Finance Manager
About the Role
Sewell Wallis is partnering with a Manchester-based, PE-backed commercial property and construction group, which is growing rapidly due to large investments in acquisitions, with more planned as they head into 2026, to recruit a Finance Manager. This is a forward-thinking company and use state-of-the-art technology to stay ahead of the market, making them a truly exciting place to work.
Their finance team is expanding, as you'd expect with this kind of growth, which means there are real opportunities for progression and genuine headroom for ambitious talent to flourish. Based in high-spec, modern offices, the package on offer includes hybrid working, a market-leading bonus, an enhanced pension, among many other benefits.
Due to growth they are looking to add a new Finance Manager into their projects team.
What will you be doing?
To support/lead on the high volume of ad hoc transactions that occur around the business ranging from acquisitions, disposals, exit preparation, restructures and refinancing. The role reports to the Head of Project Accounting and involves working very closely with multiple stakeholders in the business including the wider Corporate Finance Team, Legal, Capital Markets, Property Accounting, Tax, FP&A, and Asset Management.
- Lead on accounting for property acquisitions and disposals
- Lead on accounting for annual and bi-annual property revaluation process
- Build Excel models that address all accounting aspects of restructures/debt transactions/distributions through the corporate structures
- Advising the wider accounting team on transactions (training, guidance and reviewing financial output for accuracy)
- Collaborating with financial and non-financial stakeholders to provide accounting advice and analysis to management on ad-hoc transactions
- Participate in firmwide legal entity reporting projects and initiatives;
- Investigate and resolve issues, responding to ad-hoc queries
- Support the Head of Project Accounting, Head of Corporate Reporting and Group Financial Controller to manage the team's deliverables
- Identifying opportunities for improvement in current financial processes and leading on projects to implement process enhancements
What skills do we need?
- Qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA)
- 5+ years post qualified experience
- Track record of working in a complex matrix organisation
- Previous high exposure to group restructure and complex events
- Previous exposure and understanding of financial statements, month-end, budgeting and cash flow forecasting.
What's on offer?
- Salary of c. £70,000
- Hybrid working, 3 days in the office
- Private medical cover
- Bonus of up to 20%
- Enhanced pension
Apply for this role below, or for more information, contact Kayley.
To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.
