Group Finance Manager

Description

Group Finance Manager High-Growth Consumer Business Central London 70,000 - 80,000 + 10% bonus

Zachary Daniels Finance is partnering with a rapidly growing international consumer business to recruit a Group Finance Manager. This business has been named in several lists of 2025 & 2026 as a UK consumer business to watch.

This is a brilliant opportunity for an ambitious qualified accountant who wants far more than a traditional reporting role.

Reporting directly to the Finance Director, you'll join at an important stage of growth and help build the finance infrastructure required for an increasingly complex international business.

You'll gain broad exposure across financial control, first audit, international entities, stock, FP&A, systems, automation and AI, with a genuine progression route towards Group Financial Controller or Head of Finance.

The role

You'll take ownership across:

Financial controls and preparation for the group's first statutory auditMulti-entity consolidation and international reportingUK, US and European tax and compliance, alongside external advisersCashflow forecasting, treasury and cash managementStock accounting, SKU reporting and cost-of-goods visibilityBudgeting, forecasting and channel profitabilityFinance systems, data flows and process improvementAutomation and practical application of AI/LLMs within financeCommercial analysis across retail, wholesale, marketplaces and D2CAbout you

You'll be ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified with strong technical foundations, commercial curiosity and the ambition to progress quickly.

We're particularly interested in people with:

Strong financial control, reporting and audit experienceConsumer, ecommerce, retail, wholesale or another stock-based backgroundMulti-entity and/or international exposureStrong systems and process-improvement capabilityA genuine interest in AI, automation and how technology can improve financeA strong academic and professional track recordThe hunger to succeed in a fast-paced, high-ownership environmentThis could be particularly well suited to a second-time mover from accountancy practice looking for broader ownership and a clear route to finance leadership.

You don't need to have done everything already. We're looking for ability, trajectory and ambition as much as a perfect CV.

The opportunity

70,000 - 80,000 + 10% bonus Central London 4 days office

You'll work directly with an impressive Finance Director, have significant exposure across the business and help shape a finance function built for future growth.

For the right person, this role has a genuine pathway to Group Financial Controller or Head of Finance.

Zachary Daniels is a Niche, National & International Recruitment Consultancy. Specialising in Buying, Merchandising & Ecommerce Design, Technical, Wholesale & Production Finance HR & Talent H&S & Compliance Marketing, Digital & Technology Property & Centre Management Retail Operations.

Zachary Daniels and our client are equal opportunities employers. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

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