Interim Financial Controller | Scale-Up with NetSuite Automation | Hybrid London

Harmonic Finance™ | Certified B Corp; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Harmonic Finance is partnering with a VC-backed e-commerce scale-up in London to recruit an Interim Financial Controller. Reporting to the CFO, you’ll own financial control, tax compliance, treasury and finance operations, leading a team across the business and maintaining audit-ready numbers.

This three- to six-month interim assignment starts ASAP, with a hybrid London-based work model and a focus on moving the function toward automation using NetSuite.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with substantial post-qualification experience.
• Leadership experience as a Group Financial Controller or Head of Financial Control in a scale-up environment.
• Background in technology, ideally a digital platform or online business.

Responsibilities

• Own month-end and year-end close, management accounts and IFRS statutory accounts, and the reconciliations and reviews behind them
• Set and own the financial controls, policies and delegated authorities, keeping the business audit and diligence-ready
• Own tax compliance end to end: corporation tax, VAT, PAYE, R&D relief, Companies House filings, the HMRC relationship and the tax treatment of new products before launch
• Plan and run the annual audit and manage the external accountants, tax and legal advisers
• Own treasury and cash, including cash flow forecasting, working capital, banking relationships and payment controls
• Set the standards and controls for the end-to-end payments, receivables and payroll cycle
• Own NetSuite and the finance systems stack, and lead the automation of the finance function

Skills

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Leadership experience

Tech background

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Tools

NetSuite

Job description

Harmonic Finance is partnering with a VC-backed e-commerce scale-up in London to recruit an Interim Financial Controller. Reporting to the CFO, you’ll own financial control, tax compliance, treasury and finance operations, leading a team across the business and maintaining audit-ready numbers.

This three- to six-month interim assignment starts ASAP, with a hybrid London-based work model and a focus on moving the function toward automation using NetSuite.