Interim Finance Director

We’re partnering with a highly respected, fast-evolving organisation within the professional services and advisory sector; a group that has recently brought multiple businesses together and is now entering a significant phase of operational and financial transformation. We are seeking an accomplished Interim Finance Director to support two mid-sized service-led businesses within the Group. You will work closely with the leadership team of each entity and report directly into the Group CFO, playing a pivotal leadership role during a period of alignment, improvement, and strategic change. This is a highly influential assignment suited to a senior finance leader with experience in complex, people-driven environments such as consulting, accountancy, corporate services, financial services, or other professional services settings.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with senior leadership to align financial strategy with business goals and transformation plans.
• Lead a full diagnostic review of financial operations, reporting, controls, compliance, and organisational structure.
• Design and contribute to the implementation of enhanced processes, financial systems, governance, and reporting frameworks.
• Support and challenge the leadership teams on budgeting, forecasting, and longer-term financial planning.
• Identify inefficiencies, operational risks, and opportunities to strengthen performance and profitability.
• Establish clear financial reporting frameworks and KPIs that align with Group standards.
• Provide hands-on leadership, mentoring, and capability-building within the finance teams.
• Ensure robust compliance with accounting, regulatory, and professional standards.
• Deliver clear, actionable recommendations and a practical roadmap for long-term financial sustainability and transformation.

Requirements:

• Proven experience as an Interim Finance Director, CFO, or senior finance transformation leader.
• Background in a professional services environment (ie. consultancy, accountancy, corporate services, financial services, or similar).
• Experience managing complex revenue models such as retainers, utilisation-based billing, project-based accounting, or WIP-style structures.
• Strong expertise in financial systems, controls, reporting frameworks, and process improvement.
• Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced, change-driven environment.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrable track record delivering work outside IR35.

The role is outside IR35, and can either be offered as a Day Rate or FTC. You will be primarily office based (North West) with some hybrid flexibility. If you are a seasoned interim finance leader with experience shaping and stabilising finance functions through periods of significant change - and you enjoy bringing structure, clarity, and confidence to complex environments – this could be the right opportunity for you. Interested in progressing your application? Apply without delay.