23/09/2026
**Finance Manager**
Coalville, Leicestershire | Full-time, Permanent | £45,000 – £50,000 per annum (dependent on experience)
**About Us**
MCS is a family-run cleaning and facilities support business, founded in 2008 by Tim and Kelly Blacknell. What started as a small operation has grown into a business turning over around £8 million a year, employing approximately 700 people — the vast majority part-time — across the East Midlands and beyond. Unlike many in our sector, we employ our cleaning teams directly rather than subcontracting, because we believe in fair pay and proper standards for the people who do the work.
Everything we do is built around our values — **PART**: Pride and Passion, Accountability, Teamwork, and Trust. WHERE IS THE R IN PART? We're looking for a Finance Manager who shares that mindset and wants to help shape the next chapter of our growth.
**About the Role**
Following the planned departure of our current Finance Manager (who is leaving on excellent terms after five years with us, and will support a full handover), we're looking for an experienced finance professional to take the lead on our day-to-day financial management.
You'll report directly to the Directors, with regular mentoring and support from our part-time Financial Director — so you won't be doing this alone, and there's real scope to grow into the role as you build your experience.
This is a broad, hands-on position at the centre of the business, covering:
- Managing our banking relationship and funding facility, including reconciliations and cash flow monitoring
- Overseeing credit control, aged debt, and cash collection
- Producing accurate month-end management accounts and departmental P&L analysis
- Supporting and developing our annual budgeting and forecasting process, and strengthening our balance sheet reporting
- Processing payroll and managing pension administration for a large, mostly part-time workforce
- Managing accounts payable and supplier payment runs
- Ensuring compliance with PAYE, VAT, pensions and other statutory obligations, liaising with HMRC as needed
- Supporting our external accountants with year-end preparation
- Line-managing and developing an accounts assistant and a trainee/apprentice
**About You**
- Ideally newly qualified CIMA /ACCA or Part Qualified. Minimum AAT Level 4. AAT Level 4 qualified, or part-qualified/newly qualified CIMA or ACCA
- Solid experience in a similar SME finance role — ideally including payroll, credit control, and managing a banking or funding (factoring) facility
- Comfortable balancing hands-on delivery with driving longer-term improvement
- Confident managing or mentoring junior team members
- Good working knowledge of Sage and strong Excel skills
**What We Offer**
- £45,000 – £50,000 depending on experience, with a clear path to grow as you develop in the role
- Private health cover with AXA PPP Health
- Genuine, ongoing mentoring and support from our part-time Financial Director
- A varied, high-ownership role with real influence in a fast-growing, family-run business
- [Pension scheme, holiday entitlement and other benefits — add your standard package here]
**How to Apply**
Send your CV and a short covering note telling us why you'd be a good fit to [email/application link].
