Finance Manager

We have an interesting role for a qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA or equivalent) someone who can bridge corporate and operations finance.

If you’d be comfortable producing board / CFO quality reporting at Head Office in Delabole, whilst also being hands on with the financial management at our Padstow facility this could be for you.

With a combined workforce of over 2,000 employees and operations spanning Gibraltar, Padstow, Tyne, Birkenhead, and Falmouth we are one of the UK’s most dynamic and regionally anchored maritime groups - combining industrial agility, innovation, and community partnership to support national resilience, commercial competitiveness, and sustainability across both naval and merchant ship sectors.

The integration of Balaena’s modern facilities in Gibraltar and Padstow with APCL’s infrastructure on Tyne, Birkenhead and Falmouth create one of the world’s most capable ship repair and shipbuilding groups - with a network of 12 dry docks and strategic reach across the UK and the Mediterranean.

We respond quickly to defence and commercial requirements and deliver consistent quality and reliability to clients worldwide.

• In this dual role you’ll provide high quality financial reporting and analysis to the CFO whilst also managing the day-to-day finance activities of our operational facility in Padstow
• You’ll combine your strong technical finance skills with a practical, commercially focussed approach to supporting operations
• You will be hands on with general accounting like ledger work, payments, expenses, bans recs, journals, accruals, prepayments, cards and general reporting to support cashflow etc
• Also, you’ll be working closely with senior leadership, external accountants, auditors and the wider administration team on the preparation for statutory and reporting of statutory accounts
• You’ll do payroll for head office employees and look after head office bill payments

• Experience with the day-to-day processing of accounts. If you’ve used Sage or Business Central that would be great!
• A qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA or equivalent)
• Someone who pays exceptional attention to detail but also can see the bigger financial picture
• You’ll need experience with statutory account preparation and working with auditors
• We’re looking for someone who can work both within our team and when needed independently while managing multiple priorities
• Discretion, trustworthiness and integrity is a must in this critical role