Interim Finance Manager (12‑Month Fixed Term Contract) / Knutsford / £50,000 - £60,000

Accountable Recruitment have exclusively partnered with our client who are a successful and growing privately owned business based in Knutsford. We are looking for an experienced, hands-on Interim Finance Manager to support their finance function covering maternity leave. This role offers the opportunity to enhance financial insight across the organisation, and play a critical part in delivering high‑quality management information to senior leadership.

This is a hands‑on, commercially focused finance position requiring good technical capability, excellent communication skills, and the ability to bring clarity and structure to a growing multi‑division business.

Key Responsibilities

• Management Accounts & Reporting - review monthly management accounts ensuring accuracy, completeness, and adherence to timelines.
• Oversee balance sheet reconciliations and maintain strong financial controls across all entities.
• Prepare and deliver the monthly management pack for senior leadership, including narrative commercial commentary and variance analysis.
• Commercial Analysis & Business Insight - Produce detailed commercial and divisional analysis, highlighting performance trends and actionable insights.
• Partner with division heads to provide financial support, challenge, and commercial analysis.
• Develop and track KPIs across each business unit to support decision-making.
• Support budgeting and forecasting cycles, ensuring assumptions are robust and aligned to business strategy.
• Audit & Year-End Support - act as the key finance contact for external auditors during the year‑end process. Coordinate audit deliverables, resolve queries promptly, and ensure a smooth and timely audit process.
• You will work closely with the Finance Director on an upcoming transaction, assisting with due diligence materials, and ad‑hoc insights required throughout the process.
• Lead, support, and mentor 1 direct reprot to ensure high-quality output

Key skills

• Proven experience ideally working within a similar broad hands-on role for a growing SME business
• Background in management accounting, month‑end close, and financial reporting.
• Strong communicator with the ability to build relationships across non‑finance stakeholders.
• Demonstrable commercial awareness, with the ability to analyse divisional performance and present clear insights.
• Excellent Excel and data analysis skills.

Further Details

• Duration: 12 months
• Start: ASAP / within 4 weeks notice
• Working Pattern: Full time office based role, flexible working pattern / start and finish times available.
• Location: Knutsford

To discuss this role in more detail please contact Lauren Harrison from Accountable Recruitment on 07731 356 287