Financial Controller

Warner Recruitment; Wellingborough; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking an experienced Interim Financial Controller to manage a finance team in Wellingborough. You will oversee daily operations, provide financial guidance, and ensure a smooth transition for the new permanent Financial Controller. The role requires ACCA/CIMA/ACA qualifications and offers a supportive team environment with benefits like on-site parking and flexible working hours. This is a fully office-based position.

Benefits

On-site parking

Flexible working hours

Easily accessible by car and public transport

Supportive, friendly, and stable team environment

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with experience at board level.
• Ability to manage and mentor a small finance team.
• Excellent communicator across non-accounting departments.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily finance operations including reporting and budgeting.
• Lead and develop a finance team.
• Provide financial guidance to leadership teams.

Skills

Board-level operational capability

Excellent communication

Mentoring skills

Assertiveness

Education

ACCA / CIMA / ACA Qualified (or equivalent)

Job description

Job Description

Excellent opportunity for an experienced Interim Financial Controller. This is a Manufacturing company in Northamptonshire; who have recruited for a permanent Financial Controller and need an interim to bridge the gap between the current Financial Controller leaving this month (December 2025) and the new Financial Controller starting in March 2026.

You will be responsible for a clean handover and maintaining stability and confidence in the team during this period. The team are friendly, welcoming and very stable. You will have to be responsible for a finance team of 5, the assignment will be fully office based.

Duties include

• Managing daily finance operations, reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and statutory accounts under FRS102
• Leading and developing a finance team and overseeing IT
• Partnering with senior management to deliver objectives and the business strategy
• Providing financial guidance to UK and European leadership teams
• Delivering margin improvements through cost efficiencies, pricing strategies, and stock reduction initiatives
• Representing the company in pension scheme matters and fulfilling company secretary duties
• Ensuring compliance and auditing group finance policies and monitoring internal controls

Person

• ACCA / CIMA / ACA Qualified (or equivalent)
• Able to operate at board level and have gravitas in senior meetings
• Enjoys mentoring and managing a small accounts team
• Excellent communicator
• Able to work on your own initiative
• Assertive, as you will need to speak with many non‑accounts managers across the business to gather information which will be essential for this role

Benefits / extra information

• 🚗 On‑site parking
• ⏰ Flexible working hours
• 🚆 Easily accessible by car and public transport
• 🤝 Supportive, friendly, and stable team environment

📩 For more information or to apply, please contact Julie or Karen at Warner Recruitment . We look forward to hearing from you!