Working closely with the CFO, you will combine technical expertise, commercial judgement and practical leadership. You will build confidence in the numbers, develop the finance team and ensure reporting gives senior leaders the insight they need to make sound decisions.

This will suit a technically strong accountant with the ambition and potential to grow with the business. Comfortable working at pace and navigating ambiguity, you will bring structure, establish priorities and take ownership as the organisation develops.

The opportunity

You will lead group financial control and reporting, developing the processes, capability and discipline needed to support an increasingly international business. Your priorities will include:

• Leading group consolidation and reporting, delivering accurate, timely and insightful financial information.

• Strengthening financial controls, accounting policies and reporting consistency across international operations.

• Providing technical accounting leadership, assessing complex transactions and their implications for the group.

• Leading statutory accounts preparation and managing the external audit relationship.

• Working with finance colleagues and operational leaders to improve financial information and resolve issues.

• Building and developing the finance team through clear expectations, practical support and coaching.

• Helping the CFO anticipate the reporting and governance requirements of further growth.

About you

You will be a qualified accountant with a strong grounding in group reporting, consolidation and technical accounting. Your experience may come from a Big Four firm, an international business or a combination of practice and industry.

Your judgement, potential and appetite to take ownership will be equally important. You will bring:

• Strong technical accounting knowledge, including IFRS and experience preparing or auditing group financial statements.

• The ability to translate complex accounting matters into clear recommendations for senior stakeholders.

• A structured approach and the flexibility to adapt as priorities change.

• Confidence working with senior leaders, challenging assumptions constructively and following through on decisions.

• A supportive leadership style and experience developing others.

• A willingness to get into the detail while understanding the wider commercial implications.

• Curiosity, initiative and the ability to make progress when the answer is not immediately obvious.

Why consider it?

This is an opportunity to make a significant contribution to an ambitious consumer business at an important stage of its development. Working closely with the CFO, you will gain broad business exposure, shape the finance function and build the foundations to support further international growth.

Working closely with the CFO, you will bring technical strength, commercial judgement and clear leadership to an evolving group. Your remit will be to build confidence in the numbers, strengthen financial control and develop reporting that supports sound decisions as the business grows.

This opportunity will suit someone who combines rigorous accounting expertise with the energy and adaptability to operate at pace. You will be comfortable making progress through ambiguity, establishing priorities and creating structure as the business develops.

The opportunity

You will take ownership of group financial control and reporting, building the processes, capability and discipline required to support an increasingly international organisation. Key priorities will include:

• Leading group consolidation and reporting, delivering accurate, timely and insightful financial information.

• Developing financial controls, accounting policies and consistent reporting across international operations.

• Providing technical accounting leadership, including assessing complex transactions and their implications for the group.

• Leading the preparation of statutory accounts and managing the external audit relationship.

• Working with finance colleagues and operational leaders to improve the quality of financial information and resolve issues.

• Building and developing the finance team, combining clear expectations with practical support and coaching.

• Helping the CFO anticipate the financial reporting and governance requirements of further growth.

About you

You will be a qualified accountant with a strong grounding in group reporting, consolidation and technical accounting. Your experience may have been gained through a Big Four firm, a multinational group or a combination of practice and industry.

Just as important will be your potential, judgement and appetite to take ownership. You will bring:

• Strong technical accounting knowledge, including IFRS and experience preparing or auditing group financial statements.

• The ability to turn complex accounting matters into clear recommendations for senior stakeholders.

• A structured approach, with the flexibility to adapt when priorities change.

• Confidence working with senior leaders, constructively challenging assumptions and following through on decisions.

• A supportive leadership style and experience developing others.

• The willingness to get into the detail while understanding the wider business implications.

• Curiosity, initiative and the ability to deliver in a fast-moving environment where the answer will not always be obvious.

Why consider it?

This is an opportunity to shape how an ambitious international business controls, reports and understands its performance. You will work closely with the CFO, gain broad exposure to the business and build a function capable of supporting its next phase of growth.

Perhaps you’ve moved into investing, helped a founder scale a business, led acquisitions, launched a venture or taken on commercial and strategic responsibilities beyond a conventional finance remit.

An ambitious, growing technology business is looking for a qualified accountant with the curiosity, commercial instinct and judgement to help shape its next phase of growth.

Working closely with the founder and leadership team, you’ll evaluate opportunities, challenge assumptions and help turn significant business decisions into results.

The remit spans:

• Capital allocation: evaluating investment across products, capabilities, infrastructure and markets.

• M&A and partnerships: assessing acquisitions, strategic partnerships and buy-versus-build opportunities.

• Financing and shareholder matters: supporting funding decisions, capital structure and potential share buybacks.

• International expansion: assessing new markets and establishing overseas operations.

• Business structure and efficiency: evaluating the tax, cost and commercial implications of growth.

You’ll combine rigorous analysis with practical judgement, make clear recommendations and help implement the decisions that follow.

Your qualification is the foundation. Your experience and potential set you apart.

You must be a qualified accountant—ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent—with evidence of applying your financial grounding to broader business decisions.

Your career may have taken you through corporate development, investing, strategic finance, commercial leadership or an entrepreneurial business. You may already hold a senior position, or be ready for a significant step up.

You don’t need to have covered every aspect of the remit. You do need to demonstrate the ability and ambition to grow into it.

There is a strong preference for someone already based in Bristol or the surrounding area, able to work closely and regularly with the leadership team in person.

Put your tax knowledge closer to the commercial decisions it supports.

We’re supporting a global FMCG business near Bristol with the appointment of an Interim Tax Accountant for an initial three-month assignment.

Combining compliance and advisory work, this is an opportunity to apply your technical knowledge in an international business and gain exposure to the practical tax considerations behind commercial decisions.

You’ll support tax compliance requirements while contributing to advisory queries as they arise—bringing accuracy, sound judgement and a practical approach to a varied in-house remit.

We’re keen to hear from you if you are:

• ATT qualified or recently CTA qualified.

• Comfortable combining detailed compliance work with broader tax queries.

• Able to explain technical matters clearly and work effectively with finance colleagues.

• Interested in bringing your experience into a global FMCG environment.

You may already work in-house or be in practice and keen to experience tax from the business’s perspective.

Help shape the future of global finance operations.

Coyne & Associates is supporting an international organisation with the appointment of a Finance Process Lead to take ownership of its global Record to Report (RTR) processes.

You will lead the strategy, design and continuous improvement of RTR, bringing greater consistency, efficiency and quality to finance service delivery across the business.

This is an opportunity for an experienced finance process specialist who enjoys translating technical expertise into practical improvements, influencing senior stakeholders and delivering change across a complex international environment.

The role

You will define the vision and standards for RTR globally, working with finance leaders, local markets, shared services and an outsourced service provider to improve performance and the experience of those using finance services.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading the transformation and ongoing improvement of global RTR processes.

• Designing and implementing initiatives across processes, policies, technology and data.

• Identifying opportunities for simplification, standardisation and automation.

• Developing global finance policies and procedures with the wider finance team.

• Reviewing service performance and influencing service level agreements.

• Partnering with the outsourced RTR lead to challenge existing practices and improve delivery.

• Collaborating with other functional leads to strengthen end-to-end process consistency.

• Identifying activities suitable for transition into the Shared Service Centre and managing their transfer.

• Providing leadership, mentoring and guidance to finance teams.

About you

You will bring strong RTR expertise, a thorough understanding of accounting and financial statements, and the ability to solve complex process challenges.

We are looking for someone with:

• Experience of RTR processes, supporting technologies and data quality applications.

• A track record of applying technical knowledge to improve finance operations.

• The confidence to engage and influence senior finance and business stakeholders.

• Experience of leading, developing or mentoring teams.

• Strong project management skills and the ability to manage competing priorities.

• A practical, proactive approach to change and continuous improvement.

• A university degree or equivalent.

Experience in a similar global process role, Shared Services or Global Business Services environment would be particularly valuable.

The opportunity

You will have the scope to influence how finance operates globally, combining process ownership with transformation delivery. Your work will help build more consistent services, stronger stakeholder relationships and a more effective finance operating model.

Coyne & Associates has been retained to appoint a Head of Finance for a high-growth, founder-led food group with operations spanning retail, franchising and manufacturing.

The business combines a distinctive consumer proposition with its own food manufacturing operation. As the Group scales, it is seeking a commercially strong, hands-on finance leader to take ownership of the finance function and build the financial infrastructure needed to support its next phase of growth.

This is a pivotal appointment with responsibility across the wider Group. Working closely with the founders, you will bring greater clarity to performance, strengthen financial controls and help translate growth ambitions into sound commercial decisions.

The opportunity

Your priorities will include:

• Taking ownership of finance across retail, franchise and manufacturing operations.

• Strengthening monthly management accounts, reporting and controls, providing clear insight into business performance.

• Improving stock management, product costing and visibility of margins across products and operations.

• Developing cash flow forecasting, budgeting and planning to support growth and investment decisions.

• Improving systems and processes to create a more robust and scalable finance function.

• Partnering with the founders and operational teams to challenge assumptions, identify opportunities and improve profitability.

About you

Food manufacturing finance experience is essential. You will understand stock, product costing, margins and the operational drivers of manufacturing performance. Additional experience across retail, hospitality, FMCG or multi-site businesses would be a strong advantage.

You will combine commercial judgement with a willingness to get into the detail. Comfortable in a fast-paced, founder-led SME, you will be able to improve reporting and controls while managing the day-to-day demands of the finance function.

This will suit someone who enjoys building, improving and taking ownership—someone who can turn financial information into practical decisions and establish structure as a business grows.

North West England 
Competitive salary + benefits

We are partnering with a major global FMCG organisation to appoint a Factory Controller into a key UK manufacturing operation.

This is a highly visible operational finance role, working closely with the Factory/Site Leadership Team and acting as the principal finance partner to the manufacturing operation.

Far more than a reporting role, the Factory Controller will be expected to understand what is happening on the factory floor, translate operational performance into financial outcomes and provide the insight and challenge needed to improve cost, efficiency, productivity and overall site performance.

The role

You will take ownership of the factory finance agenda, including:

• Acting as the key Finance Business Partner to Factory/Site Leadership
• Leading factory budgeting, forecasting and performance management
• Providing clear insight into manufacturing costs, variances and operational performance
• Understanding and challenging key cost drivers across materials, labour, waste, yield and overheads
• Supporting initiatives around productivity, cost optimisation and continuous improvement
• Providing financial evaluation and challenge around CAPEX and major site investments
• Ensuring robust financial controls, balance sheet integrity and accurate month-end reporting
• Partnering closely with Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering and wider Finance teams
• Translating complex operational and financial information into clear recommendations and actions

The person

We are particularly interested in speaking with qualified accountants who have developed their careers within FMCG, food & beverage, consumer products or another high-volume manufacturing environment.

You are likely to have:

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification, or equivalent
• Strong factory / plant / manufacturing finance experience
• A good understanding of standard costing, manufacturing variances, inventory and operational KPIs
• Experience of budgeting, forecasting and performance management within a manufacturing environment
• Strong business partnering skills with the confidence to challenge operational stakeholders
• Exposure to CAPEX evaluation and investment appraisal
• Experience within a large, complex or multinational organisation
• Strong ERP capability; SAP experience would be advantageous

Most importantly, we are looking for someone who enjoys being close to the operation. You will be comfortable getting underneath the numbers, understanding the operational drivers behind them and working alongside manufacturing leadership to improve performance.

The opportunity

This is an opportunity to join a high-profile global consumer organisation in a role with genuine influence across the factory.

It should appeal to an ambitious Factory Controller, Plant Controller, Manufacturing Finance Manager, Supply Chain Finance Manager or Senior Finance Business Partner looking for a role combining financial control with significant operational and commercial exposure.

International business in Swindon has an exciting opportunity for a Financial Reporting Manager resulting from an internal promotion.  Likely appealing to a qualified ACA/ACCA accountant with an audit background looking to develop their group reporting and finance systems skills, this represents a compelling opportunity to join a forward thinking and ambitious finance team.

Role

Reporting to the Financial Controller, you will have responsibility for supporting both Group reporting and forecasting.  The role will involve calculating and forecasting distributions, presenting financial information at Board meetings, and assisting with the financial reporting delivery to key investors.  You will also carry out the consolidation, internal and external reporting and analysis of the group financial information and review all asset-level budgets and ensure these are appropriately signed off.​  The incumbent will also act as a key contact and have a hands on role in the success of the Group audits at year end and half year.

About You

Appealing to a fairly recently Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA), you will naturally possess good technical knowledge of IFRS and be highly organised and able to plan ahead to deliver accurate information to tight reporting deadlines.  Self-motivated and aspirational, comfortable working in a fast-paced changing environment, you will be an ambitious, driven, highly professional, pragmatic and a credible finance professional looking to make a difference in an exciting growing international organisation.

We're looking for an experienced Master Data Management (MDM) Lead to play a pivotal role in establishing a brand-new Master Data capability within a complex, international organisation.

This is a genuine greenfield opportunity. You'll have the autonomy to shape the Master Data strategy, governance framework and operating model from the ground up, creating the foundations for high-quality, trusted data across the business.

Working across multiple functions, you'll bring together business and technology stakeholders to define how master data is owned, governed and maintained, enabling better decision-making, improved operational efficiency and future digital initiatives.

The Role

• Lead the design and implementation of the organisation's Master Data Management framework.
• Establish data governance, ownership and stewardship across key data domains.
• Develop master data policies, standards and processes.
• Drive improvements in data quality, consistency and integrity.
• Partner with business and technology teams to ensure master data supports strategic programmes and business objectives.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders to embed governance and new ways of working.
• Develop KPIs and reporting to monitor data quality and governance performance.
• Identify opportunities for automation and continuous improvement.

About You

You'll be an experienced Master Data professional who enjoys creating structure, influencing stakeholders and building capability from the ground up.

You'll ideally bring:

• Proven experience leading Master Data Management or Data Governance initiatives.
• Strong understanding of data governance frameworks, data quality and stewardship.
• Experience working within enterprise ERP environments (SAP, Oracle, D365 or similar).
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• A strategic mindset, balanced with the ability to deliver operationally.
• Experience designing processes, governance models and operating frameworks.
• The ability to work comfortably in an evolving environment where you'll help define the future state.

Why Join?

This is a rare opportunity to build something new rather than inherit an established function. You'll play a key role in creating a best-in-class Master Data capability that will become central to the organisation's future operating model.

If you're looking for a role where you can genuinely shape strategy, influence senior stakeholders and leave a lasting legacy, we'd love to hear from you.

Coyne & Associates is supporting an international consumer business with the appointment of an Interim International Tax Manager for a 3–6 month assignment.

Predominantly focused on corporate tax, the role will work closely with finance teams and external advisers to support tax compliance, reporting and advisory activities across the business’s international operations.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate UK and international corporate tax compliance, working with local finance teams and external advisers.

• Support tax provisioning, reporting and year-end requirements.

• Provide practical tax advice on cross-border activities and business projects.

• Manage tax queries, ensuring issues are resolved and deadlines met.

• Strengthen tax processes, controls and supporting documentation.

About you

You’ll be a qualified tax or accounting professional—CTA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent—with strong corporate tax expertise and international experience gained in-house or in practice.

You’ll be comfortable working independently, combining technical knowledge with a practical, commercial approach. Experience within a consumer, retail or FMCG business would be advantageous.

Location: South West or London
Duration: 3–6 months

We are working alongside a global consumer business, headquartered in Bristol.  Following an internal promotion, we are now looking to appoint a newly/recently qualified CTA to join as a Tax Accountant.  Working closely with the group finance team, you will be responsible for supporting the business with optimisation and guidance on tax matters while ensuring a solid position towards the tax authorities.  This is a hands-on role with genuine breadth: corporation tax, transfer pricing , VAT and R&D credits.

Role

Working as part of the Group Finance  function ensuring tax compliance for UK region, you will report into the Group Tax Manager.  This is a highly visible role that will primarily be focused on corporate tax, however it will also touch upon VAT and employment taxes.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Ensuring all internal and external tax reporting deadlines are met
• Preparation of complete and accurate corporation tax returns and calculation of tax payments for UK companies within the group 
• Supporting the financial control team with monthly tax reporting including year-end and half-year procedures
• Supporting the central finance teams with tax forecasting
• Manage local tax watch and anticipate impact on the business
• Ensuring annual transfer pricing requirements are met
• Supporting the VAT team as required with process improvements, compliance and product liability queries

About You

Likely a CTA or ACA qualified Accountant with relevant tax experience, you will be a strong communicator able to present confidently to senior level decision makers and an effective team player able to work effectively and collaboratively across the organisation.  We would welcome application from those looking to make their first move into industry from practice or perhaps those who have already made that first industry move.