Finance Manager

Finance Manager (12-Month Maternity Cover) Location: Oxfordshire – mostly office-based, with some flexibility Contract: Fixed-term, 12 months, starting November 2026 Reporting to: Divisional Finance Director Manages: Finance Assistant (1) About *** designs, installs and maintains fire, life-safety and security systems across Oxfordshire, specialising in intruder alarms, CCTV, access control and fire detection. It serves education, healthcare, hospitality, property and commercial clients, backed by a 24-hour emergency callout service. The company joined *** Group in May 2026. *** is a private equity-backed, buy-and-build group delivering life safety, compliance and building services across the UK and Northern Ireland, growing through both organic performance improvement and targeted acquisitions. About the Role This is a 12-month maternity cover with a clear mission - run *** finance function day to day, and hand it back faster, better controlled and fully aligned to *** Group standards. We are deliberately recruiting above the level of the existing role. Since joining the Group, it is planned that the company will be moving from Sage 50 to Xero and implementing Simpro as its ERP and job management system, with go live expected in early 2027. It also needs to report monthly to the *** timetable. Today's processes and reporting speed are not where the Group needs them to be. You will bring the experience to lead...