Interim Group Financial Controller

Headstar; Middlesbrough; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Interim Group Financial Controller to drive financial processes and reporting improvements. This role demands a qualified accountant who thrives in dynamic environments and can lead a team through significant changes. You will be responsible for ensuring timely month-end closes, managing budgeting and cashflow forecasting, and enhancing financial controls. With the backing of the CFO and autonomy to implement changes, this position offers a unique opportunity to make a substantial impact on the finance function. If you're ready to roll up your sleeves and tackle challenges head-on, this role is for you.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with experience in interim roles.
• Proven ability to lead teams through change.

Responsibilities

• Lead the accounting team and ensure efficient month-end processes.
• Review and improve financial systems and controls.

Skills

Team Leadership

Financial Reporting

Process Improvement

Budgeting

Cashflow Forecasting

Systems Rollouts

Change Management

Education

Qualified Accountant

Tools

Business Central

Job description

Interim Group Financial Controller (KP6244) Middlesbrough, England

The new structure is live. Now the real work begins. They’ve pressed “go” on the tech, but what they need now is someone who can look at what’s actually been built — the processes, the reporting flows, the controls — and sort the stuff that isn't quite working (you know, the bits they said were “fine” during UAT).

This is not a BAU-only role. But you’ll need to handle BAU too. Because while you’re reviewing controls, tightening processes, and building out best practice — someone still has to deliver the 2-day close, manage the team, and keep the Group CFO sane.

What you'll actually be doing:

1. Leading the accounting team (and yes, they’ll want answers before coffee some mornings)
2. Reviewing and improving post-implementation systems, controls, and reporting flows
3. Getting month-end nailed. Fast. Clean. No excuses.
4. Owning Group reporting, budgeting, and cashflow forecasting
5. Partnering with commercial finance like a grown-up
6. Steering year-end, audits, tax packs, and all the usual FC-level heavy lifting
7. Supporting process training across the business (because not everyone’s as finance-fluent as you)

You’ll need to:

• Be a qualified accountant with experience from similar interim roles
• Know how to lead a team through change without breaking them
• Be confident spotting broken processes and fixing them without fanfare
• Have experience with systems rollouts, ideally Business Central
• Understand how to balance the urgent and the important
• Actually enjoy cleaning up messy finance functions (some people do – strangely)

This isn’t for someone waiting for the dust to settle. You’ll be in the dust, sleeves rolled up, making sure the thing works while keeping everything else moving.

It’s a big role. But you’ll have the mandate, the CFO’s backing, and enough autonomy to make a difference.

If this sounds like your kind of challenge, get in touch. No pitch decks. Just your CV and a grown-up chat.

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