Description

Halliday Marx are exclusively searching for an Interim Financial Controller on a 15-Month Fixed Term Contract to start in October, for a global leader in their field.

Interim FC

£95 to £110k DOE

Central London

Hybrid (3-4 days in)

This role leads the UK and Ireland core finance function, ensuring accurate financial reporting, robust controls and effective planning while partnering with operational leaders to support commercial decision-making.

Reporting to the CFO, the role leads and develops the Finance team and works closely with operational leaders and other business functions.

Duties

• Management of the finance team of 9
• Lead the month-end close and production of monthly group financial reporting
• Oversee the accurate upload of month end into the global financial reporting system
• Review of monthly financial movement schedules.
• Ensure integrity of balance sheet
• Review of sales, transaction, revenue and cost centre reports.
• Lead and support the preparation of entity-level budgets and rolling forecasts for the group, including full profit and loss statements and capital expenditure.
• Overseeing the annual accounting packs (under IFRS) and completion of the quarterly tax packs.
• Overseeing and assisting with the preparation of statutory accounts
• Manage interim and year-end audit processes
• Overseeing corporation tax computations
• Overseeing completion of VAT returns
• Monitoring and review of client accruals and profitability.
• Monitoring of external client P&L statements and internal client profitability analysis.
• Monitor and ensure timely billing of external client P&L statements and ad hoc services.
• Control and review of overhead expenditure invoices.
• Monitoring of Capex

You will have / be:

• A Qualified Accountant: ACCA , ACA, CIMA or equivalent
• Lots of IFRS / UK statutory reporting understanding
• Excellent spreadsheet skills
• SAP would be an advantage
• Ability to prioritise competing demands
• Proven ability to develop, motivate and mentor finance team staff.
• Experience of working with operational divisions
• Confidence to challenge existing practices constructively, identify opportunities for improvement and lead changes that strengthen finance processes.
• Sound commercial judgement and the confidence to make decisions in the best interests of the company.