Finance Manager

Reed Finance are delighted to be supporting one of our long-standing clients with a new hands-on Finance Manager to lead a small transactional finance team and take ownership of payroll and core finance operations. Reporting to the Financial Controller, this role is ideal for someone who combines strong people management skills with detailed technical expertise-particularly in Sage Payroll.

You will play a key role in ensuring accurate, compliant, and timely financial processing across payroll, ledgers, and reconciliations.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and supervise a small finance team (sales ledger and purchase ledger)
• End-to-end weekly and monthly payroll processing, using Sage Payroll
• Full responsibility for payroll compliance, including PAYE, NIC, pensions, auto-enrolment, NMW, holiday accruals, and statutory payments (SSP, SMP)
• Ensure all employee and employer pension contributions are correctly calculated and paid on time
• Daily bank and balance sheet reconciliations
• General ledger journals and ad-hoc payments
• Processing employee expenses and credit card administration
• Accounting for intercompany transactions and capital expenditure
• Administration of company fuel cards and related records
• Provide cover within the finance team and act as primary escalation point for queries
• Support the Financial Controller with reporting and ad-hoc finance tasks

Candidate

• Demonstrated experience in a similar level of position
• Comfortable leading a small team while remaining hands-on
• Highly organised, detail-focused, and deadline-driven
• Excellent communication skills

For more information on this exciting new opportunity, please apply, or contact Roddy Mackenzie -