Senior Finance Manager CA

Chartered Accountant (Financial Reporting & FP&A) — Job Description

Purpose

Own accurate statutory and management reporting while leading budgeting, forecasting, and commercial analysis. Tight close, clean audits, reliable forecasts, and actionable insight.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Reporting & Compliance

Run month-end close to timetable : journals, accruals / prepayments, intercompany, FX, and balance-sheet reconciliations.

Prepare robust management accounts with variance analysis and clear commentary.

Produce statutory accounts under FRS 102 / IFRS ; manage audit deliverables and resolve queries.

Coordinate VAT , PAYE / CIS, PSA, and Companies House filings; support corporation tax computations and liaison with advisers.

FP&A (Planning, Analysis & Decision Support)

Own the budget and forecast cycle (annual plan, quarterly reforecasts, rolling 12–18-month outlook).

Build driver-based models across P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow; maintain scenarios (best / base / worst) with sensitivities.

Deliver monthly KPI packs and Board decks : revenue / margin bridges, unit economics, cohort / retention (where relevant), and variance walkthroughs.

Partner with Sales / Ops to forecast revenue pipeline, pricing, and capacity; translate into headcount and OPEX plans.

Lead long-range planning and investment cases (capex, product, market entry) with NPV / IRR analysis.

Track working capital (DSO / DPO / DIO), own short- and medium-term cash forecasting , and monitor covenants.

Controls, Systems & Process Improvement

Strengthen internal controls (SOX-style where applicable); document policies and close checklists.

Streamline close and reporting processes; automate reconciliations and report refreshes.

Champion data quality and single-source-of-truth metrics; standardise KPI definitions.

Stakeholder Management & Leadership

Translate financial insight into clear actions : pricing, cost initiatives, headcount rebalancing, process fixes.

Present to senior leadership and non-finance teams; set expectations and hold owners to account.

Coach and review work of juniors / analysts; raise the bar on accuracy and speed.

Qualifications & Experience

ACA / ICAEW, ACCA, or CIMA qualified (or finalist with strong progress).

Solid month-end / statutory background and experience with external audit.

Proven FP&A exposure : budgeting, forecasting, commercial modelling, and building exec-level packs.

Comfortable in changing environments; can prioritise and ship.

Tools

ERP : NetSuite, SAP, Dynamics 365, Sage Intacct (or similar).

Excel (advanced) , Power Query / Power Pivot; Power BI / Tableau for dashboards.

Nice-to-have : SQL or Python for analysis; planning tools (Workday Adaptive, Anaplan, PBCS).

For subsidiaries / smaller entities : Xero / QuickBooks.

Competencies

Technical accuracy, commercial judgement, crisp communication, ownership, and pace.

First-principles modelling and structured problem solving.

Stakeholder influence and willingness to challenge.

KPIs

Close completed on time with minimal post-close adjustments.

Forecast accuracy (Revenue / GM / EBITDA / Cash) vs actuals.

Audit outcomes (low / no adjustments) and compliance delivered on schedule.

Working-capital improvement and cash forecast reliability.

Automation wins : hours saved, errors reduced, cycle-time shortened.

Adoption and usefulness of dashboards / Board packs.