Interim Financial Controller

Investigo; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Investigo is recruiting an Interim Financial Controller for a care charity in the UK. The role focuses on strengthening financial controls, improving month-end reporting, and providing leadership to the finance team.

The post-holder will manage the Finance Officer and Finance Assistant, ensuring robust processes and clear accountability. Key duties include owning month-end close, delivering a reconciled balance sheet, managing accruals and fixed assets, and implementing strong financial controls

Qualifications

• Hands-on financial controller with strong technical accounting skills.
• Balance sheet expertise and experience in balance reconciliations.
• Proven ability to lead and develop finance teams in charity or not-for-profit settings.
• Experience improving month-end close and reporting processes.
• Ability to collaborate with budget holders and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own month-end and year-end close processes.
• Deliver a fully reconciled balance sheet and oversee accruals, deferred income and fixed assets.
• Establish strong financial controls with audit trails and sign-off procedures.
• Enhance management reporting and cost allocation methodologies.
• Lead review meetings with stakeholders and improve data quality.

Skills

Technical accounting

Balance sheet

Month-end close

Leadership

Not-for-profit sector

Data quality

Tools

Business Central

Excel

Job description

Interim Financial Controller - Role Summary

1 day per week in the office

I am working exclusively with a care charity to recruit an Interim Financial Controller to strengthen their financial controls, improve month-end reporting processes, and provide leadership to the finance team. The role will manage and develop the Finance Officer and Finance Assistant, ensuring robust financial processes, clear accountability, and continuous development across the team.

Key responsibilities include taking ownership of the month-end and year-end close process, delivering a fully reconciled balance sheet, overseeing accruals, deferred income and fixed assets, and implementing strong financial control frameworks with appropriate audit trails and sign-off procedures.

The Interim Financial Controller will also enhance financial reporting and management accounting capabilities by establishing timely management accounts for budget holders, leading review meetings with stakeholders, improving cost allocation methodologies, and ensuring accurate financial analysis across programmes and projects.

The position will work closely with operational and budget-holding teams to improve billing processes, payroll reconciliations, income recognition, data quality, and the overall integrity of financial information within Business Central. The successful candidate will be expected to identify process improvements, resolve historic balance sheet issues, and support the organisation in developing a more robust and scalable finance function.

Key Areas of Focus

• Leadership and development of the Finance Officer and Finance Assistant.
• Ownership of month-end and year-end processes.
• Balance sheet reconciliations, including accrued and deferred income.
• Fixed asset accounting and depreciation.
• Strengthening financial controls and audit trails.
• Management accounting, budget holder engagement, and reporting.
• Process improvement and data quality enhancement.
• Business Central optimisation and cost allocation methodologies.
• Working closely with the CFO to improve financial governance and reporting accuracy.

This role would suit a hands-on Financial Controller with strong technical accounting skills, balance sheet expertise, process improvement experience, and a track record of developing finance teams within a charity, not-for-profit, or project-based environment.

Deadline Friday 14th August

As the interim finance market remains extremely active, I am expecting a significant level of interest in this role. While I review every application, I'm unfortunately unable to contact everyone personally. If your experience is a strong match, I'll be in touch directly to discuss next steps.