Duties of the Finance Business Partner Role:

• Provide expert tax advice and services across a wide range of tax areas, including but not limited to income tax, corporate tax, inheritance tax, estate planning and capital gains tax.
• Assisting colleagues at all levels with tax queries on a diverse portfolio of clients, including individuals, small businesses and corporate clients.
• Prepare and review tax computations, tax returns and supporting documents in line with deadlines and tax regulations.
• Offer tax planning and advisory services to clients, helping them optimise their tax positions.
• Research complex tax issues and provide practical, solutions-driven advice.
• Liaise with HMRC on behalf of clients, responding to enquiries and resolving disputes.
• Keep up-to-date with changes in tax legislation and ensure clients’ affairs are compliant with the latest tax laws.
• Supervise and mentor junior staff, providing guidance on technical and procedural matters.
• Restructuring corporate groups.

Requirements of the Finance Business Partner Role:

• CTA qualification or the ability to demonstrate a significant amount of high-level practical experience in all areas of tax.
• Experience in a practice environment with strong technical knowledge in a variety of tax areas.
• Excellent understanding of UK tax legislation, tax planning and compliance.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain client relationships.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Strong organisational skills with attention to detail and a proactive approach.

Would also be beneficial to have:

• Experience managing a portfolio of clients.
• Experience in leadership and mentoring.

Benefits of the Finance Business Partner:

• Salary (Market rate based on level of experience)
• Death in Service insurance (5x basic salary)
• Private Medical Insurance
• 25 days holiday
• Hybrid working after the probationary period

As the Managing Partner, you will have responsibility for the firm’s performance and strategic development. Working closely with the client base and Private Equity backers, you will balance high-level leadership with hands-on involvement.

Key responsibilities include:

• Setting and delivering the firm’s strategic and growth plans

• Developing the firm's client base

• Driving profitability, operational efficiency, and sustainable growth

• Overseeing client relationships and maintaining exceptional service standards

• Hiring, mentoring, and developing staff.

• Identifying and executing business development and expansion opportunities

• Ensuring strong governance, risk management, and regulatory compliance

• Championing a positive, inclusive, and high-performance culture

This role would suit a highly credible accountancy professional with proven leadership experience in practice.

You will ideally have:

• ACA / ACCA (or equivalent) qualification with a Practicing certificate

• Significant experience at a manager level within an accountancy practice but equally happy to be hands-on in producing accounts.

• Excellent client-facing and relationship management skills

• A strategic mindset combined with practical decision-making

In return, our client will offer a strong salary package that could include equity or profit-share.

• Ensure that in-depth management accounts and associated reports are accurately produced in set timescales.  This includes P&L, cashflow forecasting, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Oversee the transactional accounting for the business including accounts payable and receivables. 
• Engage with colleagues and customers to ensure credit control is kept on top of and any outstanding monies are chased and collected in a timely manner.
• Produce VAT returns for the business.
• Process the company payroll

 It is envisaged that this role would suit an experienced Finance Manager with a solid background working within SME's and has proven team leadership experience.  The Finance Manager will need to possess excellent communication skills and be able to explain accounting figures to the senior leadership team.    It would be beneficial if the Finance Manager has previous Xero experience, but this is not a prerequisite.  

• Proven experience in credit control or customer accounts management
• Background in payroll administration, with strong attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills, confident over the phone
• Knowledge of payroll processes, including PAYE, NI, pensions (desirable)
• Experience within Business Services or facilities management (desirable)

This role would suit a experience Accounts Assistant who considerable experience in Credit Control/Accounts Receivable and processing payroll.  

The client is looking to interview shortly, so if this sounds like an interesting opportunity for you, then please apply or contact us for a confidential conversation about your suitability. 

• Managing and developing a team of 5 skilled accounts professionals
• Ensure the timely and accurate recording of all accounts transactions
• Oversee the monthly close to strict group deadlines and preparation of financial statements
• Ensure all financial deadlines are met
• Oversee journals and reconcile discrepancies
• Review and prepare monthly account reconciliations
• Identify and improve processes
• Work closely with the auditors

The ideal person will be ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified with a proven track record in financial reporting, and strong systems skills including Excel to an advanced level. A planner, highly organised and used to manipulating a large volume of data. Benefits include working from home 2 days a week, 25 days holiday, pension and medical cover.

• All aspects of financial accounts, managing a team of five, overseeing purchase and sales ledger, month-end reconciliations, analysing expenses, cash flow and job costing
• Produce and present detailed monthly management accounts, including profit and loss, variance analysis, business planning, WIP reporting, detailed budget analysis but individual job to ensure jobs are completed on time and within budget.
• Overseeing the payroll and  bank reconciliations.
• Streamlining the financial processes, implementing and driving new procedures
• Working closely with the Managing Director on the strategic direction of the business, including planning and analysing for growth.

The ideal person will be a qualified accountant with a proven track record in a number one role. Confident with the gravitas to liaise across the business. First-rate systems skills to bed in the new system and make sure it works seamlessly across the group. 

Responsibilities of the Head of Finance role:

• Report to the Executive team to support strategic planning and decision-making
• Build a strong and highly motivated finance team to meet the demands of a fast-growing tech business
• Ensure that the internal systems, policies, and procedures are sufficient and robust enough to maintain and, where possible, improve the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the finance function
• Manage the migration to the new accounting system, Sage Intacct, and review the SaaS income recognition process within the new system to manage this function seamlessly across all departments
• Lead the production of accurate and timely monthly management accounts, including fully reconciled management account schedules in a timely manner
• Maintain and update the company financial model, set budgets, review assumptions, and produce departmental analysis and variance analysis against budget and updated forecast
• Ensure the company meets its tax compliance and statutory reporting obligations. Making sure all HMRC payments & returns are submitted on time
• Assist in the audit process, ensuring the audit file is complete with fully reconciled management account schedules, extended trial balance, profit & loss and Balance Sheet, ready in advance of the audit

Requirements of the Head of Finance role:

• Qualified ACA or ACCA with at least 5 years post-qualified experience
• Practice experience preferable
• Experience of working in a fast-growing company, ideally in technology
• Systems implementation
• Demonstrate a strong level of commercial awareness
• Able to work under pressure, prioritise work effectively, manage and motivate a team, and willing to be ‘hands on’
• An advanced level of Excel is essential, and exposure to Sage Intact, Sage 50, and Dynamics 365 would be ideal

Benefits of the Head of Finance role:

• 24 days holiday plus birthday and two volunteering days
• Parking on site
• 3.00pm finish on Fridays during August
• Working for successful business at a time of growth and expansion

Responsibilities of the Management Accountant Role:

• Manage the day-to-day administration and accounting function of the company, with the responsibility for a small team reporting directly to the Head of Finance
• Undertake the month-end close process, including reconciliation of control accounts, to enable accurate and timely reporting of monthly management information
• Prepare monthly management accounts, including departmental P&L and Balance Sheet
• Prepare and update departmental forecasts and report variance analysis against actuals and budgets
• Undertake KPI/margin analysis to drive efficiencies and identify opportunities to increase revenue and reduce/monitor costs across all departments
• Prepare quarterly VAT returns
• Assist with year-end accounts

Requirements of the Management Accountant role:

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified
• Experience in preparing management accounts/budgeting/forecasting/cashflow management
• Strong understanding of accounting under UK GAAP
• Organisation skills with the ability to effectively prioritise to ensure all deadlines are met
• First-rate MS Excel skills and preferably experience using Sage Intacct and Microsoft Dynamics 365

Benefits of the Management Accountant role:

• 24 days holiday plus your birthday and two volunteering days
• Onsite parking
• 3.00pm finish on Fridays during August
• Working in a supportive and friendly environment

Responsibilities of the Financial Controller Role

• Managing the finance and wider admin teams
• Producing management reports and KPI data
• Overseeing cash and bank facilities
• Managing UK and overseas tax, VAT, and duty to ensure compliance
• Handling the annual audit and ensuring accounts meet UK GAAP standards
• Managing foreign exchange and treasury
• Building strong relationships with banks, shareholders, and financial partners
• Leading the budgeting process and preparing quarterly rolling budgets
• Implementing and maintaining costing and contract systems
• Managing insurance and risk management
• Supervising stock holdings, HR compliance, and the company pension scheme
• Overseeing IT systems and internal health and safety measures

Requirements of the Financial Controller Role

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA Qualified with 10 years PQE
• Proven track record in a senior leadership role
• Strong technical and all round commercial skills
• The ability to influence change
• Strong analytical and systems skills
• Excellent communication skills

Benefits of the Financial Controller Role

• Following probation
• Company car or car allowance
• Hybrid & flexible working hours
• Annual discretionary bonus
• Private healthcare
• 25 days holiday

Responsibility of the Head of Finance Role:-

• Month-end accounts preparation and reporting
• Year-end statutory and financial reporting under UK GAAP
• Establishing, reviewing, ensuring adherence, and reporting on the budgets for each department, sales, purchases, and overheads
• Work-in-progress controls and reporting
• Maintenance of the fixed asset register
• Maintain a cash flow/forecast

Requirements of the Head of Finance Role:-

• ACCA, CIMA or ACA qualified
• Experience within an SME as a number one in finance
• First rate communication and systems skills

Benefits of the Head of Finance Role:-

• 25 days holiday
• Performance related bonus
• This role is office based 5 days a week and offers parking

• Ownership of the sales ledger, including raising invoices
• Recording the bank transactions reviewing BACS and online payments
• Monthly bank reconciliations and assist with banking administration
• Processing monthly journals, accruals and prepayments
• Reconciliation of control accounts to support the management accounts
• Handling any customer queries and supplying copy invoices

The ideal person will have a minimum of 3 years experience in accounts, with knowledge of double entry bookkeeping, adaptable and a team player, willing to step in and cover for holiday or illness. First-rate systems skills including Excel. This role is office-based, benefits include free parking, 25 days holiday, study support, pension and healthcare.

• Overseeing two direct reports.
• Monthly management accounts and reporting
• Cost and revenue analysis
• Income accounting and associated balance sheet reconciliations
• KPI reporting
• Daily business partnering with the operations team

The ideal person will have in-depth experience of financial and management accounting, and be comfortable working at a senior level coupled with sound people management and relationship-building skills.  This is a hybrid opportunity, office-based one day a week. 

· Overall responsibility for the production of monthly accounts for all entities

· Preparation and submission of the monthly US reporting packs for the group entities

· Preparation of monthly balance sheet reconciliations

· Complete monthly reconciliation of intercompany balances

· Preparation of the consolidated management accounts pack for the UK management team

The ideal person will have excellent knowledge of financial, budgeting systems, and reporting tools coupled with cost control and forecasting.  Advanced MS Excel skills are essential together with the ability to work on multiple projects.  Hybrid working two days wfh following probation, 25 days holiday, company pension, bonus scheme, and many other benefits are on offer to the right candidate.

• Accounts Payable
  • Ensuring accurate coding and posting of purchase invoices
  • Posting intercompany purchase invoices
  • Preparing weekly creditor payments ready for FC to process
• Sales ledger
  • Ensuring accurate coding and posting of sales invoices
  • Reconcile customer deposit accounts
  • Posting customer card receipts
• Credit card and petty cash
  • Posting company credit card transactions
  • Posting petty cash expenses and reconciling monthly 

Prospective candidates should have first-rate MS Excel skills, be happy being office-based five days a week, and have previous experience in a similar role.

• Posting invoices and managing credit notes 
• Supplier statement reconciliation
• Support in ledger closures and month-end processes
• Efficiently management of Purchase Orders and assisting with supplier setup and maintenance
• Posting bank and credit card transactions, payment allocation
• Reconciliations –balance sheet and bank
• Posting journals.

The ideal person will be studying towards the AAT, ACCA or CIMA. Someone keen to develop further in finance, with a strong team ethic, attention to detail and first rate Excel skills. This role is office based 5 days a week.

Responsibilities of the FP&A Analyst Role:-

•  FP&A lead, responsible for reviewing and improving the function
•  Setting of complete multisite consolidated budget, long term plan and rolling forecasts
•  Modelling large scale network transformation projects and scenarios (site closure/opening, M&A’s)
•  Producing trend and variance analysis on key and high risk P&L areas, optimising processes
•  Business partnering Sales and Ops Directors analysing performance, KPIs and strategy
•  Driving a “cost control” culture, committing departments to review operating costs
•  Producing financial models, including transaction detail P&L’s, customer rebates etc
•  Supporting the production of a competitive pricing calculator to support sales quotes
•  Analyse and review data integrity
•  Preparing PowerPoints at both board and investor level and ad hoc reporting

Requirements of the FP&A Analyst Role:-

• CIMA, ACCA or ACA Qualified
• Detailed Financial Modelling skills
• Used to working with large data sets
• SQL would be a huge advantage
• Advanced Excel skills
• First rate communication skills to liaise across the business and with the £4bn parent company.

Benefits of the FP&A Analyst Role:-

• 25 days holiday
• Free parking on site
• Pension and healthcare
• Work from home 1 day a week