Finance Manager

Finance Manager – Falmouth – circa 2 - 3 Month Interim Contract (Potential to Extend)
💼 Hourly Rate: £TBC subject to experience
📍 Location: Falmouth, Cornwall
🕒 Hours: Full time (40 hours, flexible start/finish, will also consider 4 days per week)
📅 Start: ASAP

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