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Interim Global Lease Controller
Posted Today by Hays
Negotiable
Outside
Hybrid
Bath
Summary: The Interim Global Lease Controller role is a senior finance position focused on managing the global lease portfolio for a large international group. The position requires extensive experience in IFRS 16 lease accounting and offers significant executive exposure, partnering with senior leadership to drive strategic decision-making. The role involves overseeing lease governance, audit relationships, and leading a team, with a strong emphasis on performance and continuous improvement. Immediate availability is required for this high-impact role based in Bristol.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and oversee all lease-related activity globally, ensuring consistent governance and control across the full lease lifecycle
- Provide strategic insight on lease vs. buy decisions, partnering with CFO, CEO and senior leadership
- Full accountability for IFRS 16 reporting, balance sheet integrity, and high-quality disclosures
- Oversee right-of-use assets and lease liabilities, including valuation, remeasurement and life cycle management
- Own audit relationships for lease accounting, ensuring audit readiness and timely resolution of issues
- Provide senior oversight of lease contract governance, working closely with Property, Legal and Procurement
- Drive performance, controls and continuous improvement across global lease processes
- Lead and develop a team of c.8 (manager to analyst level)
Key Skills:
- Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent)
- Deep, hands-on IFRS 16 lease accounting experience in a large, complex organisation (non-negotiable)
- Proven senior leadership experience with ownership of complex balance sheet areas
- Strong background in audit, controls, and global finance environments
- Practice candidates are considered at Director level or above
Salary (Rate): £125000 yearly
City: Bristol
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: Finance
Interim Global Lease Controller– c.£100-125k – PE backed Bristol business
Immediate Start | Highly Flexible
A large, complex international group is seeking an experienced senior finance leader to take ownership of its global lease portfolio in a business-critical role with significant executive exposure.
This role sits at the centre of the organisation’s financial governance, providing oversight of lease accounting, supporting strategic decision-making, and ensuring robust control across multiple jurisdictions.
The role:
- Lead and oversee all lease-related activity globally, ensuring consistent governance and control across the full lease lifecycle
- Provide strategic insight on lease vs. buy decisions, partnering with CFO, CEO and senior leadership
- Full accountability for IFRS 16 reporting, balance sheet integrity, and high-quality disclosures
- Oversee right-of-use assets and lease liabilities, including valuation, remeasurement and life cycle management
- Own audit relationships for lease accounting, ensuring audit readiness and timely resolution of issues
- Provide senior oversight of lease contract governance, working closely with Property, Legal and Procurement
- Drive performance, controls and continuous improvement across global lease processes
- Lead and develop a team of c.8 (manager to analyst level)
Key requirements:
- Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent)
- Deep, hands-on IFRS 16 lease accounting experience in a large, complex organisation (non-negotiable)
- Proven senior leadership experience with ownership of complex balance sheet areas
- Strong background in audit, controls, and global finance environments
- Practice candidates are considered at Director level or above.
Package & details:
- c.£100-125k (FTC) or day rate equivalent
- Highly flexible working – 2–4 days per month in the office
- Immediate start required
This is a high-impact, visible role that will move quickly.
Please get in touch for a confidential discussion if you have the required IFRS 16 & lease reporting experience and are available at short notice.