Finance Manager

East Midlands | Services Sector | Office-Based | Up to £60k

Atkins Clarke are supporting the search for a Finance Manager on behalf of a leading professional services organisation, providing dedicated finance and controllership support across one of its key client-facing divisions.

This is a hands-on, commercially focused role suited to a qualified accountant with a background in professional or business services, acting as the key finance partner within the division and linking day-to-day operational performance with commercial and financial outcomes.

Our client is a well-established services organisation operating across multiple UK locations, supporting a broad client base through high-value, service-intensive engagements.

The business places strong emphasis on financial control, client profitability and close collaboration between finance and operations, and continues to invest in its people and divisional finance capability.

Reporting to the Financial Director, the Finance Manager will provide finance and controllership support across the division, with a strong focus on client profitability, margin protection and financial governance.

Key responsibilities include:

• Supporting preparation of monthly management accounts, weekly flash reporting and forecasts
• Preparing and reviewing revenue, cost of sales, margin schedules and balance sheet reconciliations
• Leading client-level profitability reporting across fixed-fee and time-and-materials engagements
• Maintaining billing and revenue protection controls, ensuring accurate and timely invoicing
• Reviewing operational KPIs and benchmarking actual performance against client budgets
• Supporting budgeting and reforecasting for client engagements, partnering closely with operations

We are seeking a qualified accountant with strong operational finance experience gained within professional services, business services or a comparable client-contract environment.

You will bring:

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or qualified by significant relevant experience
• Strong operational finance background in professional services, business services or a similar environment
• Strong analytical skills, comfortable investigating variances and challenging assumptions
• Experience of revenue, margin, billing and balance sheet reconciliation
• Advanced Excel skills and strong general finance systems literacy
• Confident communicator, able to present financial insight to non-finance audiences

• Competitive salary up to £60k and benefits package
• Division-based role offering close, day-to-day exposure to a fast-paced environment
• Genuine influence over client profitability and divisional financial performance
• Direct exposure to senior finance and operational stakeholders
• Broad, hands-on finance remit spanning reporting, controls, budgeting and commercial analysis

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