Interim Group Financial Controller
Posted 1 day ago by Bayman Atkinson Smythe
£550 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
Lancashire
Summary: The role of Interim Group Financial Controller involves leading financial reporting and governance for a private equity-backed services group in Lancashire. The position requires expertise in IFRS, statutory accounts, and audit processes, with a focus on compliance and financial oversight. This hybrid role offers flexible working arrangements, allowing for collaboration while maintaining autonomy. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in the company's growth by managing financial operations and supporting strategic initiatives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Produce periodic financial reporting at group level, ensuring compliance with relevant UK accounting standards.
- Support the delivery of statutory reporting requirements, working closely with external advisors to facilitate a smooth audit process.
- Maintain strong balance sheet control, including oversight of key reconciliations and intercompany balances.
- Take ownership of the period-end close process, ensuring appropriate adjustments and eliminations are accurately reflected across the group.
- Oversee group-wide tax compliance, working with external advisors to ensure obligations are met across multiple jurisdictions.
- Produce regular reporting for lenders and investors, ensuring accuracy and adherence to agreed timelines.
- Maintain corporate and banking processes, including oversight of cashflow and external service providers.
- Provide technical accounting support on more complex areas, including financial instruments, across the group structure.
- Contribute to a range of project-based activities, such as integrations, system enhancements, and strategic initiatives.
- Support the ongoing development of internal controls, governance frameworks, and process improvements.
- Partner with senior stakeholders on financial reporting, funding arrangements, and strategic transactions.
Key Skills:
- ACA or equivalent qualification and highly experienced in technical accounting, IFRS, and group consolidations.
- Proven experience within a high-growth or private equity-backed environment.
- Strong background in statutory accounts, audit coordination, and financial controls.
- Excellent communication skills, capable of engaging with internal teams, auditors, and external partners.
- Hands-on, pragmatic, and proactive with an ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
Salary (Rate): £550/day
City: Lancashire
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Finance
Are you an experienced interim finance professional with a strong background in IFRS, statutory accounts, and audit processes? Our client, a dynamic private equity-backed services group based in Lancashire, is seeking an Interim Group Financial Controller to join their team. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to lead financial reporting and governance within a fast-growing, innovative business at the forefront of digital solutions. The position is hybrid, with flexible working arrangements and 1-2 days in the office each week, supporting a collaborative yet autonomous work environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Produce periodic financial reporting at group level, ensuring compliance with relevant UK accounting standards.
- Support the delivery of statutory reporting requirements, working closely with external advisors to facilitate a smooth audit process.
- Maintain strong balance sheet control, including oversight of key reconciliations and intercompany balances.
- Take ownership of the period-end close process, ensuring appropriate adjustments and eliminations are accurately reflected across the group.
- Oversee group-wide tax compliance, working with external advisors to ensure obligations are met across multiple jurisdictions.
- Produce regular reporting for lenders and investors, ensuring accuracy and adherence to agreed timelines.
- Maintain corporate and banking processes, including oversight of cashflow and external service providers.
- Provide technical accounting support on more complex areas, including financial instruments, across the group structure.
- Contribute to a range of project-based activities, such as integrations, system enhancements, and strategic initiatives.
- Support the ongoing development of internal controls, governance frameworks, and process improvements.
- Partner with senior stakeholders on financial reporting, funding arrangements, and strategic transactions.
Candidate Profile:
ACA or equivalent qualification and highly experienced in technical accounting, IFRS, and group consolidations. Proven experience within a high-growth or private equity-backed environment. Strong background in statutory accounts, audit coordination, and financial controls. Excellent communication skills, capable of engaging with internal teams, auditors, and external partners. Hands-on, pragmatic, and proactive with an ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
What’s on Offer?
This assignment offers a competitive day rate, flexible working arrangements, and the opportunity to make a tangible impact during a critical phase of the business’s growth. If you’re an experienced interim with a strong technical background and a track record of delivering in complex environments, we’d be keen to speak.