Finance Manager

Finance Manager

Telford

Permanent

37.5 hours per week

Salary - £50,000 - £60,000

Our successful and award-winning Telford client is looking for a Finance Manager to join their team. As Finance Manager you will sit in between the Head of Finance and an Assistant Accountant and a Accounts Assistant (who will directly report into this role).

As Finance Manager, duties will include, but won’t be exclusive to:

* Produce monthly management accounts, including P&L, balance sheet, cashflow forecasts, variance analysis, and performance commentary for Directors.

* Lead all financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and strategic analysis to support business growth, profitability, and decision-making.

* Manage project financials, including job costing, budget monitoring, WIP reporting, cost-to-complete forecasts, margin analysis, and profitability reporting.

* Partner with Project Managers, QSs, Estimators, and Commercial teams to provide financial insight, identify risks, and maximise project returns.

* Oversee all day-to-day finance operations, including sales and purchase ledgers, payroll, bank reconciliations, VAT, CIS, invoicing, and year-end accounts.

* Actively manage cashflow, working capital, credit control, supplier payments, and cash collection to maintain strong liquidity and financial stability.

* Ensure compliance with all statutory, regulatory, and reporting requirements, liaising with external accountants, auditors, and financial institutions as required.

* Develop, maintain, and improve financial controls, policies, systems, and reporting processes to ensure accuracy, efficiency, and scalability.

* Identify and mitigate financial and project-related risks while monitoring performance against budgets and forecasts, implementing corrective actions where necessary.

* Lead, mentor, and develop the finance team, embedding financial awareness across the business and supporting a high-performance culture.

Skills and Experience

The successful Finance Manager will need experience of working in a similar role including line management.

Experience of working in the construction industry and an understanding of CIS/WIP is essential.

The application process:

Our mission is to support our clients in their creation of an equal, diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to providing a barrier-free recruitment process, so if you require any reasonable accessibility adjustments within the application process, then please make it known at the earliest opportunity.

We will carefully consider your details and advise you if we're able to progress with your application within 72 working hours. If you do not hear from us within this time your details won’t be retained. So, if you're not successful on this occasion, do continue to respond to future roles we advertise. In the meantime, all good wishes and continued success with your search for employment.

About Us

Prince Personnel are an employment agency working on behalf of our client. Whether you’re seeking a new permanent position, temporary assignment or contract you’ll find us easy to deal with. Located in thriving Telford, we focus on jobs in Shropshire, Staffordshire and North Wales. Prince Personnel specialise in commercial, accounts and finance and technical recruitment. With the best jobs around we are an independent agency working hard for you.

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