Financial Controller

Sowena have partnered with a fast-growing tech company in Manchester who are looking for a Financial Controller to grow their team.

What You’ll Do

• Close the books: Own the month-end close, including journals, accruals, prepayments, reconciliations, and management accounts within a 5-working-day timetable.
• Plan and forecast: Build and maintain rolling forecasts and the annual budget.
• Business partner: Partner with the wider business to monitor unit economics, pricing performance, and route-level profitability — flagging risks and opportunities early.
• Cash and controls: Manage banking operations and cash flow (including rolling 13 week model), working capital, and supplier payments; oversee the AP/AR cycle and our invoice factoring arrangements.
• Statutory and tax: Lead the year-end audit process and statutory accounts preparation, as well as preparation of the annual R&D tax claim; working closely with external advisors and HMRC as appropriate.
• Systems and process: Identify and implement improvements across systems, automation, and controls.

What We’re Looking For

• Qualification: ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified.
• Experience: 3–5 years post-qualification (or equivalent) in a finance role, ideally with exposure to a fast-moving operational business — logistics, e-commerce, transport, or marketplace experience is a plus (but not essential).
• Technical: Confident across the full month-end cycle and statutory reporting under UK GAAP.
• Modelling: Advanced Excel and a good instinct for clean, scalable models.
• Commercial: Clear communicator who can translate numbers into stories for non-finance colleagues to act on.
• Mindset: A ‘can do’ ethos first and foremost, being calm under pressure, organised, and pragmatic, happy to dig into the detail and zoom out to the strategic picture in the same day.