Finance Manager

Job Description

Finance Manager

Contract: Full-time, permanent

Team: EMEA Finance

Office

Location:

Sheffield, UK

We are seeking a driven and highly capable Finance Manager to lead accounting activities across multiple EMEA offices. You ensure strong financial governance, deliver accurate month‑end reporting, and maintain robust financial controls across the region.

You take a proactive approach to managing all financial operations, implementing, maintaining, and improving control frameworks. As a key business partner to partners, directors, and senior management, you provide insights that support strategic decisions and operational efficiency.

You oversee accuracy of income and expenditure processing, review monthly balance sheet reconciliations, ensure compliance with local tax requirements, and champion continuous improvement across processes and systems. This role suits someone who thrives in a dynamic, international environment and is committed to driving high‑quality financial management.

• Monthly Management Accounts:
  Prepare accurate monthly management accounts, including creating, posting, and reviewing journals, performing account code analysis, and compiling month-end reporting packs for both FC and locally.
• Financial Accounts & Audit:
  Prepare working papers, oversee external audits, and produce statutory financial statements in compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
• Tax Compliance:
  Support local tax advisors in preparing company and partner tax returns, ensuring timely and accurate submissions.
• Regulatory Compliance:
  Review and approve payroll, prepare and submit VAT returns, and maintain adherence to evolving local compliance and regulatory changes.
• Financial Planning & Analysis:
  Build budgets and forecasts to guide strategic decision-making and support business growth.
• Balance Sheet Management:
  Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations, review bank reconciliations, and ensure quarterly sign-off accuracy.
• Treasury & Cash Flow Management:
  Monitor liquidity, optimise working capital, and manage cash flow
• Team Leadership:
  Collaborate with Assistant Accountants and the transactional teams to ensure processes and procedures are robust, efficient, and compliant.
• Process Improvement:
  Assist in developing and maintaining strong accounting processes and internal controls to safeguard financial integrity.

Our EMEA Finance team is a collaborative and focused group responsible for delivering accurate, timely and compliant financial reporting across the region. Based in our Sheffield office, the team provides financial oversight for offices across EMEA and works closely with global finance colleagues to deliver strong financial governance, clear insights and essential operational support.

Since 2016, the Sheffield team has grown to more than 30 employees. The team fosters a supportive, inclusive environment that values teamwork, continuous improvement and professional development. This makes our team an excellent place to develop, broaden your skills and contribute to meaningful, high‑impact work.

Essential criteria:

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with post‑qualification experience.
• Proven experience in a similar role within an international or multi‑site business, ideally within the professional or business services sector.
• Strong knowledge of UK tax requirements and exposure to overseas tax and compliance matters.
• Advanced Excel skills and strong analytical capability.
• Ability to plan workload effectively, meet deadlines and help others prioritise.
• Confident communicator who can engage professionally with internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrates initiative, takes ownership and delivers work to a high standard without the need for prompting.
• Highly organised with a strong attention to detail and the ability to identify root causes and propose solutions.
• Actively contributes to improving processes, controls and ways of working.

A career at Fragomen will provide you with the opportunity to work in an exciting environment for a broad range of clients, where no two days will be the same. You will face interesting…