Finance Manager

Finance Manager

Contract: Full Time

Working Pattern: 3 days per week in the office

Location: Wheathampstead, AL4 8SB

Reporting to: Finance Director

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Finance Manager to play a key role in delivering high-quality financial reporting, strengthening controls and improving finance processes across the business. This is a hands-on role with ownership of the month-end close and management information (MI), as well as oversight of an overseas Accounts Payable (AP) function.

The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring accurate, timely and insightful financial information, while continuously improving systems, controls and governance.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and manage the month-end close timetable, including journals, reconciliations and reporting deadlines

• Produce and take full ownership of the monthly MI pack (P&L), providing clear and insightful commentary on key movements and drivers

• Review and post month-end journals, including accruals, prepayments, payroll and provisions

• Maintain balance sheet integrity through regular reconciliations

• Manage and coordinate an offshore Accounts Payable team or outsourced provider, ensuring accurate invoice processing, supplier reconciliations and aged creditor management

• Drive continuous improvement across finance and AP processes, including automation and improved controls

• Support audit readiness and respond to external audit queries

• Build strong relationships with budget holders and senior stakeholders, supporting MI reviews and financial discussions

About You

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) or equivalent experience

• Strong background in month-end close and management reporting

• Solid understanding of double-entry accounting, journals and balance sheet control

• Experience improving finance processes, controls and reporting

• Working knowledge of Power BI with the ability to interpret financial dashboards and insights

Working Pattern & Package

• Full-time role with a hybrid working pattern (3 days per week in the office)

• Competitive salary dependent on experience

• Opportunity to play a key role in shaping finance processes and controls, with scope for development and progression

About Us

Welford Healthcare was founded in 2017 with the goal of building a boutique collection of quality care homes across the UK. Our strategy is to grow our business by acquiring mature care homes with quality foundations and strong potential for improvement and by investing in our people and our properties to ensure our homes are always inviting and homely. Whilst we are a growing business, we never lose sight of our primary and enduring purpose which is to provide good quality care for vulnerable adults. As we acquire new homes, we leverage our resources and expertise to ensure that the homes we run always have our residents’ wellbeing at their hearts.

Our senior leadership team has extensive experience of operating, opening and acquiring quality care homes with proven track records in regulatory compliance and running commercially successful businesses where meeting the needs and ensuring the happiness of our residents and our teams are the cornerstones of our approach.