Finance Manager – St Austell – Permanent

Salary: £40,000 – £45,000 + Benefits Location: St Austell, Cornwall Hours: Full time Start: ASAP

Are you an experienced transactional finance professional looking for a role where you can lead, influence and drive high-quality financial operations? Our client, a successful and fast-growing organisation, is seeking a Finance Manager to oversee all day-to-day financial processing activities while managing a team of approximately 5–6 people.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with strong AP, AR, cash management and compliance experience who thrives in a fast-paced, detail-driven environment. You will play a key part in safeguarding cash, maintaining robust controls, and ensuring accurate, timely processing across the group.

What You’ll Be Doing

✔ Overseeing supplier onboarding, invoice processing, approvals and weekly payment runs ✔ Ensuring AP ledger accuracy including reconciliations, aged payables and debit balance clearance ✔ Leading customer onboarding, credit checks, billing, disputes and collections activity ✔ Driving AR performance including DSO reduction, dunning cycles, and credit management ✔ Managing daily cash positioning, multi-currency bank reconciliations and payment file preparation ✔ Maintaining bank mandates, user access and segregation of duties ✔ Processing FX transactions, reconciliations, month-end revaluations and supporting hedge management ✔ Managing card receipts, chargebacks, direct debit runs and online payment gateways ✔ Overseeing intercompany recharges, settlements and documentation ✔ Supporting Payroll Manager with cross-cover when required ✔ Embedding and maintaining a strong financial control framework ✔ Ensuring UK VAT compliance, correct coding and support with returns and reconciliations ✔ Supporting internal/external audits with samples, narratives and remediation activities ✔ Delivering accurate month-end close packs including AP accruals, GRNI, AR cut-off and cash recs ✔ Owning and maintaining department policies, SOPs and GDPR-compliant data management ✔ Leading the operation of finance systems (Sage, Paperless and others) ✔ Driving automation and reducing manual journal reliance ✔ Leading, coaching and developing a high-performing transactional finance team (5–6 people) ✔ Working cross-functionally to ensure compliance, accuracy and problem prevention ✔ Developing and reporting on transactional finance KPIs to drive performance

What We’re Looking For

Proven experience within financial processing and transactional finance Experience managing and developing a transactional finance team (ideally 5–6 staff) Strong knowledge across AP, AR/credit control, cash management and payments Experience with FX processing, reconciliations and financial controls Solid understanding of VAT, tax compliance and UK regulatory frameworks Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment High levels of professionalism, integrity and discretion Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Why You’ll Love This Role

✔ £40,000 – £45,000 salary ✔ Company pension ✔ Free parking ✔ On-site parking ✔ Opportunity to lead and shape a key finance function ✔ High degree of autonomy and influence over process improvement ✔ Varied workload across AP, AR, cash, FX and controls ✔ Supportive environment with a focus on continuous improvement ✔ Scope for long-term progression within finance leadership

Apply now for a confidential conversation about this Finance Manager opportunity in St Austell.

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