Are you an experienced Finance Manager who enjoys combining hands-on accounting with improving financial processes? Do you thrive in smaller, fast-paced organisations where flexibility and adaptability are essential? Are you available immediately and looking for an opportunity to help establish a growing charity's finance function?
A newly established charity is urgently seeking an Interim Finance Manager to join its team on a contract running until July 2027. This role offers hybrid working, with regular office attendance required in North London.
This is a broad, hands-on position within a start-up environment, where the successful candidate will take ownership of day-to-day financial operations while helping to establish effective processes, controls and ways of working.
The key responsibilities of the Interim Finance Manager are:
- Taking ownership of day-to-day financial operations, ensuring accurate and timely processing of financial transactions.
- Managing accounts payable, including supplier invoices, expenses and payment runs.
- Completing bank reconciliations and maintaining accurate accounting records.
- Leading month-end processes, including journals, reconciliations and the preparation of management accounts.
- Monitoring cash flow and supporting the development of financial forecasts and budgets.
- Establishing and improving financial processes, controls and accounting procedures appropriate for a growing organisation.
- Ensuring financial commitments and payments are managed effectively and within agreed deadlines.
- Liaising with external accountants, payroll providers and other stakeholders as required.
- Working closely with senior finance leadership to implement practical improvements and ensure the finance function operates effectively.
The successful candidate will have:
- Significant experience operating as a Finance Manager or in a similarly broad, hands-on accounting role.
- Strong technical accounting knowledge, including bookkeeping, reconciliations, management accounts and cash-flow management.
- Recent hands-on experience using QuickBooks would be highly advantageous.
- Experience establishing or improving financial processes and controls.
- Previous charity or not-for-profit sector experience would be highly desirable.
- A flexible, adaptable approach and the willingness to undertake both transactional and management accounting responsibilities.
- The confidence to work independently, take ownership of tasks and deliver with minimal supervision.
- Experience working within a start-up, small organisation or developing finance function would be advantageous.
- Availability to start immediately or at very short notice.
Contract Details
- Working Pattern: Part-time, 2–3 days per week.
- Location: Fully remote, with occasional travel to London as required.
- IR35 Status: Outside IR35.
- Contract Type: Interim.
- Start Date: As soon as possible.
This assignment would suit an experienced Interim Finance Director who can quickly establish themselves within an organisation, provide confident leadership and maintain financial stability following a period of significant change.