Finance Manager

Company: Venture Recruitment Partners
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The Opportunity

We are delighted to be supporting a long-established and successful business in the New Forest with the appointment of a Finance Manager. Reporting directly to the Finance Director, this is a varied and influential role that combines financial control, commercial support and team leadership.

You’ll play a key role in managing the day-to-day finance function, ensuring accurate reporting and robust controls, while providing valuable insight to support business performance and decision-making. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working across both the operational and financial sides of a business and is looking to make a tangible impact.

Key Responsibilities

  • Preparation and review of monthly management accounts
  • Ownership of budgeting, forecasting and cash flow management
  • Review of VAT returns and group balance sheet reconciliations
  • Business partnering with operational stakeholders across the organisation
  • Identifying opportunities to improve financial processes, controls and reporting
  • Leading, mentoring and developing the finance team
  • Supporting the Finance Director on a range of strategic and operational initiatives

About You

We’re looking for a proactive and commercially minded finance professional who enjoys taking ownership and driving improvements.

You will ideally have:

  • Strong management accounting and VAT knowledge
  • Previous experience managing and developing finance teams
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
  • Experience working for a group or multi entity business
  • The ability to communicate financial information clearly to non-finance stakeholders
  • A positive, hands-on approach and continuous improvement mindset
  • Advanced Excel skills and confidence working with finance systems

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Posted: October 27th, 2026