Finance Manager – Wholesale (6-month FTC)

Bristol/ Hybrid (with occasional travel to Cardiff)

What you’ll get

• Salary: £55,000 – £70,000 (dependent on experience)
• Hybrid working – a mix of onsite and home working
• 6-month fixed-term contract with genuine scope to make an impact
• High visibility role working closely with senior stakeholders
• Autonomy and ownership – lead finance for the region
• Opportunity to add value through analysis, insight, and improvement
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

About the role

This role leads finance support for 2 sites across Bristol and Cardiff. You’ll act as a trusted finance partner to regional and local leaders, providing insight, challenge, and clear financial guidance to support decision-making.

You’ll focus on management accounting, forecasting, and commercial analysis. Day-to-day transaction processing is handled by a shared service centre, allowing you to concentrate on value-adding work.

This is a hands-on role suited to someone comfortable being the sole finance lead in the region.

Key responsibilities

• Act as a finance business partner to local and regional managers
• Produce monthly and quarterly forecasts and annual budgets
• Deliver variance analysis, KPIs, and ad-hoc insight to drive performance
• Identify risks and opportunities and challenge assumptions
• Prepare monthly review packs and attend review meetings
• Analyse and explain performance variances with clear recommendations
• Review margins, costs, and profitability, including new business
• Carry out consignment analysis, reconciliation, and stock review
• Support monthly accruals, prepayments, and balance sheet reviews
• Strengthen and maintain financial controls
• Support the Head of Finance with projects and commercial analysis
• Ensure compliance with internal control and governance requirements

About you

• Qualified accountant
• Confident influencing non-finance stakeholders
• Commercial, curious, and comfortable challenging decisions
• Experience in FMCG, multi-site, or fresh produce environments is helpful