Senior Finance Manager

Senior Finance Manager (51823) Birmingham, England

Salary: GBP
50000 - GBP
60000 per annum

Location: Birmingham (Hybrid)

Contract: Permanent

Gleeson Recruitment Group is partnering with a well‑structured, commercially focused organisation to appoint a Senior Finance Manager. This is a high‑impact role offering real ownership, team leadership and the opportunity to drive improvements across financial control and finance operations.

Reporting to the Financial Controller, you will take ownership of financial control and transactional finance, playing a key role in ensuring the accuracy, efficiency and integrity of the finance function.

• Ensure the accuracy and reliability of financial data, overseeing ledgers, reviewing journals and reconciliations, and maintaining strong balance sheet control.
• Participate in month‑end processes, helping to ensure timelines are met while maintaining a high standard of output.
• Lead the transactional finance team, managing payables and receivables and ensuring key processes such as supplier payments, cash allocation and credit control run smoothly.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and raise standards, providing real scope to develop the team and evolve how the function operates.
• Maintain a robust and compliant environment, ensuring processes are followed, supporting audit requirements and keeping documentation accurate and accessible.
• Challenge existing ways of working, identify risks and implement improvements that strengthen the control framework.
• Own finance systems, including day‑to‑day management of the ERP platform, improving workflows, enhancing controls and reducing manual effort.
• Act as a key point of contact for financial processes and controls, communicating effectively across finance and the wider business.

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA) or actively studying.
• Proven experience in financial control and month‑end processes.
• Experience managing Accounts Payable and/or Accounts Receivable teams.
• Strong understanding of controls, governance and audit requirements.
• ERP experience.
• Proactive, detail‑focused and naturally driven to improve processes.
• Comfortable building relationships across finance and the wider business.

• Genuine ownership and visibility within the finance function.
• Opportunity to shape processes and drive meaningful improvements.
• Leadership role with scope to develop and elevate a team.
• Exposure to systems enhancement and operational change.
• Hybrid working with a Birmingham base and supportive senior leadership.

If you’re looking for a role where you can combine financial control, leadership and continuous improvement in a visible and influential position, we’re keen to speak with you.