Finance Manager

BASIC SALARY

£60,000 - £65,000

• Working Hours - 39 hours per week
• Annual Bonus - up to £3,000, based on company performance (75% on sales achievement, 25% on personal KPIs)
• 23 Days Annual Holiday (Plus a birthday day), rising to 25 days & Statutory Days
• Contributory Pension (Employee 4% / Employer 7%)
• Private Medical Insurance (after one year)
• Life Assurance (4x annual salary)
• Christmas Shutdown
• Free Parking

Office-based in Kettering

• Market Harborough
• Corby
• Wellingborough
• Rushden
• Raunds
• Oundle
• Thrapston
• Rugby
• Daventry
• Stamford
• Huntingdon

Reporting to our Managing Director, as our Finance Manager, you will lead the finance team with two reports, and be accountable for all areas of strategic and operational finance. In addition, you will act as first response for company-wide HR matters, guided by our global practices and the support of our third‑party HR Advisors.

• Ensuring group reporting deadlines and budgeting requirements are met.
• Compliance with all aspects of statutory and tax regulations.
• Acting as key point of contact to third party service suppliers.
• Providing company-wide HR support.
• Project Lead for projects, including ISO ongoing accreditation, Environmental Social Governance compliance, Corporate Compliance, etc.
• Working closely with Management Accountant to ensure all monthly, quarterly and half‑yearly group reporting requirements are met.
• Drafting of month end management report(s) including applying finance data to Managing Director.
• Preparation of budget including all supporting schedules and presentation for group budget meeting.
• Ensuring budget is completed in SAP and other SAP inputs are completed following budget finalisation.
• Compiling and inputting monthly sales forecasts and quarterly forecasting schedules in Tagetik.
• Reviewing monthly corporation tax calculation and preparation of six‑monthly deferred tax schedule in accordance with group requirements.
• Working closely with the appointed auditors for the completion of year‑end reporting pack and disclosure schedules in accordance with IFRS standards.
• Preparation of tax pack for tax advisors. Reviewing / agreeing tax computation and tax return.
• Preparation of reconciliation schedules between group and local statutory reporting, creating statutory TB for auditors.
• Reviewing and authorising quarterly VAT return prepared by the Assistant Financial Controller.

• ACCA/CIMA qualified with credible post‑qualification experience.
• Experience of using SAP and financial reporting software (advantageous).
• Experience in ISO accreditation (advantageous).
• Ability to communicate effectively with both immediate team and with colleagues across Europe.
• Resilient to pressures of fast demand culture.
• Ability to work flexibility and be prepared to implement change.
• Demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.

We are an international manufacturer of high‑quality material handling solutions. We deliver a very broad range of product solutions, in very high demand, and which are sold into a diversified range of growing industry sectors. Our customer base includes many global household‑named brands.

Whilst we operate globally and have several thousand employees, we regularly connect with our international colleagues.

Locally our annual turnover is £25-£30m and with close to 25 staff, we provide a modern working environment, excellent training, work/life balance, and secure employment.

It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets, and worked with the following products and/or services:
Finance Manager, Finance Business Partner, Financial Manager, ACCA, CIMA, Accountant, Head of Finance, HR, Human Resources.

Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application.

Wallace Hind Selection alongside our client embrace diversity, champion equality, and foster inclusion to create a work environment where everyone belongs and thrives.

Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us directly.

JK18514, Wallace Hind Selection