Finance Manager

Finance Manager - Group

We are looking for an experienced and commercially minded Finance Manager to join Harron Homes. This is a key role within the finance function, providing strong financial oversight across our two operational regions and acting as a trusted finance partner to senior operational teams.

The Finance Manager will take ownership of financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, financial analysis and business partnering, while managing and developing the Management Accountant and Assistant Management Accountant.

This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified accountant who enjoys operating beyond the numbers, challenging assumptions, supporting commercial decision making and helping a growing business improve the quality and effectiveness of its financial management.

• Manage month end reporting process and ensure agreed deadlines are met.
• Review monthly management accounts and provide clear analysis and commentary on performance against budget, forecast and prior periods.
• Identify and communicate key risks, opportunities, sensitivities and material movements.
• Review material journals, provisions, accruals and accounting estimates.
• Review balance sheet reconciliations and supporting schedules.
• Ensure consistent accounting treatments, reporting standards and financial controls across both regions.
• Identify control weaknesses and drive appropriate corrective action.

• Prepare and review monthly regional cash flow packs, working closely with operational teams.
• Maintain site cash flows covering revenue, costs, margins, work in progress and cost-to-complete forecasts.
• Review site valuation submissions, challenge assumptions and ensure forcasts accurately reflect the latest position.
• Work with regional teams to maintain current and pre-development site forecasts.
• Support the Finance Director with sensitivity and scenario analysis, including the impact of sales rates, pricing, incentives, build programmes and cost movements on profitability and cash flow.
• Attend regional review meetings where financial input is required.

• Support the Finance Director with the annual budgeting and periodic reforcasting processes.
• Coordinate financial input from regional operational teams to ensure budgets and forecasts reflect current business plans.
• Continually improve the accuracy, efficiency and usefulness of forecasting models and processes.

• Support the Finance Director with day to day cash management activities.
• Assist with banking, covenant and bond-provider reporting.
• Liaise with banks and bond providers on routine matters as required.
• Support effective banking, payment and fraud-prevention controls.
• Review bank payments and payment runs, ensuring appropriate authorisation procedures have been followed.

• Act as a senior finance contact for Regional Managing Directors and operational teams.
• Build strong working relationships across Commercial, Sales, Construction, Land and Technical functions.
• Provide constructive challenge to financial and commercial assumptions.
• Ensure agreed financial actions are followed through.
• Escalate material financial risks and concerns to the Finance Director.
• Promote financial accountability and consistency across the Group.

• Coordinate information required for statutory accounts and support the annual external audit.
• Support the Finance Director with corporation tax, VAT, CIS, PAYE and other statutory or tax matters and enquiries.

• Manage, mentor and develop the Management Accountant and Assistant Management Accountant.
• Set high standards for accuracy, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Ensure responsibilities previously undertaken by regional Financial Controllers are effectively embedded within the central Finance team.
• Deputise for the Finance Director on routine financial and reporting matters when required.

• Drive consistent finance processes and controls across both operational regions.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardise and automate finance activities.
• Support the effective use and ongoing development ofCOINS.
• Improve the quality, accessibility and commercial value of management information.
• Ensure key finance processes and responsibilities are clearly documented.

You will be a qualified accountant with strong experience in financial control, management accounting, forecasting and…