Interim Finance Consultant

W&A is supporting an established financial services organisation as it builds a new strategic finance capability designed to bring clarity, structure and robust insight to its financial data.

Based in Edinburgh with hybrid working (one day per week in the office), this is a 6-month fixed-term contract with the potential for longer-term engagement.

In this role, you'll help reconcile historic records, build robust datasets, and produce the analysis required to support decision making, planning and investor reporting. Working in a hands on and collaborative environment, you'll contribute directly to the establishment of more structured and reliable financial processes.

• Retrieve, reconcile and analyse historical and current financial data spanning revenue, costs, balance sheet and cashflow areas.
• Investigate incomplete or inconsistent data, ensuring accuracy and data integrity.
• Support the collation and preparation of internal datasets for business planning and potential due diligence activity.
• Develop datasets to support future FP&A and commercial analysis workstreams.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to clarify performance metrics and support investor facing deliverables.
• Contribute to shaping the emerging strategic finance structure.

• Qualified accountant with strong financial control experience, ideally within financial services.
• A methodical, analytical mindset and confidence working with large, complex datasets in Excel.
• Ability to interpret and communicate financial insights clearly to senior stakeholders.
• Adaptability and a hands on approach within a fast paced and evolving environment.
• Collaborative mindset and interest in shaping new processes and frameworks.

• £60,000-£80,000 (6 month FTC).
• Long term potential as the team expands and diversifies.
• Exposure to strategic finance, investor facing activity and the development of FP&A capability.

To learn more or apply, please contact Andrea for a private and confidential discussion. Alternatively, submit your CV and we'll be in touch.