Senior Finance Manager

Senior Finance Manager

East Sussex (Hybrid considered) £Competitive and negotiable + Benefits

Are you an experienced Finance Manager looking for a broad, commercially focused role where you can genuinely influence business performance?

We're recruiting for a Senior Finance Manager to join a successful, growing manufacturing business. Reporting directly to the Financial Controller, you'll play a pivotal role in financial reporting, forecasting, business partnering and supporting strategic decision-making across a multi-company, multi-currency environment.

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious qualified accountant who enjoys working closely with senior stakeholders and thrives in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

The Role

You'll take ownership of the finance function's month-end reporting while providing meaningful commercial insight to support business growth.

Key responsibilities include:

Producing accurate monthly management accounts

Leading quarterly forecasting and the annual budgeting process

Managing multi-company, multi-currency consolidations

Preparing and submitting VAT, Corporation Tax and payroll-related taxes

Producing insightful board reports and financial presentations

Analysing financial performance and explaining key variances

Supporting year-end audit preparation

Overseeing purchase ledger, sales ledger and cashbook functions

Supporting payroll and pension administration

Leading finance improvement projects alongside the Financial Controller What We're Looking For

To be considered, you'll need:

ACCA qualified

3-5 years' finance experience within a manufacturing environment

Strong experience of multi-company and multi-currency consolidations

A solid understanding of standard costing and manufacturing absorption accounting

Sage Payroll and Sage HR experience

Microsoft Dynamics AX (AX) experience

Advanced Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, SUMIFs, INDEX/MATCH (or XLOOKUP equivalent), error handling and financial reporting

Experience producing board-level financial reporting and commercial analysis You'll also be

Highly organised with excellent planning skills

Analytical with strong problem-solving ability

Able to work accurately under tight deadlines

Comfortable communicating financial information to senior stakeholders

Ideally someone who trained within practice before moving into industry What's On Offer

Excellent negotiable salary and benefits

A varied and commercially focused senior finance position

High visibility across the business

Opportunity to influence strategy and improve financial performance

A supportive leadership team and genuine long-term career prospects If you're looking for your next challenge in a senior finance role where you can make a real impact, we'd love to hear from you