Senior Finance Manager
An exciting opportunity has become available for an experienced Senior Finance Manager / Financial Controller to lead the finance function for a growing consulting business.
You’ll play a key role in driving commercial performance, partnering with senior leaders and providing strategic financial insight across the business. This is a highly visible position where you’ll influence decision-making, improve business performance and help shape the future direction of the organisation.
The Opportunity
This is far more than a traditional Financial Controller role.
You’ll act as the commercial finance leader for a growing consulting business, providing financial leadership, commercial insights and strategic support to senior stakeholders while ensuring strong financial governance and reporting.
The role combines financial control, commercial finance, business partnering, project accounting and leadership, making it ideal for someone who enjoys influencing business performance rather than focusing solely on transactions accounting.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the month-end close and financial reporting process.
- Take ownership of the business’s financial performance, including P&L and balance sheet management.
- Partner with senior business leaders to provide commercial advice and financial insights.
- Prepare board reports with meaningful analysis and recommendations.
- Deliver budgeting, forecasting and financial planning.
- Oversee project accounting, consultant utilisation reporting and project profitability.
- Manage milestone and revenue recognition.
- Manage complex incentive calculations.
- Maintain strong financial controls and balance sheet reconciliations.
- Coordinate the external audit and work with external tax advisers.
- Support group reporting and financial consolidations.
- Capitalise internally developed intellectual property where appropriate.
- Drive continuous improvement across finance processes and reporting.
About You
You are a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys partnering with senior leaders and influencing business performance.
You’ll ideally bring:
- CA or CPA qualification.
- Experience as a Financial Controller or Senior Finance Manager.
- Background within consulting, professional services, technology consulting or project-based services.
- Strong financial control and balance sheet management experience.
- Experience with project accounting, utilisation reporting and revenue recognition.
- Budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling expertise.
- Confidence presenting financial information to senior executives.
- Experience managing audits and external advisers.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- The ability to work independently while building trusted relationships across the business.
What’s on Offer
- Opportunity to lead finance for a growing consulting business.
- Broad commercial role with real influence across the business.
- Exposure to executive leadership and strategic decision-making.
- Collaborative and supportive finance team.
- Hybrid working environment.
Employee Benefits
- Wellbeing days each year.
- Generous paid parental leave.
- Annual health and wellbeing allowance.
- Flexible hybrid working.
- Ongoing learning and development opportunities.
- Dedicated annual wellbeing day.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Regular team social events.
- Salary packaging options.
- Employee referral bonus.