Top Finance Manager Jobs in Manchester

Leads financial strategy, planning, budgeting, forecasting, investment evaluation, business cases, profitability improvement, and transformation for the M&S Brands business. Partners with senior leaders across Brands, Buying, Merchandising, Marketing, Supply Chain, Online, and Finance to guide growth, governance, risk management, and commercial performance.

Leads financial strategy, planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance management for the M&S Brands business. Partners with senior leaders on investment decisions, growth opportunities, acquisitions, category expansion, and customer initiatives. Oversees business cases, profitability improvement, transformation programs, governance, controls, and risk management while providing commercial challenge across retail and corporate functions.

Manage financial planning, forecasting, reporting, Board papers, performance analysis, and regulatory submissions for regulated insurance entities. Partner with Finance, Risk, Underwriting, Pricing, and Strategic Planning teams to provide financial insight, governance, business-case evaluation, and decision support. The role also supports PRA and FCA reporting, risk management, process improvement, and senior stakeholder engagement.

Lead central overhead forecasting and provide financial analysis and insight for the business unit. Partner with stakeholders across functions to improve cost understanding, financial control, and decision-making. The role requires strong Excel and systems skills, commercial awareness, attention to detail, and the ability to influence stakeholders and drive continuous improvement. Experience with Syspro or Hyperion and professional accounting qualifications are advantageous.

Owns wholesale P&L reporting, forecasting, budgeting, scenario modeling, dashboards, and KPI development. Partners with sales, marketing, and merchandising teams on trade terms, sales incentives, inventory commitments, profitability, investment cases, and ROI. Ensures accurate financial controls and reporting, identifies risks and opportunities, supports finance transformation, and coaches a Finance Analyst. Requires commercial finance expertise, strong analytical and stakeholder management skills, and experience in wholesale or B2B environments.

Leads global trade finance operations strategy and execution across multi-country processing locations. Responsibilities include operational risk and control, regulatory adherence, capacity and workforce planning, client escalations, process reengineering, AI/ML and RPA implementation, analytics, automation, continuous improvement, and transformation delivery. The role manages large international teams, partners with Product, Technology, Risk, Compliance, Finance, and Sales, and drives service-level, efficiency, resilience, and client-experience outcomes.

Manage qualified and junior accountants, oversee management accounts, tax returns, financial reporting, reconciliations, variance analysis, and IFRS-compliant accounts. Lead risk and control improvements, finance automation, AI initiatives, and cross-functional business projects. Support audits, stakeholder management, internal policies, accounting memos, and compliance documentation while partnering with senior leaders and external tax advisors.

Lead finance workstreams for Project Finance for Permanence transactions by developing financial models and strategies, designing sustainable finance mechanisms, supporting due diligence and risk assessments, and preparing finance materials. Manage complex work plans, coordinate cross-functional teams and government stakeholders, oversee consultants, facilitate finance workshops, and support transaction closing. The role requires English and Spanish fluency, project management experience, financial analysis skills, and domestic and international travel.

Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning. Provide actionable reporting and commercial insight on revenue, margin, and costs using Excel and Power BI. Support pricing, client profitability, bids, post-project reviews, scenario modelling, and strategic initiatives while partnering with senior stakeholders to drive business performance.

Own finance operations for UK and Irish entities, including bookkeeping, payables, receivables, reconciliations, payroll, month-end close, management accounts, budgeting, forecasting, cash-flow management, and statutory support. The role also improves finance systems, controls, documentation, automation, and reporting while providing commercially useful analysis to support company decision-making in a fast-growing health-tech startup.

Drive high-volume new business sales for Kriya’s unsecured SME lending products. Responsibilities include building and managing an SME prospect pipeline, qualifying funding needs, owning sales cycles from outreach through close, meeting activity and conversion targets, maintaining accurate CRM records, collaborating with credit and operations teams, sharing market intelligence, and implementing AI in workflows.

Leads sales finance across channels, including planning, forecasting, performance analytics, trade investment governance, customer P&Ls, and period-close reviews. Partners with Sales, Supply Chain, Marketing, and Finance leadership to translate financial results into actions, manage risks and opportunities, support audits, and drive profitable growth. Oversees quarterly business reviews, collections and deductions monitoring, executive insights, and development of a high-performing finance team.

Drives revenue growth across UK financial services accounts through consultative enterprise sales, strategic account planning, executive relationship management, complex negotiations, and full-cycle commercial execution. The role positions SANS cybersecurity training and workforce development solutions with banks, insurers, asset managers, FinTechs, and payment providers. Responsibilities include pipeline forecasting in Salesforce, RFP leadership, procurement navigation, customer onboarding, executive reviews, cross-selling, market intelligence, and achievement of revenue targets.

Build and manage relationships with used car dealers and brokers across a defined territory. Generate new partnerships, manage existing accounts, negotiate competitive motor finance terms, attend face-to-face meetings, provide customer service, and achieve sales and performance targets while following company policies and regulatory requirements.

Develop and manage relationships with used car dealers and brokers across a defined geographic area. Generate new partnerships, support existing accounts, negotiate competitive motor finance terms, attend face-to-face appointments, provide customer service, and achieve sales and performance targets while complying with company policies and regulatory requirements.

Build and manage relationships with used-car dealers and brokers across a defined geographic patch. Generate new business, manage existing accounts, negotiate competitive motor finance terms, attend face-to-face appointments, provide customer service, and achieve sales and efficiency targets. The role requires independent prioritization, clear communication, strong organization, presentation skills, and compliance with company policies. Previous motor finance or motor industry experience is preferred but not essential.

Develops and manages relationships with used-car dealers and brokers across a defined territory. Responsibilities include acquiring new partners, managing existing accounts, negotiating competitive motor-finance terms, attending face-to-face meetings, providing customer service, and meeting sales and efficiency targets. The role requires independent territory management, clear communication, strategic thinking, regulatory awareness, and regular collaboration with internal teams.

Owns an AI-focused finance product vertical from strategy through launch, including outcomes, metrics, prioritization, technical design, money movement correctness, reliability, compliance, and AI evaluation. Partners with engineering, design, compliance, operations, treasury, and finance to manage regulatory gates, trade-offs, failure handling, and trusted user experiences. Requires strong technical product leadership, system design knowledge, regulated-domain experience, and hands-on familiarity with LLM-based products.

As a Project Finance Manager, you will manage financial aspects, ensure accounting accuracy, communicate with stakeholders, and advise the project team on financial laws.

Own AI Finance product areas across insurance, payments, savings, investing, travel, and other financial services. Define user problems, product scope, metrics, roadmaps, and launch plans; collaborate with engineering, design, data, compliance, operations, and business teams; simplify complex financial workflows; launch features; monitor performance; and drive continuous iteration using data, research, feedback, and production insights.

Own AI Finance product areas across insurance, payments, savings, investing, travel, and other financial services. Define product strategy, user problems, roadmaps, metrics, and launch plans; collaborate with engineering, design, data, compliance, operations, and business teams; simplify complex financial journeys; launch features; monitor performance; and drive continuous improvement through data, research, feedback, and experimentation.

Manage, retain and grow a portfolio of SME invoice finance customers by originating and underwriting lending, overseeing upsizes and renewals, monitoring credit and covenants, writing credit papers, and collaborating with sales, credit and operations to deliver excellent service and target credit performance.

Drive new business by building and managing broker and introducer relationships via proactive outbound calls and emails. Oversee the sales pipeline, forecast deals, work with underwriting/legal/operations for smooth drawdowns, improve conversion rates, and contribute to sales strategy, process improvements, and training.

Build and manage relationships with used car dealers and brokers across a regional patch. Generate new partnerships, manage existing accounts, negotiate competitive motor finance terms, provide customer service, and achieve sales and efficiency targets. The role involves face-to-face dealer meetings, telephone and email negotiations, independent prioritization, presentations, regulatory awareness, and participation in team meetings.

The Business Development Manager will develop new business in Invoice Finance by managing existing relationships and sourcing new opportunities, supporting clients throughout the sales process.