Finance Manager

We're hiring a hands-on Finance Manager to own day-to-day finance across a growing, multi-entity proptech group. You'll run the core finance engine which includes payroll, payments, reconciliations, month-end and statutory compliance. You’ll be tasked with improving it with automation so it can scale without extra headcount. This is a broad role with real ownership. One day you might be closing out an audit, the next you're redesigning how customer refunds are paid or building a reconciliation that saves the team hours every week. The group spans UK and overseas entities, including subsidiaries in Hong Kong, Philippines and Dubai, and some products are FCA-regulated. You'll work closely with sales, support, property management and our external accountants and auditors. Key responsibilities: Statutory accounts, audit and group reporting Prepare trial balances and management accounts for each entity, including overseas subsidiaries, and support group consolidation under FRS 102. Handle intercompany balances, FX translation and acquisition accounting for new or restructured entities. Own the audit process: prepare PBC lists, answer auditor queries and manage the group and subsidiary audits from start to finish. Track Companies House filing deadlines, audit exemptions and accounting reference date changes so no entity falls overdue. Assist in the preparation of VAT returns, R&D tax credit claims and other statutoring filings such as PSA and P11D. Payroll and Benefits Oversee monthly payroll and payslip queries with our external accountants Calculation and oversight of variable commission to the sales team Manage share scheme compliance, including EMI notifications and annual returns. Run employee expenses through Xero Expenses and keep the VAT treatment correct so input VAT is reclaimed. Payments, cash and reconciliations Run weekly payment runs, including customer refunds and supplier payments Reconcile bank, Stripe and CRM data; resolve unmatched receipts Raise invoices to developers and customers, track and pay corresponding invoices to partners and agents. Oversee landlord rent collection and payouts for our L&M arm, including statements and discrepancy resolution. Manage credit control, including uncollectible invoices and failed subscription payments. Revenue and commercial controls Reconcile deal revenue, agent fees and customer incentives in HubSpot against finance records. Own subscription billing policy in Stripe, including the approval process for discounts and fee waivers. Run spend analysis across vendors and flag cost trends Systems, process and special projects Automate and document manual finance workflows (Slack, Google Sheets, Zapier, Count) Write and maintain finance guidance for the wider team, such as expenses and subscription policies. Financial Tool You’ll Use: Xero Joiin Stripe HubSpot Count.io Google Sheets, Notion, and automation tools such as Zapier. About You CA, ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified (or qualified by experience), with 3+ years in finance, ideally including time in practice. Solid UK GAAP (FRS 102) knowledge, including consolidation and intercompany. Strong Excel skills: building clean, formula-driven reconciliations and models others can follow. Confident working with large datasets from multiple sources (bank exports, Stripe, CRM): cleaning and joining them, spotting patterns and anomalies, and turning them into clear insights. Clear, concise communication with non-finance colleagues, and comfort working in a fast-moving startup. A process-improvement mindset. you question how things are done, document what you build, and use AI and automation to make finance work faster and more accurate.   Why Join Us? Real scope - you’ll sit close to leadership, your work directly supports the company’s growth Build, don't just maintain. We run on modern tools and actively use automation and AI, and we wa