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Finance Manager

STOCKPORT SPORTS TRUST
UK and Channel Islands
Full-time
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Reporting directly to the Head of Finance, the Finance Manager will play a central role in the Group’s financial reporting, management accounting, and commercial finance function. This is a hands-on role within a growing, multi-entity group that requires someone comfortable working across complex intercompany structures, multiple jurisdictions (UK and Channel Islands), and varied revenue streams including time-cost insolvency fee income, commission-based funding revenue, and legal services billing.
The successful candidate will support the Head of Finance in delivering timely and accurate consolidated management accounts, statutory reporting, and financial analysis that informs strategic decision-making at Board and investor level.

The successful candidate will support the Head of Finance in delivering timely and accurate consolidated management accounts, statutory reporting, and financial analysis that informs strategic decision-making at Board and investor level.

• Strong management accounting experience within a multi-entity group environment, ideally within professional services.

• Solid understanding of UK GAAP (FRS 102) and consolidation accounting.

• Excellent Excel skills and experience working with financial reporting systems.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate financial data into clear, actionable insight.

• Effective communicator, comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders and non-finance operational teams.

• Self-motivated and organised, able to manage competing priorities and deliver to tight month-end deadlines.

• Familiarity with time-cost billing environments and WIP accounting.

• Experience supporting audit processes and liaising with external auditors.

• Previous involvement in acquisition due diligence or integration activity.

• Support the preparation of the consolidated Group management accounts, including elimination of intercompany transactions and balances across the LC group structure.

• Produce variance analysis against budget and prior year, providing meaningful commentary on performance drivers, particularly around fee income realisation rates, utilisation, and work-in-progress (WIP) movements.

• Assist in the production of monthly Board packs and investor reporting, including key financial metrics such as EBITDA, operating margin, net debt/EBITDA, and interest cover ratios.

• Assist with Guernsey statutory reporting requirements for offshore entities, including compliance with the Companies (Guernsey) Law, 2008 and solvency test documentation for dividend distributions.

• Prepare and submit VAT returns, ensuring accurate treatment across the Group’s mixed supply of exempt, standard-rated, and partially exempt services.

• Support Corporation Tax computations and liaise with external tax advisers as required.

• Provide ad-hoc financial analysis and modelling to support business cases, investment decisions, and operational improvement initiatives.

• Maintain robust financial controls across the entities within your remit, ensuring compliance with Group policies and procedures.

• Support system integration projects, including finance system interfaces with operational platforms (e.g., practice management, expense management, and HR systems).

• Build strong working relationships with operational stakeholders across the Group’s national office network, acting as a trusted finance partner.

• Liaise with external auditors, tax advisers, and banking partners as required.

• Support the Head of Finance on special projects and ad-hoc requests from the Board.

  • Salary aligned with your skills and expertise
  • Car allowance
  • 27 days holiday allowance plus statutory public holidays
  • A clear progression route to further your career
  • Flexible benefit and well-being schemes
  • Birthday leave
  • 2 giving back days per year. We encourage our team to support the wider community by providing paid leave to work with local charities or good causes
  • A hard working, fun and professional working environment
  • Enhanced family friendly policies, including enhanced Maternity pay
  • 36.25 hour working week

Leonard Curtis is a market leading professional services provider operating across the UK and Channel Islands. Since our formation we’ve supported business owners and advisors by listening and offering practical solutions and tailored advice. Our expert team of specialists deliver positive strategic advice across restructuring and insolvency, funding and law across 30 offices and we remain the largest independent restructuring firm in the UK. A career with Leonard Curtis will open the door to varied career pathways.

We have built an environment that empowers you to express yourself to have confidence in who you are and what you’re capable of and develop the career you want.

Leonard Curtis has a wealth of resources available to help you develop your career from the moment you join. Activities range from on-line learning modules to external training and qualifications.

Diversity is a core business imperative of the Group. We are an equal opportunities employer which promotes inclusiveness and always employ the best professional for the job. Having a diverse workforce allows the Group to draw upon a range of different ideas and experiences which supports our business’s growth and creates an environment where everyone has an equal opportunity for success.

yourself

Be yourself every day, in everything you do. Have confidence in what you’re capable of and what you bring to the team.

difference

Care about the work you do and the people we do it for. Treat people with compassion and strive to get the best outcomes.

each other

Bring positivity to your work and your working relationships. Collaborate with an open mind and a commitment to achieve great things together.

All businesses encounter health problems. These may be short term and through no fault of the directors, they may result from under investment or over ambitious expansion. These ailments aren’t always critical. They might be just a blip. But leaving them unchecked is a risky business. The sooner you speak to us, the more we can do to improve your situation. We fully recognise that business difficulties arise from a broad range of factors which are sometimes outside of the directors/business owners control.

All businesses encounter health problems. These may be short term and through no fault of the directors, they may result from under investment or over ambitious expansion. These ailments aren’t always critical. They might be just a blip. But leaving them unchecked is a risky business. The sooner you speak to us, the more we can do to improve your situation. We fully recognise that business difficulties arise from a broad range of factors which are sometimes outside of the directors/business owners control.

All businesses encounter health problems. These may be short term and through no fault of the directors, they may result from under investment or over ambitious expansion. These ailments aren’t always critical. They might be just a blip. But leaving them unchecked is a risky business. The sooner you speak to us, the more we can do to improve your situation. We fully recognise that business difficulties arise from a broad range of factors which are sometimes outside of the directors/business owners control.

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Leonard Curtis is a trading style of Reach Commercial Finance Limited, registered at Riverside House, Irwell Street, Manchester, M3 5EN. Company Register number is 09056450. Reach Commercial Finance Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, FRN: 753686. Reach Commercial Finance Limited is an authorised credit broker and not a lender. We work with an unrestricted number of lenders to find a potentially suitable arrangement for your consideration. ICO registration ZA069234 and you can check via www.ico.org.uk. We will receive commission from lenders. Different lenders pay different amounts depending on different commission models. For transparency we work with the following commission models: fixed fee, fixed rate of commission, percentage of the amount you borrow and rate for risk (this is based on the risk profile of the business). Further details of the commission model, calculation and amount will be disclosed to you throughout your customer journey.Privacy notice.

Leonard Curtis Legal Limited is a limited company, registered in England and Wales with registered number 09820186. Registered office: Riverside House, Irwell Street, Manchester M3 5EN. Leonard Curtis Legal Limited is registered with the Solicitors Regulation Authority with number 626004.

Leonard Curtis is a trading style of Reach Commercial Finance Limited, registered at Riverside House, Irwell Street, Manchester, M3 5EN. Company Register number is 09056450. Reach Commercial Finance Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, FRN: 753686. Reach Commercial Finance Limited is an authorised credit broker and not a lender. We work with an unrestricted number of lenders to find a potentially suitable arrangement for your consideration. ICO registration ZA069234 and you can check via www.ico.org.uk. We will receive commission from lenders. Different lenders pay different amounts depending on different commission models. For transparency we work with the following commission models: fixed fee, fixed rate of commission, percentage of the amount you borrow and rate for risk (this is based on the risk profile of the business). Further details of the commission model, calculation and amount will be disclosed to you throughout your customer journey.

Leonard Curtis Legal Limited is a limited company, registered in England and Wales with registered number 09820186. Registered office: Riverside House, Irwell Street, Manchester M3 5EN. Leonard Curtis Legal Limited is registered with the Solicitors Regulation Authority with number 626004.