Finance Manager

Final date to receive applications: 30 October 2026

Department: Finance

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Aberdeen

Reporting To: COFO

We are hiring a Finance Manager in Aberdeen to own Restrata's day-to-day finance operations end to end and to deliver accurate, review-ready monthly management accounts across the group. The role covers accounts payable, accounts receivable and credit control, payroll coordination across three jurisdictions, and month-end close and reporting. This is a hands‑on role in a lean finance team. The successful candidate will process transactions directly, investigate discrepancies, resolve routine issues independently and escape material exceptions to the Head of Finance, while improving the process rather than simply running it.

The Finance Manager reports to the Head of Finance and is based in Aberdeen. There are no direct reports s is an individual contributor role, working closely with colleagues across the business and with external payroll providers and professional advisers.

Restrata is a PE-backed B2B SaaS business in security, resilience and critical event management, operating across the UK, UAE and US. The finance team is small and works closely together, and runs on Rillet, recently implemented to automate a large part of the transactional cycle. The Finance Manager will help embed reliable workflows and strengthen reconciliations, while maintaining appropriate checks and evidence of review.

• Own the purchase ledger end to end: supplier onboarding, invoice processing, coding and approval workflow in Rillet
• Prepare the payment run for Head of Finance approval, including supporting schedules and cash impact
• Manage supplier queries, statement reconciliations and aged creditor reporting
• Verify supplier bank details and any changes independently, and submit them for approval in line with the finance authority matrix before use
• Administer the employee expense and company card process, resolve missing supporting information and reconcile approved transactions to the ledger

• Raise and issue customer invoices in line with contract terms and billing schedules
• Own cash allocation and the sales ledger
• Run active credit control: chase overdue accounts, elevate where needed and report on aged debt and collections performance
• Work with Sales and Services on billing queries and disputed items

• Coordinate all scheduled and off‑cycle payrolls across the UK, UAE and US with the outsourced payroll providers in each jurisdiction
• Own the payroll calendar, gather and validate change data, and submit within each provider's cut‑off
• Check provider output and investigate variances before submitting for independent approval, and reconcile payroll to the general ledger each month
• Maintain payroll records and support statutory reporting obligations in each jurisdiction

• Run the month‑end close: accruals, prepayments, journals and balance sheet reconciliations
• Prepare the monthly management accounts pack for review by the Head of Finance, including variance commentary and material issues requiring a decision
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations and supporting schedules
• Maintain current cash balances and provide reliable payment, collection and funding information to support the Head of Finance's cash planning
• Support the annual audit and year‑end process by preparing schedules, maintaining an audit trail and responding to requests on time

• Operate within the finance authority matrix and maintain the control environment across the transactional cycle, keeping preparation and independent…