Sole Charge Finance Manager

Overview

Sole Charge Finance Manager — Wolverhampton (primarily on-site). Competitive salary + benefits. My client is bringing their finance function back in-house after a period of outsourcing and are looking for a Sole Charge Finance Manager to build it properly from the ground up.

This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys owning the numbers end-to-end; from journals and reconciliations through to statutory accounts and audit. If you’re looking for a role where you “oversee” rather than do, this won’t be the right fit.

Initially, you will be the sole finance lead for the group, working closely with the Group CFO. You will personally:

• Produce monthly management accounts and statutory accounts
• Own month-end close, journals and balance sheet reconciliations
• Prepare audit files and liaise directly with auditors and advisors
• Set up processes, controls, templates and documentation
• Improve reporting timelines and data quality
• Support group reporting and analysis as the business grows

Over time, the role will naturally evolve and a team will be built, but the foundation is hands-on execution.

• You're a qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA)
• You've worked in practice and know how to build accounts from scratch
• You've since moved into industry and stayed close to the detail
• You're comfortable being the go-to person for finance
• You enjoy improving messy or underdeveloped finance environments
• You're happy working primarily on-site

• You come from a large PLC or heavily shared-service environment
• You expect a finance team around you on day one
• You're looking for a purely strategic or leadership-only role
• You don't want to be hands-on with journals, reconciliations and accounts prep

• A rare chance to build a finance function properly
• Direct access to senior leadership and ownership
• Autonomy, trust and real influence
• Long-term progression as the business scales
• Competitive salary and benefits

Interested?

If you've run finance on your own before, or want to, we'd love to hear from you.

This is a genuinely hands-on, sole charge role. Candidates from large corporate or oversight-only backgrounds are unlikely to be a fit.