Finance Manager
| Posting date: | 22 September 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 October 2025 |
| Location: | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 1NL |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Hays Specialist Recruitment |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4726645_1758545674 |
Summary
Hays are recruiting a Finance Manager for a well-established, independently owned firm of chartered accountants and business advisors based in either Cambridge or Bishop's Stortford.
The firm offers a comprehensive range of services including audit, accounting, tax, and corporate finance. They are proud to support a diverse client base across the UK and internationally, with a strong focus on entrepreneurial, owner-managed businesses that share our passion for innovation.
What does the team do?
The team oversee all financial and accounting operations within the business, ensuring all financial transactions and reports are accurate, timely, and compliant with statutory regulations.The scope of work includes managing the day-to-day operations of the finance function, producing internal and external financial reports and financial risk management.
As a Finance Manager, you will have ownership of the following tasks:
- Ensuring adherence to group financial policies and procedures.
- Preparing the group consolidated management accounts, including all supporting reporting requirements.
- Assisting in the annual budgeting process, maintenance of rolling budgets and forecasts.
- Ensuring the group's VAT compliance.
- Proficient in utilising advancements in accounting software and integrations to enhance efficiency in accounts production and reporting.
- Ensuring the timely completion of regulatory and other surveys, building a system of data collation to automate the process where possible.
- Overseeing the finance reporting offering to the wider firm to ensure its accuracy and completeness.
- Managing the practice expenses software and management accounts function.
To be successful?
- ACA / ACCA fully qualified (minimum criteria).
- Experience of working as a Finance Manager or equivalent in a finance department (minimum criteria).
- People management and leadership skills.
- Experience in process development and change management.
- Time management, the ability to work to, and meet deadlines.
- Experience of implementing automated processes, and an awareness of technological advances in the accountancy sector.
What's on offer?
In addition to your salary you will also be offered the following benefits:
- 25 days annual leave (with the option to buy / sell up to 5 days holiday)
- Private medical
- Contributory pension scheme
- 4x life assurance
- All employee share scheme
- Company car and fuel card via salary sacrifice
- Family-friendly policies, e.g. paid time off for dependants
- 2 days paid for volunteering
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) including shopping discounts
What you need to do now
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