Interim Finance Director

The role

• Lead and maintain strong financial control, including month-end close.
• Take ownership of VAT queries across multiple countries.
• Control and monitor the financial plan, including understanding how projects and business decisions impact forecasts.
• Own financial planning, modelling and forecasting.
• Monitor performance against plan and provide clear insight to key stakeholders.
• Liaise with the bank and external stakeholders as required.
• Act as a proactive problem-solver and trusted finance partner to the business.

About you

You'll be a qualified accountant with experience at Financial Controller / Finance Director level, ideally within an SME or entrepreneurial environment.

You'll be:

• Commercial, hands-on and highly proactive.
• Comfortable being thrown in at the deep end and taking ownership quickly.
• Strong technically, with a solid understanding of financial control, planning, forecasting and modelling.
• Resilient and adaptable, with the ability to manage change and ambiguity.
• A natural problem-solver who looks for solutions rather than waiting to be told what to do.
• Someone who fits well within an SME culture and enjoys working closely with key stakeholders.

This would be particularly well suited to an experienced professional contractor who is accustomed to stepping into businesses, making an immediate impact and committing fully to an assignment.

Location: Hybrid - minimum 2 days per week in the office, with the remainder working from home.