Management Accountant
The person who turns month-end into something the business can act on.
Financial Accountant
Owns the integrity of the numbers: statutory accounts, controls, audit and tax.
Finance Manager
Runs the finance engine day to day and usually manages the team doing it.
Finance Business Partner
Sits with operations, commercial or the site leadership and changes decisions, not just reports on them.
FP&A Manager
Owns budgets, forecasts and the planning model, so the business can see what's coming, not just what happened.
Financial Controller
Owns reporting, controls and the finance team, and is often the FD's deputy or the senior finance person on site.
Head of Finance
Leads the finance function day to day, often as the most senior finance person below the board or a group FD.
Finance Director
The senior finance hire who sits on the board, shapes strategy and owns the finance function.
Salary bands for every role: South West salary guide 2026/27.
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