The Role
As a Finance Manager, you will lead the finance team, manage core financial processes, ensure compliance, and support decision-making through financial analysis.
Summary Generated by Built In
About the team:
Vintage Cash Cow helps people turn their unused or unwanted items into cash by offering a straightforward service that makes it easy to sell vintage and collectible items. We are committed to providing a seamless and rewarding experience for our clients while promoting sustainability through reusing and recycling valuable goods.
About the role:
As a Finance Manager at Vintage Cash Cow, you’ll play a key role in leading our finance operations and supporting the next phase of our growth across the UK, Europe, and the US.
This is a hands-on role where you’ll manage and develop a small team, oversee core financial processes, and provide insight to support business decision-making. You’ll also be instrumental in embedding best practices following our recent move from Sage to Xero, ensuring the team feels confident and supported as we scale.
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Key Goals & Objectives:
- Lead and support the finance team, building capability and confidence across accounts payable, receivable, and reporting
- Ensure accurate and timely monthly management accounts, including variance analysis and insight
- Maintain strong financial control across the business, including oversight of the general ledger and balance sheet
- Ensure compliance with UK financial regulations, including timely VAT submissions
- Support payroll processes by coordinating with our outsourced provider (Remote) to ensure accuracy and timeliness
- Drive improvements in financial systems and processes, reducing manual work and increasing efficiency
- Support senior leadership with financial analysis, forecasting, and strategic decision-making
- Play a key role in the year-end audit process, liaising with external auditors
Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage and develop a small finance team, providing clear direction, support, and oversight
- Oversee accounts payable and receivable, ensuring accuracy and supporting team members where needed
- Prepare and review management accounts, including P&L and balance sheet reporting
- Maintain and improve financial records and controls within Xero
- Coordinate with external partners including auditors and payroll providers
- Identify opportunities to improve processes and implement more efficient ways of working
- Work closely with stakeholders across the business to provide financial insight and support
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Requirements:
3+ years’ experience in management accounts- Part-qualified or recently qualified (CIMA, ACCA, ACA) or equivalent experience
- Experience managing or mentoring team members
- Strong experience producing P&L, balance sheet, and management accounts
- Experience using Xero is essential
- Confident communicator, able to work effectively with non-finance stakeholders
- Highly organised, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities
Desirable:
Experience in a fast-growing or scaling business- Exposure to operations across the UK, Europe, or the US
- Experience improving systems or implementing new processes
- Interest in supporting international expansion (Europe / US)
- Resilient, adaptable, and comfortable working with a high level of autonomy
About
Vintage Cash Cow and Arcavindi, exist to create a world where everything has value and nothing is wasted, on a global scale.Together, we form the UK and European operations of the Vintage Group, united by one purpose, one mission, and one set of values.Vintage Cash Cow is our UK operation and the foundation of our business. It’s where our model was built, tested, and proven, making it easy for customers to sell multiple pre-loved valuables in one simple, trusted journey. Arcavindi is our European operation. Built on the same proven model, it takes what works in the UK and adapts it for new markets across Europe, allowing us to scale our impact internationally.While our brands reflect different markets, we are one business, working as one team. Our people collaborate across borders, share ownership of outcomes, and bring the same care, fairness, and common sense to everything we do.Behind the scenes, we are building the world’s largest international trading platform for pre-loved items, powered by expert people, smart data, and a shared belief in the circular economy.Every item we buy is rehomed, reused, or responsibly recycled — keeping valuable materials in play and out of landfill, and ensuring we always treat customers and their treasures with care and respect.
Skills Required
- 3+ years' experience in management accounts
- Part-qualified or recently qualified (CIMA, ACCA, ACA)
- Experience managing or mentoring team members
- Strong experience producing P&L, balance sheet, and management accounts
- Experience using Xero is essential
- Confident communicator, able to work effectively with non-finance stakeholders
- Highly organised, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities
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The Company
What We Do
Vintage Cash Cow is a fast-growing circular economy business on a mission to make it easy and rewarding for people to declutter responsibly.
