Finance Director

Finance Controller Liverpool £80K - £90K + car allowance + bonus + enhanced pension

A high growth business just outside the city centre in the heart of Liverpool City Centre have a newly created vacancy for Financial Controller.

This is an opportunity for a commercially curious, operationally focused finance leader who wants to be at the heart of the business , not behind the numbers.

Working closely with the Finance Director and leadership team, you will play a central role in shaping strategy, improving margins and influencing day-to-day operational decisions .

This is a combination of a reporting-led role, developing KPIs and overseeing the Y/E audit. You will combine statutory and governance responsibility with true business partnering across operations, pricing and productivity.

The Role

• Full ownership of statutory reporting, budgeting, forecasting and financial control

• Act as a trusted commercial partner to operations on cost control, margin analysis and efficiency

• Shape and support pricing, tariff and operational decisions

• Improve financial processes, controls and management information

• Lead and develop a small finance team

• Work closely with the Managing Director as part of the senior leadership group

• Bring financial challenge, clarity and insight to both short-term decisions and long-term strategy

• Spend time outside the finance office , getting into the operational detail when required The Person

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA)

• Audit background

• Proven finance leadership experience with a hands-on, roll-up-your-sleeves approach

• Strong commercial acumen and operational mindset

• Comfortable challenging and influencing senior stakeholders with credibility

• Curious, pragmatic and motivated by building and improving , not maintaining the status quo

• Enjoys working in a business that is evolving and growing Why This Role?

• High-visibility Finance Director position with real influence

• Close partnership with the Managing Director

• Finance as a driver of operational outcomes, not just reporting

• Opportunity to grow with the business and shape how finance operates