Financial Controller - Maternity Cover

Myley Transport Services Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

Myley Transport Services Ltd is seeking an experienced Financial Controller for maternity cover across two sister companies. The role spans financial control, management information, and day-to-day finance leadership, with monthly management accounts and core finance operations in focus.

You will work with the Fractional Head of Finance and colleagues across sales, operations and leadership, in a hybrid setup with approximately one day per week in London and some home working.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on management accounting experience, including month-end and budgeting.
• Experience in transactional finance: accounts payable/receivable and reconciliations.
• Experience in SME/start-up environments; ability to handle two businesses.
• Understanding of payroll, VAT and UK accounting compliance.
• ACCA/ACCA/CIMA or qualified by experience (QBE) encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Own monthly management accounts and month-end across both businesses.
• Support budgets and forecasts with variance analysis.
• Maintain cash-flow forecasts and identify funding needs.
• Oversee accounts payable/receivable, invoicing and payments.
• Manage end-to-end payroll with HR provider.
• Maintain strong financial controls and accurate ledgers.
• Prepare quarterly VAT returns and PAYE/NIC/pensions obligations.
• Support year-end close and statutory accounts.
• Maintain Xero and improve reports and processes.
• Identify automation opportunities to improve accessibility of financial info.

Skills

Management accounting

Month-end

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Cash flow

Payroll

UK VAT & compliance

Excel

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Tools

Xero

Job description

Salary: £45,000-£55,000 FTE, depending on experience

Contract: Fixed-term maternity cover (12 month fixed term contract)

Start date: November 2026

Hours: 4 or 5 days per week

Location: Hybrid - approximately 1 day per week in our London office, with home working

Reporting to: Fractional Head of Finance

About the role

We're looking for an experienced, hands-on Financial Controller to provide maternity cover across two sister companies, Myley Transport and Myley Education (Trading as Boost).

Both businesses share a purpose: improving the lives of people living and working in care homes. Myley Transport provides fully managed excursions and experiences that help care home residents stay connected with the world around them, while Boost is an AI-enabled education and policy platform helping care organisations equip their teams to deliver exceptional care.

This is a varied role spanning both businesses, with responsibility for financial control, management information and day-to-day finance leadership. You'll own the monthly management accounts and core finance operations to help provide the commercial insight that helps our teams make informed decisions.

You'll work closely with our Fractional Head of Finance and colleagues across sales, operations and leadership, as well as our outsourced HR provider.

The role would suit someone who enjoys small, fast-growing, purpose-led businesses, is comfortable working independently and can move easily between detailed finance work and the bigger commercial picture.

What you'll be responsible for

Your responsibilities will include:

• Owning the monthly management accounts and month-end processes across both businesses, including journals, accruals, prepayments, deferred and accrued income, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Supporting budgets and forecasts, producing clear variance analysis and management information to inform commercial decision-making.
• Maintaining cash-flow forecasts and identifying potential risks and funding requirements early.
• Overseeing accounts payable and receivable, invoicing, payments, receipts, expenses and client billing queries.
• Managing the end-to-end payroll process and working with our HR provider on starters, leavers, remuneration and benefits.
• Maintaining strong financial controls, accurate general ledgers and high-quality financial records.
• Preparing quarterly VAT returns and ensuring PAYE, National Insurance, pensions and other financial obligations are completed accurately and on time.
• Supporting year-end close, statutory accounts and other reporting alongside the Fractional Head of Finance.
• Maintaining accurate financial information in Xero and improving finance processes, reporting and documentation.
• Identifying opportunities to streamline and automate processes and make financial information more accessible to non-finance colleagues.
• Providing financial analysis and supporting ad hoc projects as required.

About you

You'll be a finance professional with strong technical accounting skills and a practical, commercial approach. You'll be comfortable taking ownership of a broad finance remit and getting up to speed quickly to provide dependable continuity during the maternity-cover period.

Ideally, you'll bring:

• Strong hands-on management accounting experience, including month-end, management accounts, budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis.
• Experience across transactional finance, including accounts payable, accounts receivable and reconciliations.
• Experience managing a broad finance remit within a small or growing organisation.
• A good understanding of financial controls, payroll, VAT and UK accounting and compliance requirements.
• Strong Excel and accounting-system skills, with Xero experience strongly preferred.
• Experience in an SME, start-up, scale-up or other fast-growing environment.
• A recognised accounting qualification such as ACA, ACCA or CIMA is strongly preferred, although we also welcome applications from candidates who are qualified by experience (QBE).

How you work

You'll be proactive, hands-on and analytical, comfortable getting into the detail, identifying issues and finding practical solutions without needing significant direction.

We encourage confidence in working with financial data from varied sources, bringing together information from different systems, reports and operational inputs, and making sense of it to produce accurate, coherent and useful financial information. You'll be comfortable investigating discrepancies, understanding what sits behind the numbers and ensuring the underlying data is reliable.

You'll be accurate and well organised, with the ability to manage deadlines and competing priorities across two businesses while maintaining strong financial controls and attention to detail. You'll be comfortable working independently and taking ownership, while knowing when to raise issues or seek input.

The role requires high levels of integrity and discretion when handling sensitive financial and commercial information.

Role details

This is a fixed-term maternity-cover position starting in November 2026, available on a 4 or 5-day-per-week basis. We're happy to discuss the working pattern with the successful candidate.

The role is hybrid, with approximately one day per week in our London office and the remainder available for home working.