and the year-end audit; manage auditor relationships and deliver clean audit opinions.
- Ensure compliance with Companies Act requirements: corporate governance, and internal policies.
- Maintain robust accounting policies and technical guidance notes.
Tax, treasury & cash
- Own corporation tax, VAT, PAYE/NIC compliance and planning: (with advisors as needed); optimize effective tax rate within the law.
- Manage cash flow forecasting, liquidity, working capital: (credit control, inventory, supplier terms), and banking relationships; monitor covenants and facilities.
- Implement hedging strategies: (FX/interest rate) where relevant.
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Controls, risk & assurance
- Strengthen the control environment: internal controls framework, segregation of duties, reconciliations, and policy compliance.
- Oversee fraud prevention: and conduct periodic control testing.
People & culture
- Build a high-performing finance team: set clear objectives, develop talent and encourage continuous improvement.
- Promote an ethical culture: aligned to company values.
Experience
- 10+ years’ progressive finance experience, including leadership of a finance team in a £70–£120m turnover environment.
- Multi overseas companies reporting.
- Proven delivery of budgeting/forecasting, cash management, and business partnering in a commercial setting.
- Track record of improving controls and closing the books quickly and accurately (close target 5 business days).
- Comfortable engaging with auditors, banks, and external advisors; experience of covenant management and facilities (RCF, term loans).
- ERP/BI implementation or optimisation experience (Dynamics 365, Power BI) is a plus.
Skills & attributes
- Commercially astute: can translate data into decisions and actions.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication—credible with Board and frontline leaders.
- Analytical, hands-on, and outcomes-focused; challenges constructively.
- Strong leadership, coaching, and change-management capability.
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Qualifications
- Strong technical grounding in UK GAAP/IFRS and UK tax/VAT rules.
- Fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) - desirable.
PLEASE KINDLY TAKE NOTE OF THE FOLLOWING POINTS
- We start screening of CV’s and interviewing candidates from the start of the recruitment campaign. A successful candidate can progress to offer before the closing date for the vacancy, so therefore we would encourage prompt application.
- We appreciate your interest in our vacancy and are grateful for the time and effort you invest in applying. We often receive a large number of applications, and as a small team we may not be able to respond to every single submission personally. We will only contact shortlisted candidates directly.
To apply
Please submit your resume/CV along with a cover letter highlighting your relevant experience and why you’re interested in joining Corney and Barrow to recruitment@corneyandbarrow.com.
All applying for this role must be eligible to live and work in the UK; documented evidence of eligibility will be required if you're progressed to final interview stage.
CLOSING DATE 5 August 2026 (Please note we reserve the right to close the vacancy early or extend, depending on application response.)
THIS ROLE IS IN PERSON ONLY - 5 DAYS A WEEK IN THE OFFICE
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