Finance Manager CV Example
Budgeting, banking relationships and a five-person team — a manager CV framed around business outcomes.
A finance manager CV is judged on business impact: cash, margin, funding and the team. This example spends its bullets on decisions and outcomes — refinancing, working capital released, forecast accuracy — and compresses the technical accounting the reader already assumes you can do.
Why this CV works
- The bullets are business decisions — refinancing, working capital, board reporting — not accounting tasks, which is the level a finance manager is hired at.
- Team shape is spelled out (2 seniors, 3 accountants), which reads as real management rather than a courtesy title.
- The promotion inside the same company is shown as its own entry — visible growth is persuasive.
- Basis points, DSO days and variance percentages are exactly the vocabulary a CFO scans for.
The professional summary
Finance Manager with 12 years in distribution and retail, currently running a 5-person finance team for a AED 700M-revenue group. Negotiated a AED 45M facility refinancing that cut interest cost 180bps, released AED 22M of working capital through stock and receivables discipline, and holds budget variance under 3% for three straight years.
Name the revenue you support, the team you run and two financial outcomes with numbers. Skip the soft adjectives entirely — "results-driven" carries nothing a DSO figure does not.
Writing the work experience
Give each bullet a business outcome: what did the company save, release, avoid or learn because of you? Keep pre-management roles to three bullets and let the promotion tell its own story.
Turning duties into achievements
Skills on this CV
ATS tips for Finance Managers
- Include both "budgeting" and "forecasting" as separate words — ads filter on each independently.
- Name the ERP twice: once in the bullet where you implemented it, once in Skills.
- Use "team leadership" or "people management" verbatim; leadership synonyms like "stewardship" do not match filters.
ATS checks help identify potential compatibility issues, but employers and ATS platforms use different criteria — no template or score can guarantee an outcome.
Writing tips
- Lead with money moved, saved or released — it is the universal language of finance hiring.
- Show the promotion as separate entries under one employer; it demonstrates trust you cannot claim directly.
- One board-level detail (the cash bridge) humanises the CV and sticks in interviews.
Frequently asked questions
How technical should a finance manager CV be?
Assume the reader takes your accounting for granted. Spend the space on cash, funding, margin and team outcomes instead.
Is CIMA or ACCA better for management roles?
Both pass filters. What matters is showing commercial outcomes next to the qualification.
Should I list every direct report?
State the shape (e.g. "5: 2 senior accountants, 3 accountants") — it is more informative than a headcount alone.
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