Finance Manager

Finance Manager – Falmouth – circa 3 Month Interim Contract (Potential to extend or convert into a permanent role) 💼 Hourly Rate: £19 - £23 per hour 📍 Location: Falmouth, Cornwall 🕒 Hours: Full time (40 hours, flexible start/finish) 📅 Start: Mid May Are you a hands-on finance professional who enjoys taking full ownership of the finance function? This Interim Finance Manager position offers the opportunity to support an exciting, fast-growing organisation during a key phase, ensuring smooth day-to-day operations while contributing to core financial reporting and controls. We are supporting a valued and rapidly expanding client seeking an Interim Finance Manager. This role is ideal for someone who is confident working across all areas of transactional finance while also supporting month-end duties, analysis, and compliance. What You’ll Be Doing ✔ Taking ownership of the day-to-day finance function ✔ Managing Accounts Payable including invoice processing, payments and supplier queries ✔ Overseeing Accounts Receivable, raising sales invoices and managing debtors ✔ Handling Payroll processes and liaising with payroll providers ✔ Completing bank reconciliations, credit card reconciliations and petty cash management ✔ Maintaining the fixed asset register, additions, disposals and depreciation ✔ Managing expenses, purchase orders and supplier onboarding ✔ Supporting cashflow monitoring, forecasting inputs and weekly reporting ✔ Posting journals including accruals, prepayments and month-end adjustments ✔ Assisting with the monthly management accounts ✔ Preparing and submitting VAT returns ✔ Providing financial analysis and supporting senior finance with ad-hoc reporting ✔ Ensuring strong financial controls, accuracy and process improvements ✔ Supporting year-end preparations and auditor queries where required What We’re Looking For 💡 Experience across all areas of transactional finance 💡 Confident supporting month-end routines and management accounts 💡 Strong understanding of reconciliations, journals and financial controls 💡 Hands-on, proactive and comfortable working independently 💡 Good communicator who can support and advise the wider business 💡 Highly organised with strong attention to detail 💡 Competent with Excel and finance systems 💡 Able to thrive in a fast-growing, dynamic environment Why You’ll Love This Role ✔ Work for an interesting, fast-growing and ambitious organisation ✔ A varied role with real ownership and autonomy ✔ Opportunity for the interim position to convert into something longer-term ✔ Flexible start and finish times ✔ Make an immediate impact 📩 Apply now for a confidential conversation about this Interim Finance Manager opportunity in Falmouth. Carrington Wood is a specialist recruitment consultancy supporting organisations across Cornwall, Devon and the wider South West. We recruit across Finance, Accounting, HR, Administration, Customer Service and Business Support on both a temporary and permanent basis