Finance Director

  • Bayman Atkinson Smythe
  • City, Manchester
  • Jul 23, 2025
Full time Accounting

Job Description

Are you ready to step into a career-defining role in a dynamic, fast-paced, private equity-backed business? We re looking for a Finance Director to join the senior leadership team a commercially astute, strategic thinker who s passionate about making a real difference.

This isn t your typical finance job. This is a business-critical leadership position where you ll be at the heart of commercial decision-making, value creation, and performance transformation.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Strategic Partner to the MD: Work closely with the Managing Director to shape commercial strategies, support customer relationships, and deliver complex pricing models that drive sustainable margin growth across a diverse product portfolio.
  • Influence at the Top: Collaborate with the Senior Leadership Team to evaluate business and project performance, identify productivity opportunities, and drive cost savings and efficiency improvements.
  • Performance Leadership: Own and deliver insightful, timely reporting that enhances decision-making and tightens spend control, within the divisional business unit.
  • Change Champion: Be a key contributor to business transformation and strategic execution, both within finance and across the wider business.
  • Trusted Advisor: Provide robust challenge and support to the Group Finance Director and Executive Team, helping the business stay on course for ambitious growth.

What We re Looking For:

You re a proven finance leader with a strong commercial mindset and the confidence to operate at board level. You thrive in high-growth, agile environments and know how to balance detail with strategic vision.

Qualified Accountant

Private equity experience, or a solid understanding of investor-led environments, is highly desirable.

Apply now for this unique opportunity to shape the future of a business on a rapid growth journey and to do it as part of a high-performing, values-driven leadership team.