Interim Financial Controller

Group Finance Controller

GBP80–95K DOE+ Bonus (18 month Contract)

Central London (Hybrid Working)

My client is a fin tech business and are looking for a Group Finance Controller for 18 months to cover maternity.

Duties Include:

• Owning the group consolidation and the preparation of group financial reporting, including reporting by function
• Owning monthly financial reporting, including automating functional reporting, implementing regional and product–level P&L reporting, and supporting financial KPI reporting aligned to agreed business strategies
• Preparing and reviewing management accounts in a multi–entity, multi–currency environment
• Managing and developing 2 direct reports, overseeing their workload and reviewing their output
• Reviewing the work of junior team members, providing quality control and developing the team
• Partnering with Commercial Finance to support reporting, analysis, and business decision–making
• Leading the audit transition to new auditor
• Owning statutory reporting and compliance across the group, including statutory accounts, audit deliverables, and lender and covenant reporting
• Acting as the senior point of escalation for the Financial Control team and representing finance with auditors, advisers and other external stakeholders
• Identifying and driving process improvements across the finance function
• Leveraging AI tools and supporting or leading AI–related projects and finance transformation initiatives to improve efficiency, automation, and process effectiveness across the finance function
• Getting stuck into ad hoc projects and analysis as priorities evolve – no two weeks look quite the same

Requirements:

• A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA)
• Strong technical ground and excellent attention to detail
• Proven experience thriving in a fast–paced environment – comfortable with ambiguity, shifting priorities, and pace
• A self–starter who can hit the ground running with minimal hand–holding
• Comfortable being hands–on – preparing and producing as well as reviewing
• A genuine appetite for improving processes and project–managing change
• Strong financial and management accounting experience
• Experience preparing group reporting by function
• Exposure to multi–entity, multi–currency consolidation