Finance Manager

Ever tried explaining WIP and deferred income to someone who just wants to know “are we making money on this job?”

If you can do that without losing your patience (or theirs), keep reading.
This is a hands-on Finance Manager role with a PE-backed, project-based business that’s grown fast and shows no signs of slowing down. Think design, supply, manufacture and install work for some genuinely recognisable hospitality and food service brands. It’s a fragmented market, they’re the leader in it, and there’s a clear buy and build strategy still to play out.

You’ll own the month-end close across the project-based entities, managing WIP, deferred income and long-term contract revenue recognition under FRS 102. But this isn’t a back-office reporting role. You’ll be the trusted finance partner to project managers and senior stakeholders, turning contract positions and margins into insight people actually use, not just numbers they nod along to.

You’ll also lead a small finance team, developing junior colleagues through their qualifications, and play a central part in tightening controls as the business scales through further acquisitions.

What you’ll be doing:

• Managing WIP, contract accruals and margin recognition, and reconciling project positions to the GL
• Preparing management accounts, variance analysis and board pack commentary
• Owning the quarterly and rolling forecast process
• Reviewing project performance and cost-to-complete positions, flagging risk early
• Supporting entity and group statutory accounts under UK GAAP / FRS 102
• Leading and developing a small team

What you’ll need:

• ACA or ACCA or CIMA qualified
• Strong technical background in WIP, deferred income and long-term contract accounting, ideally from a project-based, construction, engineering or installation environment
• Comfortable working to tight PE deadlines
• Strong Excel and modelling skills
• The confidence to challenge and influence subsidiary finance teams

In return, you’ll get:

• Up to £65,000 + bonus
• Hybrid working
• A genuinely commercial role with real ownership, not just reporting

  If you like the sound of a role where your numbers actually change decisions, apply now or drop Alex a message for a confidential chat