Job Description
Are you a hands-on Finance Manager looking to make a real impact in a growing SME where your voice matters and your work drives meaningful change?
We're delighted to be working with a well-established, entrepreneurial SME based in Ipswich, currently seeking a proactive Finance Manager to lead the day-to-day finance function and partner with the senior leadership team.
This is a key appointment within the business-ideal for someone commercially astute who thrives in a broad, varied role and enjoys getting involved in both strategic planning and operational delivery.
The Role
As Finance Manager, you'll report to the Finance Director and work closely with department heads. Responsibilities include:
- Full ownership of the month-end process and production of management accounts
- Forecasting, budgeting, and cash flow management
- VAT returns, payroll oversight, and statutory compliance
- Leading process improvements and supporting systems development
- Providing insightful analysis to support business decisions
- Managing relationships with external stakeholders, including accountants and banks
- Overseeing a small finance team (or sole responsibility, depending on size)
Experience:
We're looking for someone who brings:
- A professional accounting qualification (ACCA, CIMA, ACA)
- A hands-on approach and willingness to roll up your sleeves
- Excellent financial reporting and forecasting skills
- Strong communication skills with the ability to influence at all levels
- A commercial mindset and genuine interest in business performance
Benefits:
Direct impact on business strategy and success
- Autonomy, variety, and visibility across the business
- Supportive leadership team and collaborative culture
- Opportunity to drive change and build out finance best practice
- Salary - £50,000-£55,000 per annum + benefits
If you're a Finance Manager or experienced Management Accountant ready to step into a more autonomous role, this could be the perfect fit.
Please put your home postcode on your CV when applying. Our recruitment tech uses this to make sure your CV is reviewed by the relevant consultant, for the relevant job(s), in the relevant geography.
Macildowie are a recruitment business working on behalf of a client to recruit this role. Your personal data may be forwarded to that client company as part of the application process.
If you would like information on how we will process your data please go to our website (macildowie.com) and view our fair processing notices which are located at the bottom of the page under privacy policies. Within the fair processing notice for Candidates there is guidance on how to amend your contact preferences or exercise your rights relating to personal data. We can't provide direct links as email address and website urls within our job adverts are removed by some of the websites on which we advertise.
Macildowie is a specialist recruitment consultancy with a rich history of enhancing the careers of professionals across the Midlands and the Northern Home Counties. We have an unrivalled understanding of the local market place and recruit for the majority of the region's premier employers. To search for all of our live jobs please visit us at macildowie.com.
