Interim Finance Ops & Controls Leader – Remote/UK

Monzo; Cardiff, Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£1,000 learning budget per year

Macbooks provided for remote/office

Home office support

Flexible working hours

Job summary

Monzo in the United Kingdom seeks an experienced Interim Director of Financial Operations & Control to lead global finance operations, close cycles, and management reporting for a 12-month fixed‑term contract.

The role requires high-volume multi-entity leadership, strong IFRS knowledge, and the ability to drive automation and change across Finance with a distributed team and UK stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience in high-volume, multi-entity finance operations leadership within regulated environments (Fintech, Banking, or Financial Services preferred).
• Empathetic, effective people leader with coaching track record in a positive, high-performing environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead all aspects of financial control and operations, including Accounts Payable, Treasury Operations/Product Control, Money Operations ensuring robust, well controlled, and timely transaction processing.
• Lead the production and end-to-end delivery of monthly close and management reporting cycle, providing actionable insights and variance analysis to Group/UK/EU finance leaders.
• Maintain a robust control and governance framework focused on data integrity and processes.
• Serve as the primary operational contact for the program, providing feedback on target operating models and workflow designs.
• Manage team capacity and workflows to free up SMEs for the programme, including UAT, parallel runs, and systems testing.
• Support the rollout of new automation tools within live environment; establish SOPs without interrupting daily processing.
• Work with Director of Financial & Regulatory Reporting to ensure core operations comply with accounting policies and enable seamless consolidation handoff.
• Provide stable, empathetic leadership to a distributed team during change, maintaining engagement and performance.
• Build relationships with internal stakeholders, external auditors and advisors.
• Drive milestones and risks for EU expansion and other key projects; handover to permanent leadership after 12 months.

Skills

People leadership

Stakeholder management

Change management

IFRS accounting

Financial operations

Multi-entity operations

Job description

Monzo in the United Kingdom seeks an experienced Interim Director of Financial Operations & Control to lead global finance operations, close cycles, and management reporting for a 12-month fixed‑term contract.

The role requires high-volume multi-entity leadership, strong IFRS knowledge, and the ability to drive automation and change across Finance with a distributed team and UK stakeholders.