Finance Manager

Position: Finance Manager (Permanent)
FINANCE MANAGER

The Role

This is a hands-on senior finance role suited to a Management Accountant, Finance Manager or Financial Controller who enjoys being close to the business. You will take ownership of day-to-day accounting, month-end delivery, reporting, systems, and controls, while continuously improving processes as the business grows.

The role has evolved from an interim finance project and is now a permanent position central to the company’s future.

Key Responsibilities:

Financial Accounting & Month-End

* Full ownership of month-end close processes, including:

* Accruals, prepayments, depreciation, and provisions

* VAT returns

* Stock valuations (machinery, livestock, and storage where applicable)

* Maintain and continuously improve a standardised month-end checklist

* Produce accurate monthly P&L reports by business unit

* Manage debtor and creditor controls, cash flow, and bad debt provisions

Systems & Process Ownership

* Act as internal owner of Xero, including:

* Chart of Accounts structure

* Profitability tracking by activity/site

* Reporting design and KPI visibility

* Maintain the fixed asset register and depreciation policies (UK GAAP–aligned)

* Oversee integrations including Stora, Stripe, Vision Web and card payment systems

* Evaluate and implement improvements to payment processing and reporting

* Support inventory and stock system development

Reporting, Budgeting & Commercial Insight

* Prepare budgets and forecasts and load them into Xero

* Produce budget vs. actual reporting with meaningful variance analysis

* Redesign and maintain management reports for usability and insight

* Support directors with commercial analysis and decision-making

* Track profitability across machinery sales, livestock, storage, and farming activities

Office 365 & Controls

* Maintain Office 365 workflows, including:

* Centralised file management (SharePoint / One Drive)

* Access controls and document standards

* Finance-related processes within Outlook and Teams

* Document finance policies and procedures clearly for internal use

* Train and support colleagues to ensure consistent adoption of processes

Person Specification

Essential:

- Strong experience in a hands-on accounting role (Management Accountant / Finance Manager / Financial Controller level)
- Proven expertise with Xero
- Solid month-end, reporting, and control experience
- Comfortable working in a fast-moving, operational environment
- Able to communicate finance clearly to non-finance colleagues

Desirable:

- Experience in agriculture, machinery, storage, or asset-heavy businesses
- Exposure to systems integrations (e.g. payments, booking, inventory)
- Experience implementing or improving finance processes
- Confidence managing multiple income streams and business units

Why Join the business?

- Broad, interesting role across multiple revenue streams
- Genuine opportunity to shape finance as the business grows
- Family-business culture with direct access to decision-makers
- Long-term role with scope to evolve into a senior finance leadership position

Apply now or contact Becki Moore at Westmoore Recruitment for more information.

Westmoore Recruitment are acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this permanent vacancy