Group Finance Manager
Location: London (office based 3-4 days per week)
Reports to: Head of FP&A and Group Finance
Experience: Qualified accountant with 2+ years post‑qualification experience
Overview
Emeria UK is seeking an ambitious and driven Group Finance Manager to join our dynamic and fast‑growing organisation. With five acquisitions completed in the past quarter and further expansion planned throughout 2026, this role offers an excellent opportunity for a motivated accountant to broaden their experience and play a key part in shaping our evolving finance function.
This is a varied and hands‑on position, combining monthly reporting responsibilities with the management of our Accounts Payable team (three employees). The successful candidate will gain exposure across reporting, payroll, treasury and M&A activity. We want someone who will challenge and improve existing processes.
The role should provide a great platform for future progression in the group. We have a strong history of internal development and promotion within the finance teams.
We are a people business – the candidate therefore needs to be collaborative but also challenging.
Key Responsibilities
Monthly Reporting
- Prepare and post monthly corporate payroll, working closely with HR and divisional teams
- Collaborate with the FP&A team to produce payroll costing and FTE reporting for divisional heads and Finance Directors, covering approximately 2,300 employees and £115m annual payroll
- Coordinate with divisional management accountants to reconcile the intercompany matrix as part of the month‑end process
- Oversight of VAT reporting
Treasury
- Oversee corporate banking mandates and maintain strong banking relationships
- Manage the setup and administration of new bank accounts
- Review of daily cash reporting and assisting the FP&A team with cash flow forecasting
- Review of bank reconciliations
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Update and maintain M&A banking mandates
- Support the migration of acquired entities’ bank accounts to corporate banking partners
- Prepare acquisition balance sheets and post integration accounting entries
- Assist the Head of Systems with finance onboarding of newly acquired businesses
Ad Hoc Responsibilities
- Oversee the IFRS 16 lease accounting system, including review of system‑generated monthly journals and updates for new leases
- Drive continuous improvement across finance processes, controls, and reporting efficiency
- Work with Finance Systems team to improve system functionality and efficiency
- Work with the Group Reporting Manager to provide support for the annual audit
- As the candidate develops, there will be the opportunity to get more involved in M&A, investment appraisal, due diligence and other projects
Person Specification
Experience
- Professional accountancy qualifications
- Strong cross functional collaborator, with proven ability to work across finance and non-teams to drive change and deliver results
- Possess a change, growth and transformation mindset to suit a fast-growing organisation
- Ideally experience in managing a team
- Intermediate to advanced excel skills
- Excellent analytical skills
- Knowledge of Workday and Adaptive will be an advantage
Personal Qualities
- Friendly professional manner, comfortable communicating with peers, other departments, and external stakeholders
- Inquisitive nature, keen problem solver with a sense of ownership
- Strong attention to detail
- Excellent time management skills, ability to meet deadlines and capable of managing competing deadlines
- Result focussed
Our Principles
Be Collaborative – We create and maintain collaborative working within our teams, clients and suppliers to achieve the best outcome.
Make it Simple – We are driven to make things easy and uncomplicated. This is about making it straight forward.
Bring Clarity – It’s essential we ensure that what we do is clear, understandable and transparent.
Be Consistent – We are aware of the need to deliver to the right level each and every time, this ensures we are able to be seen as trusted and reliable.