Finance Manager: Own Financial Ops & Growth in Swindon

Newly created role - Online retail/manufacturing business - Great opportunity.

Company Background

Hays Senior Finance are exclusively supporting a fantastic British brand with a global reputation for creativity, quality, and originality. They blend rich heritage with a pioneering, globally inspired spirit.

Role Overview

As Finance Manager, you will be responsible for the day-to-day financial operations of the business. This is a hands-on role with a strong focus on accurate accounting, robust reporting, and effective financial controls as the business continues to expand. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, you will work closely with senior stakeholders across the business. You will play a central role in ensuring financial discipline, supporting informed decision-making, and enabling sustainable growth as the organisation evolves.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the core accounting operations of the business, delivering accurate daily and weekly financial reporting and continuously improving the quality, relevance, and usability of management information.
• Deliver a timely and accurate month-end close, including preparation and review of balance sheet reconciliations and oversight of subsidiaries in line with company and Group reporting deadlines.
• Prepare and submit statutory and regulatory filings, including VAT returns, import declarations, and other required compliance submissions.
• Manage sales ledger and purchase ledger activities, including approval of working capital movements and forecasting material cash-flow impacts for the CFO.
• Maintain and enhance strong financial controls and processes, embedding new systems and ways of working that support budgeting, forecasting, and scalable growth.

Qualifications and Experience

• Demonstrable experience owning and managing core financial operations within a commercial business environment.
• Part-qualified or fully qualified through a recognised accounting body (e.g. ACCA, CIMA, ACA). Candidates qualified by experience will also be considered, provided they demonstrate strong practical knowledge of financial operations, reporting, and controls.
• Strong working knowledge of daily, weekly, and month-end reporting, with a track record of meeting company and Group reporting deadlines in a growing and/or multi-channel business.
• Experience managing sales ledger and purchase ledger teams, with accountability for working capital and cash-flow management.
• Proven ability to improve reporting quality, controls, systems, or financial processes to support business growth and operational efficiency.

Why Join Us?

This is an opportunity to take real ownership within a globally recognised British brand. As Finance Manager, you'll play a central, hands-on role in the day-to-day financial operations of the business, with direct exposure to senior leadership and the chance to influence how the business grows.

You'll work closely with the CFO and key stakeholders, shaping reporting, controls, and processes that support informed decision-making and scalable growth. Rather than firefighting, you'll have the scope to improve systems, enhance business intelligence, and embed best practice. Alongside meaningful responsibility and professional development, you'll be part of a creative, inclusive environment that values quality, originality, and collaboration - supporting a brand that continues to shape global design conversations.

What you need to do now

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