We are partnering exclusively with a high-growth, PE-backed services group, generating c.£100m revenue, which has scaled rapidly through acquisition-led growth and is now preparing for an exit in the next 12–18 months.
Due to continued expansion and increasing group complexity, they are hiring a Finance Manager (flexible title) to play a critical role in group reporting, consolidation, and senior stakeholder support. This is a high-impact hire, offering significant exposure to senior leadership and the CFO, and exceptional career and exit experience for an ambitious finance professional.
What you will be doing
Business Partnering
- Act as a key finance partner to senior leadership, supporting commercial decision-making and performance management.
- Provide clear insight, challenge, and analysis, helping leaders understand financial drivers, risks, and opportunities.
- Build strong relationships across finance, operations, and group teams, working closely with international stakeholders.
Group Reporting, Consolidation & Financial Insight
- Own group consolidation and reporting across a complex multi-entity, international structure.
- Lead month-end close, including P&L, balance sheet, and cashflow reporting.
- Deliver high-quality management packs, providing clear narrative, trend analysis, and actionable insight.
- Support bank reporting and lender compliance in a PE-backed environment.
- Ensure strong financial control, reconciliations, and data integrity across multiple systems.
Strategic Planning & Commercial Support
- Support budgeting and forecasting cycles, improving forward-looking insight and planning accuracy.
- Partner with FP&A and leadership to enhance commercial analysis and performance tracking.
- Support post-acquisition integration, including reporting alignment and financial integration.
- Contribute to group-wide projects, including systems improvements, process optimisation, and exit readiness.
Team Leadership
- Manage and develop an Accounts Assistant, providing structure, guidance, and support.
About You
- ACA / ACCA qualified, ideally 1–3 years post-qualified.
- Strong technical grounding, ideally from audit or group finance environments.
- Experience with group consolidation and overseas entities highly desirable.
- Comfortable working in fast-paced, PE-backed, acquisitive environments.
- Strong analytical, reporting, and problem-solving skills.
- Confident communicator, commercially minded, and able to challenge constructively.
- Curious, proactive, ambitious, and motivated to progress quickly.
- Comfortable working with imperfect systems and fixing problems.
Why This Role
- Major career accelerator in a PE-backed, high-growth, exit-driven environment.
- Direct exposure to CFO and senior leadership.
- 12–18 month exit timeline, offering exceptional CV and transaction experience.
- A role that will ask a lot but give a lot back — ideal for ambitious, high-potential candidates.