Interim Financial Controller
Posted 4 days ago by Totaljobs
£650 Per day
Outside
Onsite
Belgravia, South West London (SW1), SW1X 7TA
Summary: Cedar is seeking an Interim Financial Controller for a 6-month contract within an investor-backed renewables business based in London. The role focuses on financial control, consolidation, and compliance across a complex international structure, requiring strong on-site presence and interaction with senior leadership. The position is outside IR35 and offers a competitive daily rate. The successful candidate will play a critical role in enhancing financial governance and supporting strategic growth in a rapidly scaling organization.
Key Responsibilities:
- Leading the month-end close process across multiple entities
- Owning complex journals, accruals and balance sheet reconciliations
- Delivering consolidation across 30+ entities, including intercompany eliminations and reconciliations
- Overseeing accounting for joint ventures and international operations, including coordination with external accounting partners
- Ensuring high-quality management accounts and supporting FP&A analysis across key business lines
- Managing statutory reporting under UK GAAP (FRS 102), alongside VAT, corporation tax and payroll compliance
- Acting as a key point of contact for auditors and external advisors
- Driving effective use of finance systems and ensuring integrity of financial data
- Leading and developing a small finance team across transactional finance and FP&A
- Supporting process improvement and strengthening financial controls across a growing international platform
Key Skills:
- Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) with strong financial control experience
- Proven track record operating across multi-entity, international environments
- Deep experience in consolidation, group reporting and technical accounting
- Exposure to infrastructure, energy, renewables or capital-intensive sectors is advantageous
- Comfortable operating in a high-growth, evolving business with increasing complexity
- Hands-on, detail-oriented and delivery-focused
- Strong stakeholder management skills across internal teams and external advisors
Salary (Rate): £650 per day
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Other
Cedar is partnered with an investor-backed renewables business to appoint an Interim Financial Controller. This is a 6-month contract offering £550-650 per day, outside IR35, based in London (West End).The role sits within the group finance function and focuses on financial control, consolidation and compliance across a complex, international, multi-entity structure, with close interaction across senior leadership and operational teams. This Financial Controller role is based in London and requires strong on-site presence.
The CompanyThe organisation is a high-growth, investor-backed platform operating within the renewable energy and infrastructure space.The business is scaling rapidly across multiple international markets, supported by significant capital investment and a pipeline of large-scale infrastructure projects. Operating through a network of international entities, the company is entering a phase of increased complexity, requiring enhanced financial control, reporting and governance.Finance plays a central role in supporting both operational delivery and strategic growth, particularly across multi-jurisdictional projects and partnership structures.
The RoleThe Interim Financial Controller will take ownership of financial control, reporting and compliance across a broad international footprint, ensuring a robust and scalable finance function within a fast-paced, international environment.The role combines technical accounting, consolidation and operational oversight, with responsibility for delivering accurate financial information, maintaining strong controls and supporting business performance.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading the month-end close process across multiple entities
- Owning complex journals, accruals and balance sheet reconciliations
- Delivering consolidation across 30+ entities, including intercompany eliminations and reconciliations
- Overseeing accounting for joint ventures and international operations, including coordination with external accounting partners
- Ensuring high-quality management accounts and supporting FP&A analysis across key business lines
- Managing statutory reporting under UK GAAP (FRS 102), alongside VAT, corporation tax and payroll compliance
- Acting as a key point of contact for auditors and external advisors
- Driving effective use of finance systems and ensuring integrity of financial data
- Leading and developing a small finance team across transactional finance and FP&ASupporting process improvement and strengthening financial controls across a growing international platform
Your ProfileQualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) with strong financial control experienceProven track record operating across multi-entity, international environmentsDeep experience in consolidation, group reporting and technical accountingExposure to infrastructure, energy, renewables or capital-intensive sectors is advantageousComfortable operating in a high-growth, evolving business with increasing complexityHands-on, detail-oriented and delivery-focusedStrong stakeholder management skills across internal teams and external advisorsCompensation & Working ArrangementsThis role offers £550-650 per day, outside IR35, for an initial 6-month period. The role is based in London (West End). This is a high-impact assignment within a scaling, investor-backed renewables platform, offering exposure to complex international operations and large-scale infrastructure projects, with a day rate of £550-650 outside IR35.