Finance Manager Interim
Posted 1 day ago by Cedar
£525 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
London
Summary: Cedar is seeking an Interim Finance Manager for a 6-month contract with a digital infrastructure business in Central London. The role involves close collaboration with the Finance Director and encompasses financial control, operational finance, and business partnering in a rapidly growing environment. The position offers a day rate of £475-£525 and allows for hybrid working arrangements. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in supporting the finance function during a significant scaling phase.
Key Responsibilities:
- Managing the monthly reporting cycle, ensuring accurate and timely financial information
- Preparing management accounts, balance sheet reconciliations and supporting performance analysis
- Supporting cashflow reporting, working capital monitoring and short-term forecasting activity
- Overseeing core transactional finance processes and supporting process efficiency improvements
- Assisting with budgeting, forecasting and project-related financial analysis
- Supporting the implementation and refinement of finance controls, reporting procedures and governance frameworks
- Partnering with operational stakeholders to provide financial insight across business activities
- Supporting wider finance improvement initiatives as the business continues to evolve
Key Skills:
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
- Strong technical accounting and management reporting background
- Experience working within fast-moving, project-led or scaling environments
- Comfortable operating within lean teams and taking ownership of varied finance responsibilities
- Strong analytical skills with a detail-oriented and commercially minded approach
- Able to work autonomously whilst building effective relationships across the business
- Adaptable and proactive, with the ability to operate effectively in changing environments
- Prior experience within infrastructure, technology, engineering or investor-backed businesses would be advantageous
Salary (Rate): £525 per day
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Other
Cedar is partnered with an investor-backed digital infrastructure business to appoint an Interim Finance Manager. This is an initial 6-month contract offering £475-£525 per day (Outside IR35), based in Central London with hybrid working.
Working closely with the Finance Director, this is a pivotal hands-on role within a lean and evolving finance function, supporting a business currently going through a significant growth and scaling phase.
The Company
The organisation is a high-growth, investor-backed digital infrastructure platform operating within a technically complex and rapidly evolving market.
The business is currently scaling its operations and delivery capability across multiple projects, with finance playing a key role in supporting reporting quality, operational visibility and wider business decision-making.
The Role
This role offers broad exposure across financial control, operational finance and business partnering within a fast-paced environment.
The successful candidate will support the day-to-day running of the finance function whilst contributing to the ongoing development of reporting processes and controls.
Key responsibilities include:
- Managing the monthly reporting cycle, ensuring accurate and timely financial information
- Preparing management accounts, balance sheet reconciliations and supporting performance analysis
- Supporting cashflow reporting, working capital monitoring and short-term forecasting activity
- Overseeing core transactional finance processes and supporting process efficiency improvements
- Assisting with budgeting, forecasting and project-related financial analysis
- Supporting the implementation and refinement of finance controls, reporting procedures and governance frameworks
- Partnering with operational stakeholders to provide financial insight across business activities
- Supporting wider finance improvement initiatives as the business continues to evolve
Your Profile
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
- Strong technical accounting and management reporting background
- Experience working within fast-moving, project-led or scaling environments
- Comfortable operating within lean teams and taking ownership of varied finance responsibilities
- Strong analytical skills with a detail-oriented and commercially minded approach
- Able to work autonomously whilst building effective relationships across the business
- Adaptable and proactive, with the ability to operate effectively in changing environments
- Prior experience within infrastructure, technology, engineering or investor-backed businesses would be advantageous
Compensation & Working Arrangements
The day rate for this Interim Finance Manager role is £475-£525 per day (Outside IR35). The role is based in Central London with hybrid working. This is an initial 6-month assignment with potential for extension or longer-term progression.
