Finance manager

Finance Manager

Location: Remote (preferred locations Northamptonshire/ Milton Keynes)

Hours: 25 hours per week (negotiable)

Salary: £45,000 pa, depending on experience

Join a growing team making a real impact

At Impact HR, and across our associated group companies, we are continuing to scale our operations and support to our client base.

To support this growth, we are recruiting for a Finance Manager who will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day financial operations of the business, ensuring accurate reporting, strong financial controls and clear financial visibility for leadership.

This is a part-time role suited to an experienced finance professional who enjoys working in a growing SME environment and is comfortable operating with a high degree of autonomy.

Why this role matters

As the business grows, maintaining accurate financial reporting, disciplined financial processes and clear insight into performance becomes increasingly important.

This role ensures the business maintains:

• Reliable financial reporting
• Strong financial control and compliance
• Clear insight into revenue, costs and profitability
• Effective management of invoicing, payments and cashflow

The Finance Manager will play an important role in supporting business leaders with financial information that enables informed decision-making.

What you will be doing

You will be responsible for the effective running of the finance function reporting Group Management Accountant.

This role oversees all core financial processes including management accounts, invoicing, reconciliations and statutory reporting.

Your day to day will include:

Financial operations

Manage the core finance function including accounts receivable, accounts payable and financial administration.

Weekly responsibilities include:

• Chasing overdue invoices and resolving client invoice queries
• Processing and approving supplier invoices
• Reconciling bank account transactions
• Monitoring the finance mailbox and responding to finance queries
• Maintaining and reviewing the fixed asset register

Management accounts and reporting

Prepare accurate and timely financial reporting to support leadership decision-making.

Monthly responsibilities include:

• Preparation of monthly management accounts
• Posting accruals, prepayments, depreciation and journals
• Preparing payroll journals
• Reviewing sales invoicing and deferred income recognition
• Completion and review of balance sheet reconciliations
• Producing management reports for operational and commercial teams

Financial planning and forecasting

Support longer-term financial planning and performance monitoring.

Responsibilities include:

• Support the Group Management Accountant with financial forecasting and budgeting
• Monitor entity-level financial performance against budget
• Provide operational commentary on performance variances

Financial control and compliance

Ensure financial processes remain accurate, compliant and well controlled.

Responsibilities include:

• Preparation and submission of quarterly VAT returns
• Calculation of quarterly bonus payments
• Supporting year-end processes and statutory accounts preparation
• Liaising with external accountants regarding statutory reporting and corporation tax

Supporting the wider business

Work closely with internal colleagues to ensure financial processes operate efficiently and support operational activity.

Responsibilities include:

• Supporting expense processing and payment where required
• Supporting improvements to financial systems and reporting processes

Working within the group finance structure

• The Finance Manager operates as part of the wider group finance function, ensuring entity-level financial reporting aligns with group reporting standards and timelines.

What Success Looks Like (First 12 Months)

• Accurate and timely monthly management accounts
• Clear financial visibility for leadership
• Effective management of invoicing and payments
• Reliable and compliant financial reporting processes
• Well maintained financial records and reconciliations

About You

You are an experienced finance professional who enjoys working within a growing SME environment and is comfortable managing the finance function independently.

You bring strong technical accounting capability alongside the ability to communicate financial information clearly to non-finance colleagues.

You are organised, pragmatic and able to manage your workload effectively within a part-time role.

You will likely bring:

• 3+ years experience managing a finance function within an SME
• Accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or AAT)
• Strong management accounting and financial reporting experience
• Experience of using Xero
• Strong Excel skills (including pivot tables and VLOOKUPs)
• Experience communicating financial information to non-finance stakeholders
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Excellent prioritising and time management skills
• Proficiency with MS 365
• Experience with CRMs
• A solutions-focused, commercially aware mindset
• Application of data protection and confidentiality

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits
• Flexible working
• Supportive, values-led team culture
• Progression pathways and professional development

Ready to shape the future of hr with Impact?

We are looking for an experienced finance professional who wants to play an important role in supporting the financial health and performance of a growing consultancy.

This role is about more than simply producing accounts. It is about maintaining strong financial discipline, ensuring accurate and reliable reporting, and providing clear financial insight that supports better decision-making across the business.

If you enjoy working in a flexible, collaborative environment and want the opportunity to apply your financial expertise within a growing professional services organisation, we would love to hear from you.