Senior Finance Manager

The VHR group is a multi-award winning technical recruitment business, headquartered in London, supplying contract and permanent technical and professional staff to our clients within the Aerospace & Aviation, F1 & Automotive, Civils & Infrastructure, and Marine sectors.

VHR currently employs over 70 members of staff across its offices in the UK, across Europe, the Middle East and North America. VHR generates an annual turnover of close to £50M..

The Role

We are looking for an ACCA or ACA qualified Senior Finance Manager to take ownership of statutory compliance, financial reporting , and multi-entity consolidation across our international group, while also contributing to cash flow and treasury management.

This is a hands-on role suited to someone who is comfortable operating at both a technical accounting level and a commercial, business-partnering level: reviewing P&Ls, managing statutory audits, and advising leadership on the financial implications of operating across multiple entities and currencies.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and review statutory financial statements across multiple UK and international group entities, ensuring compliance with local GAAP/IFRS requirements as applicable in each jurisdiction.
• Own the external audit process end-to-end: liaising with UK and international auditors, preparing audit schedules, resolving queries, and ensuring statutory filings are accurate and on time.
• Ownership of the balance sheet reconciliation process including cash and bank ID facility.
• Ensure compliance with local tax and regulatory reporting requirements (e. g. corporation tax, VAT, & Middle East and European payroll compliance, German trade tax filings) in coordination with local advisors and internal payroll/HR teams.
• Act as a key point of technical accounting knowledge within the finance function.
• Multi-Entity & Consolidation
• Manage UK and intercompany accounting and consolidation across group entities, including intercompany reconciliations, eliminations, and FX considerations.
• Maintain and improve multi-entity structures within the finance system (Sage Intacct), ensuring clean entity-level and consolidated reporting.
• Support the localisation of group finance policies to reflect jurisdiction‑specific statutory and tax requirements.
• Management Accounting & Business Partnering
• Own the monthly and quarterly management accounts, variance analysis, and commentary for assigned entities/budgets.
• Partner with budget holders and senior leadership, challenging forecasts and highlighting risks and opportunities.
• Support budget management for office operations, including new site selection analysis where relevant.
• Cash Flow & Treasury
• Contribute to group cash flow forecasting and working capital monitoring across entities and currencies.
• Support optimisation of the group's cash and tax structure across jurisdictions.
• Assist with intercompany funding arrangements and bank relationship management as required.
• Process & Controls
• Identify opportunities to improve financial workflows and controls, particularly around payroll reconciliation, intercompany processes, and multi‑entity reporting.
• Partner with technology/systems teams to drive automation and reduce manual reconciliation effort.
• Support internal audit schedules and coordinate documentation across the finance team.

Candidate Requirements

• ACCA or ACA qualified (or equivalent), with a minimum of 3 years' post-qualification experience.
• Demonstrable experience managing external statutory audits and preparing statutory financial statements.
• Experience working within international multi-entity & multi‑currency group structure, including intercompany accounting and consolidation.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge and comfort with local GAAP/IFRS reporting requirements.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work with non‑finance colleagues and international teams.
• A proactive, hands‑on mindset, comfortable in a fast‑paced, scaling environment with evolving processes.
• Background in recruitment, staffing, or a technical consultancy business; experience in other multi‑country service‑based businesses will also be considered.
• Experience supporting or leading process automation/improvement projects within finance.
• Prior line management or mentoring experience.
• Experience with Sage Intacct and RSM In Time would be beneficial.
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