Finance Manager
2 days ago
Portsmouth
Chalk Hill Group is working exclusively with a leading, multi-entity services organisation to appoint a Finance Manager to join their head office team in Portsmouth. This is a high-impact role within a growing group that values clarity, accountability, and commercial thinking. You will take responsibility for the day-to-day finance function across the group, ensuring strong financial control, reporting accuracy, and meaningful commercial insight. For the right individual, there is a potential progression pathway towards Finance Director as the organisation continues to expand. There will be an expectation to be in the office five days a week. Key responsibilities include: • Production of timely and accurate monthly management accounts, • Full balance sheet ownership (accruals, prepayments, fixed assets), • Cash flow forecasting and working capital management, • Credit control and debtor oversight, • Budgeting support and variance analysis as well as review of client and contract profitability, • Intercompany reconciliations and cross-charging, • VAT returns, payroll oversight, and statutory compliance, • Support for annual audit and external accountants, • Liaison with banks, HMRC, and finance providers, • Line management and development of one team member, • Continuous improvement of financial systems and processes You will ideally have: • Experience producing full monthly management accounts within an SME environment, • Strong ownership mentality with ability to challenge and influence senior stakeholders, • Experience supervising or developing junior finance staff, • Advanced Excel skills and confidence with accounting systems (Xero preferred) What’s on offer: • £40,000 – £45,000 salary (dependent on experience), • Key role within a growing group of businesses, • Direct exposure to senior leadership, • Genuine autonomy and ownership, • Stable, supportive working environment, • Clear progression pathway to senior finance leadership Chalk Hill Group is a Recruitment Agency. By applying for this role, you are authorising us as a Recruitment Agency to contact you and to provide services and information relating to job hunting activities. Please see our Privacy Policy on our website.