Interim Financial Controller

Halliday Marx; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Halliday Marx is partnering with a fintech business in Central London to recruit a Group Finance Controller for an 18‑month maternity cover, offering hybrid working. The role centers on owning the group consolidation, multi-entity reporting, and monthly financial close, with a focus on accuracy and process improvements.

You will lead a small team, support audit transitions, and drive finance transformation, including AI-enabled automation to enhance efficiency and reporting quality.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA).
• Strong technical ground and attention to detail.
• Thrives in fast-paced environments with ambiguity.
• Self-starter who can hit the ground running.
• Hands-on with both production and review of work.
• Experience with group reporting by function and multi-entity, multi-currency consolidation.
• Experience leading a small team.

Responsibilities

• Own the group consolidation and preparation of group financial reporting by function.
• Own monthly financial reporting, automate functional reporting, and support KPI reporting.
• Prepare and review management accounts in a multi-entity, multi-currency environment.
• Manage and develop 2 direct reports and review their output.
• Lead audit transition to new auditor and oversee statutory reporting and compliance.
• Represent finance with auditors, advisers and external stakeholders.
• Identify and drive process improvements and finance transformation, including AI initiatives.
• Handle ad hoc projects and analysis as priorities evolve.

Skills

Attention to detail

Self-starter

Hands-on

Process improvement

Project management

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified

Job description

Group Finance Controller

£80-95K DOE+ Bonus (18 month Contract)

Central London (Hybrid Working)

My client is a fin tech business and are looking for a Group Finance Controller for 18 months to cover maternity.

Duties Include:

• Owning the group consolidation and the preparation of group financial reporting, including reporting by function
• Owning monthly financial reporting, including automating functional reporting, implementing regional and product-level P&L reporting, and supporting financial KPI reporting aligned to agreed business strategies
• Preparing and reviewing management accounts in a multi-entity, multi-currency environment
• Managing and developing 2 direct reports, overseeing their workload and reviewing their output
• Reviewing the work of junior team members, providing quality control and developing the team
• Partnering with Commercial Finance to support reporting, analysis, and business decision-making
• Leading the audit transition to new auditor
• Owning statutory reporting and compliance across the group, including statutory accounts, audit deliverables, and lender and covenant reporting
• Acting as the senior point of escalation for the Financial Control team and representing finance with auditors, advisers and other external stakeholders
• Identifying and driving process improvements across the finance function
• Leveraging AI tools and supporting or leading AI‑related projects and finance transformation initiatives to improve efficiency, automation, and process effectiveness across the finance function
• Getting stuck into ad hoc projects and analysis as priorities evolve - no two weeks look quite the same

Requirements:

• A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA)
• Strong technical ground and excellent attention to detail
• Proven experience thriving in a fast‑paced environment - comfortable with ambiguity, shifting priorities, and pace
• A self‑starter who can hit the ground running with minimal hand‑holding
• Comfortable being hands‑on - preparing and producing as well as reviewing
• A genuine appetite for improving processes and project‑managing change
• Strong financial and management accounting experience
• Experience preparing group reporting by function
• Exposure to multi‑entity, multi‑currency consolidation