Finance Manager

Role Purpose The Finance Manager is a senior individual contributor with full ownership of finance operations, technical accounting, and financial governance. The role acts as the primary owner of finance outputs, operating with a high degree of independence with experience operating in project-based, industrial engineering, multi-currencies environments and serves as the key support to the Head of Finance in ensuring the overall integrity, control, and effectiveness of the finance function. The role will also support finance-related system initiatives, including ERP implementation, ensuring that finance processes, controls, and data structures are appropriately designed and embedded. What Sets You Apart You are a hands-on, ownership-driven finance professional who operates with clarity and conviction in complex, project-based environments. You take responsibility for outcomes, not just processes, and are confident in making decisions, resolving issues and recommending solutions independently, and defending accounting positions when challenged. You bring structure, discipline, and transparency to finance, and could guide others effectively while retaining accountability for the final output. Key Accountabilities 1. Financial Reporting & Controlling • Take full accountability for month-end and year-end close processes and outcome • Own the integrity, accuracy and completeness of statutory and management financial reporting • Ensure accuracy, completeness, and integrity of financial records and reporting according to local and Group accounting policies, FRS/SFRS reporting standards with reconciliation against US GAAP • Review financial statements and management reporting packages prepared by the team • Act as the final reviewer and quality gatekeeper for all finance outputs prior to submission to Head of Finance 2. Finance Operations Ownership • Own end-to-end finance operations across AP, AR, GL, fixed assets, accruals, and reconciliations • Ensure finance outputs are complete, accurate, and independently validated • Resolve operational and accounting issues without reliance on senior management intervention • Drive consistency, discipline, and quality in finance deliverables 3. Financial Controls & Risk Management • Support SOX and internal audit reviews, ensuring timely remediation of findings. • Proactively identify control gaps, execution risks, and process weaknesses, and drive remediation • Maintain and strengthen internal controls in line with Group frameworks and SOX expectations • Maintain robust internal controls, proactively identify and address control gaps and execution risks 4. Audit, Tax & Statutory Compliance • Act as the technical accounting lead for the entity • Lead external audit end-to-end, including preparation, coordination, and issue resolution in consultation with Head of Finance • Serve as the primary interface with auditors, resolving issues independently where appropriate • Defend accounting judgments, estimates, and positions with clarity and technical grounding • Oversee GST submissions, withholding tax and corporate tax return • Own corporate tax matters, including current and deferred tax computations, ensuring appropriate recognition, accuracy, and alignment with financial reporting and underlying business activities • Coordinate with tax advisors, auditors and company secretaries to meet compliance requirement • Support transfer pricing documentation and MES audit requirements 5. Management Reporting & Budgeting Support • Ensure management reports are accurate, consistent, and analytically robust • Provide reliable financial insights to support forecasting, budgeting and decision-making • Work closely with commercial and operational teams to ensure financial reporting reflects underlying business reality • Own data quality and integrity in Group reporting packs to ensure quarterly financial analysis and trend reporting to USA HQ provide clear transparency 6. Working Capital & Treasury Oversight • Monitor receivables, working capital, and cash flow positions • Oversee cash flow planning and multi-currency liquidity management • Review and support treasury-related activities, including foreign currency exposure and guarantees, in coordination with Head of Finance • Ensure cash flow forecast is in alignment between commercial terms, project execution, and cash flow movements 7. Continuous Improvement (Execution-Focused) • Drive improvements in finance processes, documentation, and han…