Financial Controller ()

The Part-Time Finance People; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading firm in Birmingham is seeking a qualified Part-time Financial Controller to support clients efficiently. This role involves leading financial functions, preparing management reports, and ensuring strong financial controls for SMEs. The ideal candidate will be commercially minded, experienced, and proficient in finance tools like Xero. This is a self-employed position expected to be 2 days a week with a flexible approach, allowing collaboration with other client work.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified or QBE with 5+ years experience managing a finance team.
• Experience working with growing SMEs.
• Availability for at least 2 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Lead the finance function to provide clarity on financials.
• Assess and implement appropriate financial controls.
• Prepare management accounts and reports.

Skills

Preparation of management accounts

Balance sheet reconciliations

Cashflow forecasting

Experience with Xero

Experience with Excel

Financial controls

Presenting financial information

Education

ACCA/CIMA/ACMA/FCCA/ICAEW qualified or QBE (5+ years)

Tools

Xero

Sage50

QuickBooks

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Part-time Financial Controller wanted in Birmingham

About the role:
We are looking for a detailed-orientated and experienced Financial Controller to join us at The Part-Time Finance People to support our clients in Birmingham. They are looking for an experienced and commercially-minded Financial Controller to lead the finance function and to support the business with providing clearer visibility around the financials on a part time basis.

About You:

You should be a qualified and experienced Financial Controller with experience working in growing SMEs. Preferably, you are already self-employed and available quickly with at least 2 days of availability per week.

Your expertise should include:

preparation of management accounts/reports

balance sheet reconciliations

cashflow and profit forecasting

experience and working knowledge of Xero ( ideally exposure with Sage50, QuickBooks as well)

experienced in assessing and implementing appropriate financial controls

be commercially experienced

year-end processes (but not statutory accounts)

experienced excel user including pivots, sumifs and graphs

proficiency in presenting financial and commercial information to non-financial leaders

you must be fully qualified (ACCA/CIMA/ACMA/FCCA/ICAEW) or QBE (5+ years) with experience managing a finance team.

As this role is two days a week (self employed basis) it could work alongside other client work

Rate of pay: £35 per hour

Location: Birmingham

Type of work: Self-employed, Part-Time

About Us:

The Part-Time Finance People are passionate about helping business owners have more successful businesses and feel happier. As an accounting firm we want to provide a different, and more commercial type of accounting support to SME businesses.

Our focus is to enable businesses to make more cash, more profit at lower business risk through better decision making and financial management of the business - simples!!

Over the last 17 years we've proudly supported hundreds of finance professionals to succeed in their portfolio career - please get in touch to find out more about us and the role we have.

Find out more about us here - www.theparttimefinancepeople.co.uk

Note: Our values promote a diverse, supportive, and inclusive work environment. We welcome different perspectives to drive innovation and build talented teams, encouraging everyone to reach their full potential.

We cannot offer sponsorship to overseas workers. A minimum of 2 years of UK-based experience as a Financial Controller is required to apply. Thank you.