Interim Financial Controller

Interim Financial Controller

700/ 750 per day Outside IR35

North West (1 day per week / 4 days hybrid)

3/6 Months

I'm supporting a 300m industrials business with an urgent requirement for an Interim Financial Controller. This is a pivotal role as the organisation heads into its audit period and navigates a broader phase of operational and structural change.

This assignment needs a confident, technically exceptional finance leader who can take full ownership of the audit process whilst leading a small, stretched finance team.

The role needs a hands-on, 'player manager' who will roll their sleeves up with the team to meet required deadlines.

Key Responsibilities:

• Audit Leadership: Drive and manage the complete audit cycle, ensuring the business is prepared, compliant, and fully aligned with external auditors.
• Balance Sheet Clean-Up: Take a hands-on approach to reviewing, cleaning up, and strengthening the balance sheet, ensuring accuracy, integrity and transparency.
• Financial Controls: Tighten, embed and enhance robust financial controls.
• Team Leadership: Lead, support and steady a small finance team through a period of significant change-bringing clarity, structure and calm under pressure.
• Technical Accounting: Deliver and oversee technical projects as they arise, applying strong accounting expertise.

Key Requirements:

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified.
• Deep technical expertise in audit preparation, financial reporting and controls
• Proven experience cleaning up and strengthening balance sheets.
• A robust, resilient leadership style, someone who can challenge, influence and steady the ship.
• A practical, hands-on mindset and the willingness to get into the detail when the team needs support.
• The ability to operate effectively in a fast-moving, change-heavy context.

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