Finance Manager

About Us

R.A.D® is a performance footwear company using innovation and creativity to unlock the euphoria of sport. Inspired by skateboarding and surfing, we blend cutting-edge performance with a distinctive aesthetic rooted in lifestyle subcultures. As an underdog in a field dominated by giants, we focus on authentic, credible brand-building that challenges the status quo - step by step crafting a legacy. Tuned For The Future.

Role Overview

This is a real contributor role for a commercially sharp, qualified management accountant who wants to be genuinely embedded in a growing performance brand. You will own monthly management accounts, drive cost and margin analysis, and oversee inventory accounting and act as a financial partner to the wider business. You will work alongside our Financial Controller (who owns systems, compliance, and control), allowing you to focus on management information - and on being the person the wider business comes to when they need to understand the numbers behind a decision.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the management accounts - live and breathe the numbers.
• Own month-end close, coordinating with the internal finance team.
• Provide analysis of product margins across DTC and wholesale channels.
• Own the stock reconciliation process - coordinating with operations teams to ensure stock movements are correctly recorded, and that stock balances are understood and in line with our financial systems.
• Be the numbers person the business turns to. Once you understand what drives our margins, our channels, and our stock, you'll be the natural point of contact when a non-finance colleague needs to sense-check a decision - whether that's a marketing spend proposal, a new product line, or a promotional plan. This isn't a formal "business partner" function with its own KPIs; it's about being close enough to the detail that people trust your read on it, and confident enough to ask "why?" and push back when something doesn't add up.
• Drive process improvements across all areas to reduce manual effort and ensure we're focused on value-adding activities, not just process.
• Fully qualified - CIMA preferred, ACCA or ACA considered.
• Background in consumer product, retail, sportswear, or footwear strongly preferred.
• Experience of owning the Management Accounts process, from production to presentation.
• Experience explaining financial information to non-finance colleagues and answering their questions confidently - this could come from a business partnering role, or simply from being the go-to finance contact in a smaller team.
• Solid inventory/stock accounting experience.
• Comfortable working with NetSuite or equivalent ERP as a key user.
• Comfortable being both strategic and hands-on in a small, fast-moving team.

You are

• Commercially minded - connecting financial insight to real business outcomes.
• A self-starter who takes ownership without needing to be chased.
• A relationship builder - if you don't know the answer to something, you'll quickly learn who does, and build the kind of relationship that means they're happy to give it to you.
• Inquisitive - you want to understand the "why?" and aren't afraid to push back.
• A clear communicator with non-finance stakeholders, able to quickly digest data and ideas and simplify them for others.
• Energised by working in a small business with a roll-your-sleeves-up attitude.
• Looking for a long-term relationship with a business you can grow with. We're ambitious and going places - you should want to come with us.
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays.
• Generous employee allowance.
• Family/friends discount.
• Quarterly 'Power of Movement' allowance towards physical pursuits (gym membership, race entry, etc.).
• Office gym.