Finance Manager

About us

At Exchange for Change, we are building something the UK has never had before. Working across England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, we are designing and delivering a Deposit Return Scheme from the ground up, creating a system that helps reduce litter and waste by encouraging people to return their empty drinks bottles and cans for recycling.

This is not just another job. This is a rare opportunity to do meaningful work, shape a landmark national programme, and help deliver lasting positive impact for people, businesses and the planet alike.

This newly created Finance Manager position offers a unique opportunity to shape the financial and governance infrastructure of a rapidly evolving organisation. The role is pivotal to ensuring sound financial reporting, robust financial controls, and insightful commercial analysis that supports strategic decision‑making across the business.

Currently, Exchange for Change’s transactional accounting and finance operations are delivered by an external accounting firm. The Finance Manager will take ownership of this outsourced relationship, ensuring the accuracy, timeliness and quality of all financial outputs in readiness for bringing the finance records & operations inhouse at the appropriate time. This role will act as the key internal finance representative and will work closely with the CFO & the Finance Leadership Team.

• Act as the primary internal lead managing the relationship with the external accounting provider.
• Oversee and review all accounting workflows, including journal entries, reconciliations, month‑end close activities, and financial data submissions.
• Ensure outputs from the external provider are accurate, timely and aligned to organisational priorities.
• Project manage the process of transferring finance and accounting records inhouse at the appropriate time.

• Lead the preparation and quality control of monthly management accounts, ensuring reporting packs are comprehensive, accurate, and delivered on schedule.
• Analyse financial results and provide insightful commentary on variances, key metrics, trends and risks.
• Prepare clear and compelling financial information for presentation to senior leadership, Board committees and external stakeholders.

• Support strengthening and standardisation of internal financial control frameworks in line with corporate governance best practice.
• Identify control gaps and implement enhancements that support scalability, accuracy and compliance.
• Assist with the development of finance policies, procedures and documentation to support robust financial management.

• Support the audit planning and statutory reporting activities with the external accountant and audit partners.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant accounting standards, statutory filing requirements, audit trails, and governance obligations.
• Support the CFO in responding to regulatory enquiries and reporting requirements.

• Identify opportunities to improve finance systems, automation and workflow efficiency across the organisation.
• Drive consistent, scalable processes that align with Exchange for Change’s expansion trajectory.

The ideal candidate will be a highly capable finance professional with strong technical accounting expertise, and experience in a dynamic organisational environment
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• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Proven experience managing financial operations, ideally including oversight of outsourced partners.
• Experience in management reporting, and financial governance.
• Background in high‑growth, scaling organisations, or complex multi‑stakeholder environments is highly desirable.

• Excellent analytical skills with meticulous attention to detail.
• Strong communicator capable of influencing multiple stakeholder groups, including senior executives and external partners.
• Organised, proactive, and…