Finance Manager
- Location: North Belfast
- Job Type: Full-time | Permanent | Office-based
- Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 per annum (dependent on experience)
Reed Accountancy are delighted to be exclusively partnered with an established and expanding company based in North Belfast in the appointment of an experienced Finance Manager to join their management team.
Reporting into senior leadership, the successful Finance Manager will play a central role in shaping financial understanding across the business. You will act as the key link between finance and operations, ensuring that performance data, forecasts, and financial models are used effectively to drive profitability, efficiency, and sustainable growth.
Key Responsibilities:
- Partner closely with operational, sales, and customer-focused teams to provide meaningful financial insight that supports both short-term actions and longer-term planning.
- Produce, review, and interpret monthly financial results, translating numbers into clear business commentary.
- Deliver in-depth performance analysis, including margin and profitability assessments, to identify risks, opportunities, and areas for improvement.
- Own the annual budgeting and periodic forecasting cycles, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and alignment with business objectives.
- Monitor performance against financial plans, explaining variances and contributing practical recommendations to improve outcomes.
- Support investment decisions and significant initiatives through financial modelling, scenario analysis, and evaluation of commercial risk.
- Act as a finance representative in senior-level discussions with internal leaders and external stakeholders, providing challenge and reassurance where required.
- Maintain oversight of finance-related governance and continuity processes, ensuring standards and controls are upheld.
- Contribute to the development and improvement of finance systems, processes, and data quality across transactional and reporting activities.
- Provide guidance and oversight to purchase and sales ledger functions, promoting high standards of accuracy, service, and compliance.
What We're Looking For:
- Qualified by experience or part-qualified accountant (CIMA or similar), with a solid grounding in management accounting.
- At least three years' experience in a commercial or operational finance role within a dynamic business environment.
- Strong background in the preparation and analysis of monthly management information.
- Demonstrated ability to interpret complex data and present clear, actionable insight to non-finance colleagues.
- Hands-on experience of budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes.
- Comfortable building effective working relationships across departments and influencing decision-makers.
- Strong systems aptitude with good working knowledge of accounting and reporting tools.
- Third-level qualification in finance, accounting, or a related business discipline is desirable.
- A clear understanding of how finance supports and enables commercial performance.
For more information, including package details, please contact Mary at Reed Belfast, apply via this advert, or contact me confidentially on LinkedIn
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