Interim Financial Controller

Blink - The Employee App; City Of London; Presencial; GBP 90.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Competitive salary

25 days annual leave (+ holidays)

Additional time off between Christmas

Private healthcare with AXA

3% employer pension contribution on 5%

Cycle to Work scheme

Social events

Enhanced parental leave

Descripción de la vacante

Blink - The Employee App is seeking a qualified accountant to join for a fixed 9-month contract, reporting to the Finance Director. The role is based in London with in-office work three days per week, handling global consolidation, audits, and statutory accounts across four entities.

It requires broad international tax exposure, payroll oversight for US/UK, and a fast ramp. The position is execution-focused, with heavy year-end deliverables and close collaboration with advisors.

Formación

• Qualified accountant with ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CA or equivalent.
• Led group audit prep and sign-off as the preparer.
• Experience consolidating multiple entities and currencies.
• Statutory accounts exposure for US and UK; APAC a bonus.
• International tax exposure: transfer pricing, permanent establishment, sales tax.
• Payroll oversight across US and UK.
• Fast ramp with minimal coaching; available ASAP.

Responsabilidades

• Audit and statutory reporting.
• Group and APAC audit prep and delivery (FRS 102).
• Statutory accounts across Aus, NZ, US, UK.
• R&D capitalization methodology that passes audit first time.
• Payroll across the group.
• Month end review and sign-off.
• Covenant reporting.
• Coordinate with external advisors and auditors.

Conocimientos

Qualified accountant

Group audit experience

Multi-entity consolidation

Statutory accounts US/UK

International tax exposure

Payroll oversight

Fast ramp

Available ASAP

Herramientas

Xero

Chargebee

AI tools

Descripción del empleo

9 month fixed-term contract starting ASAP

Reports to Finance Director

London (in office 3 days/ week)

Globally, 80% of workers don't have a desk or an office. These workers are the backbone of the global economy, the people we interact with every day in stores, on buses, in our hospitals, delivering our parcels, and maintaining our buildings. The current generation of workplace technology doesn't fit their needs, Blink enables those people to be productive, informed, and engaged while on the move.

Why this role exists

Blink is a frontline employee experience and internal comms app. We are VC-backed, around $20m ARR, and we operate through four entities across the UK, US, Australia, and New Zealand, in four currencies. That footprint has outgrown the finance team. Between now and next summer we have two group audits, four sets of statutory accounts, a transfer pricing refresh, a possible new entity due to global expansion, sales tax obligations in Canada, an R&D claim in the US, and an inter-company loan position to resolve before year end. This is purely an execution role. We need someone who is ready to take the compliance and reporting load and run it properly, at pace to ensure we adhere to our reporting timelines.

Key Deliverables

• Audit and statutory
• Group and APAC audit prep and delivery. (APAC and Group under FRS 102)
• Statutory accounts across the four entities (Aus, NZ, US, UK)
• R&D capitalization methodology that passes audit first time, with support from our finance manager.

Tax and entities

• Inter-company loan between the UK and US.
• Transfer pricing refresh covering the Australian tax losses, and the UAE entity if it goes ahead.
• Assistance with entity setup, registration, and tax compliance.
• Canada sales tax position assessment.
• CFC and PFIC status memorandum completion

Ongoing

• Payroll across the group.
• Month end review and sign-off.
• Covenant reporting

On the advisory work:

We use great advisors in each jurisdiction and you will have access to them. What we need is someone who briefs them well, challenges what comes back, and drives it to a conclusion.

What this role is not

Worth being clear, so you can decide quickly.

• The finance director keeps board reporting, investor and lender relationships, capital and cash strategy, and pricing.
• This is a deep, technical, high-volume controllership role. If that is the work you want to do, it is a good nine months. If you are looking for a step into strategy, this is not it.

Requirements

Essential

• Qualified accountant. ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CA, or equivalent.
• You have taken a group audit from prep to sign-off as the preparer, not just supported one.
• Multi-entity, multi-currency consolidation experience.
• Statutory account exposure across US and UK entities. APAC is a bonus.
• Enough international tax exposure to hold your own on transfer pricing, permanent establishment, and sales tax. You do not need to be a technical expert. You need to know what to ask.
• Payroll oversight across the US and UK.
• Quick ramp time, no coaching.
• Available to start ASAP

Helpful

• SaaS or subscription revenue, and comfort with deferred and accrued income at volume.
• R&D capitalisation or R&D claims in the UK .
• Xero, Chargebee, and a modern finance stack. We use AI tools heavily across the team and you will be
• encouraged to.
• You have worked in a company that was growing faster than its processes.

How we work

We are a small team and a busy one. Four people plus outsourced support, running finance for a group operating

in four countries. That means real ownership and very little bureaucracy, and it also means the work is genuinely

heavy between October and February.

You will report to the finance director and work most closely with our finance manager and finance associate. You

will have direct access to our advisors and our auditors.

Benefits

Why Blink?

You will have the opportunity to be part of something impactful, large-scale, and meaningful. Most importantly, you'll work for a company with a strong purpose, with an ambitious and supportive team embarking on a journey most start-ups can only dream of!

Benefits include:

• Competitive salary
• 25 days annual leave per year (+ public holidays!)
• Additional time off between Christmas and New Year.
• Private healthcare with AXA.
• 3% employer pension contribution when you contribute 5%.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Social events (lunches, breakfasts, nights out).
• Enhanced parental leave.