Average Financial Manager salary in Bristol

An ambitious, growing SME based in the Bath area are looking for a Financial Controller to take ownership of their finance function. This is a hands-on role in a fast-paced, high-volume environment and will involve managing accounting, reporting, payroll, and compliance while driving process improvements. You’ll work closely with senior leadership to support business growth. The role: Our client is seeking a skilled finance professional to lead their accounting and reporting functions, ensuring strong systems and processes in a high-volume environment. Reporting to an experienced Finance Director, you’ll receive support and development opportunities while working closely with the Managing Director and senior leadership team. You’ll manage a small finance team, providing daily guidance, leading meetings, and overseeing performance reviews. This is a hands-on role, involving transactional tasks such as payment runs and supplier queries. Key responsibilities include preparing monthly management accounts, analysing trends, managing year-end processes with external accountants, and ensuring compliance with VAT, HMRC filings, payroll adjustments, and international regulatory requirements. As the business grows, you’ll have opportunities to contribute to strategic projects, such as process improvements for international expansion and cost-saving contract reviews. Our client also offers professional development support, including study leave and funding for qualifications. What we’re looking for: Fully qualified ACCA, CIMA, or ACAStrong ERP and advanced Excel experienceExperience managing a small teamBackground in large-transaction businessExperience in a fast-growing or multi-currency environment is a plus What’s on offer Competitive salaryTwice-yearly bonusHybrid working (3 days in the office)Flexible hours & excellent benefits (pension, life insurance, discounts)Career development opportunities If you’re an ambitious finance professional looking for a leadership role in a growing business, we’d love to hear from you! Apply now for a confidential discussion.

Financial Controller SLX Bristol c£70k + excellent benefits SLX is a business that has worldwide reach and for over 40 years, they have been at the forefront of delivering innovative events and productions, building a passionate and highly skilled team that constantly pushes the boundaries of what’s possible. Their portfolio spans many well-known and high-profile events, such as an Olympic Games, The Great British Bake Off, Six in the West End, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival and The Hundred cricket. From West End Theatre to major sporting events, live TV, and experiential activations, they thrive on delivering excellence across a wide range of productions. A certified B Corps, sustainability and social responsibility is at the heart of the business. This is an exciting time to be joining the team as their new Financial Controller and help the business to continue to deliver great client services, reach more audiences and gain more projects globally. This role will be the number one in Finance, working with the Board and Exec team and we are seeking candidates with the ability to think strategically and commercially with a huge curiosity and track record of driving change. The role will provide strategic leadership, plan the financial strategy for the business and be accountable for the provision of financial and performance information and provide transparent financial leadership to enable decision making across the company. The ideal candidate will have the ability to bring financial structure, analysis, leadership and detail to the company; and we are seeking a CCAB accountancy qualification (or equivalent) from a range of service backgrounds, including events, hospitality, theatre, the arts, as well as professional services and technical support. SLX Ltd has retained Moon Executive Search to manage this campaign and are therefore unable to accept CVs from third party agencies. All CV’s and expression of interest received will be forwarded directly to Moon Executive Search for consideration.

Risk Officer - this is a 50/50 split of Work from home and in office . Our client based in Bristol at Emersons Green near the junction of the M4 and M32 ( so commutable from Bristol ,Bath ,Chippenham ) are experts in the compliance industry; focussing mainly on the Motor Trade and Travel . They have one of the UK's largest regulatory networks with many retail sites across the UK benefiting from a range of Finance and Insurance services. By providing Appointed Representative status, they shoulder the burden of compliance ( of being Directly Authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ) so their customers can concentrate on running their day to day businesses Critical Competencies: 2 years’ experience of working within a Risk or Compliance role.Adhere to the ethos of Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) in all work activity.Completion of the companies Compliance Training program.Good investigative and analytical skills including the ability to analyse processes and procedures against requirements and desired outcomes.Ability to be able to critically review, and make judgements on, the compliance of written and oral communications against defined criteria.Good organisational skills and ability to proactively manage workload.Good written, oral communication and presentation skills. Desirable Skills and Experience: Experience of a retail insurance environment.Experience of working with/for finance providers.Experience of working within a risk related role.Understanding of the Motor and Travel industry sectors.Understanding of how to use the FCA Handbook, and knowledge of the FCA requirements DISP, PRIN, SYSC, ICOBS, SUP and CONC.Excellent computer skills.Being able to work as part of a team. The company operates a three lines of defence model of risk management. The Risk function acts as the second line of defence, ensuring that the first line controls are effective. The Risk function is also responsible for completing 2nd line reviews on other business departments that focus on the risk of customer detriment, managing the incidents and breaches process, horizon scanning, controlling the network risk assessment, overseeing the network member onboarding process and handling regulated complaints. Key Deliverables: Managerial Support: Incidents: Complaint Handling: Second Line Reviews: Onboarding of new Network Members Thematic Reviews: Horizon Scanning: Network Risk Assessment Standard Operating Procedures Control Environment: Training and development We pride ourselves on offering continuous training & development along with career progression opportunities for all employees. Appropriate training will be provided as the role demands ensuring the individual is set-up for success. A Truly Diverse Place to Work The company celebrates the diversity of our people and we welcome applications from everyone. We believe that having a culture of inclusion is essential in delivering good results. Attracting, retaining, and developing a diverse workforce where employees feel valued, respected and empowered allows people to reach their full potential. As a business this diversity helps us to better reflect and understand our customers’ needs to allow us to drive better outcomes. As an organisation, we respect and adheres to Equal Opportunities legislation and the Equality Act 2010.