Group Finance Manager

About Us

InstaVolt are the largest owner operator of rapid electric vehicle charging stations across the UK and we pride ourselves on customer experience and satisfaction. Our teams provide a full range of support to our stations, as well as playing a crucial role in the expansion of the network and the continuation of our reputation as best in the industry.

As part of our continued growth, we are seeking a highly skilled and competent Group Finance Manager to join our finance team.

Role Overview:
We are looking for a Group Finance Manager to join our dynamic team, reporting directly to the Head of Group Finance.

You will be responsible for managing key financial processes across the group, with a critical focus on coordinating external partners to ensure compliance in audit, accounting, and taxation.

The role requires someone who can adjust priorities effectively, communicate with clarity, and proactively address risks and barriers to drive operational efficiency and compliance.

You will work closely with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure that all financial processes are streamlined and compliant with regulations.

Whilst we offer flexible working arrangements where appropriate, this is expected to predominately be an office-based role in our Basingstoke head office.

Salary: Up to £65,000 per annum plus 10% annual discretionary bonus

Core Responsibilities

From day one, you will be responsible for:

• Payment Runs & Reporting: Oversee the management of payment runs (across 5 trading locations) ensuring timely and accurate reporting. Take responsibility for cash flow management and accounts payable, optimising processes wherever possible.
• Forecasting: Prepare financial forecasts, by entity, to guide business decisions and ensure strategic planning aligns with financial goals. Compare forecasts to budgets to identify variances and actionable insights.
• Month-End Closures: Take full ownership of the month-end close process, ensuring accuracy and efficiency with a clearly defined timetable. Review financial reports by entity and at a consolidated level, provide insightful analysis, and communicate key findings to leadership.
• People Management: Motivate, develop and help to lead a high-performing finance team, ensuring effective delegation of tasks and responsibilities. Foster a collaborative, positive work environment, where accountability is key, and each team member can thrive.
• Global Cash & Bank Reconciliations: Lead the weekly global cash analysis and bank reconciliation files. Identify opportunities to automate processes, driving efficiency and accuracy.

Additional areas of Responsibility

As you become familiar with our business, you will be expected to take on additional areas of responsibility including:

• • Tax Compliance: Ensure compliance with relevant tax laws, managing tax filings across multiple jurisdictions covering corporate tax, VAT, and employee-related securities.
  • Coordinate external tax advisors and authorities ensuring known and new regulatory requirements are met.
  • Engage proactively with business leaders (where appropriate, working with external specialists) to assess the tax implications of transactions, projects, and investments, including topics such as Corporate Criminal Offences (CCO), Construction Industry Scheme (CIS), and Research & Development Credits (RDEC).
  • Audit & Statutory Accounts: Lead the coordination of external partners in the preparation of accounts and managing external statutory audits across all five locations. Work closely with external auditors and ensure timely completion of all compliance requirements. Proactively identify and address risks in audit processes and work towards resolving any potential barriers.
  • Ensuring up to date financial reporting compliance with relevant accounting standards (e.g, UK GAAP FRS 102) and regulatory requirements

Bonus Skills/Experience (prior experience not essential)

There will be additional opportunities to develop and learn other finance and business areas such as:

• External Bank Loans & Drawdowns: Experience managing external bank loan drawdowns, including drawdown certificates, utilisation lock-up tests, and bi-annual reporting. Ensure accurate documentation and reporting.
• Insurance: Experience managing insurance processes and working with business partners to report claims and ensure coverage of new and emerging risks. Proactively engage with external insurance providers to ensure risk management strategies are aligned with the business’s needs.
• Intercompany & Foreign Exchange: Understanding of intercompany transactions and foreign exchange accounting, including coordinating with external financial partners to manage any FX impact.

Key Attributes:

• First line of defence: Work closely with external partners to address any compliance gaps and proactively address risks before they impact the business.

• Critical Thinker & Problem Solver: Demonstrate the ability to identify risks and barriers quickly, proactively taking decisive actions to resolve issues and drive improvements.
• Accountable & Results-Oriented: Take ownership of key financial processes, holding both yourself and the team accountable for performance and outcomes.
• Concise competent reviewer: Effective proportionate reviews with the ability to pick up key appropriate review points and action in a concise effective manner.
• Effective Delegator: Empower team members to take responsibility for their work, ensuring tasks are delegated efficiently, and deadlines are met with high quality.
• Multi-Tasking & Organisational Skills: Ability to adjust priorities dynamically, balancing multiple competing tasks while maintaining focus on deadlines and key deliverables.
• Strong Communicator & People Connector: Ability to build strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders. Effectively communicate complex financial information to a range of audiences and navigate conversations with external partners to ensure all requirements are met.
• Proactive:  Proactively coordinate external partners for compliance, ensuring timely and effective execution of all audits, tax filings, and other critical activities.

 Qualification, requirements and Skills:

• Academic qualifications in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related business field – minimum A Level equivalent. A professional qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA. AAT, or equivalent) is preferred.
• A minimum of five years of experience in a finance team or audit/accounting/tax within practice.
• Working in businesses with revenue >£10m.
• Proficiency in financial software and minimum intermediate Excel skills.

Other benefits to include:

• Competitive salary – dependant on experience & qualifications
• 10% discretionary annual bonus
• Company sick pay (30 days full pay & 30 days half pay per annum)
• Access for you & your family to join our Help@Hand virtual private healthcare app
• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• 1 Paid volunteering day per year
• 1 paid day off if you are moving house
• Life insurance at 3 x annual salary from day 1
• Admission to pension scheme following successful 3 month employment
• Ongoing training in career building avenues, including study support
• Opportunity to enrol onto our salary sacrifice EV scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to PerkPal platform
• Quarterly company events
• Free snacks & drinks in the office
• Free office parking

One last thing… We’re an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equality and diversity and all applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability status.