Interim Head of Financial Control

Go Fractional; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working (60% min office)

Cycle to work scheme

Discounted gym memberships throughWell

Private Health and Dental Insurance

Enhanced Pension (matched)

Income Protection

Share Incentive Plan (buy one get one)

Learning budget

Primary & Secondary Caregiver Leave

Shared Parental Leave

Enhanced sick pay

Free Perkbox subscription

Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice

YellowNest - Subsidised Childcare Fees

Work from Abroad

Job summary

Go Fractional in London is seeking a Head of Management Accounts for a 6-month fixed term contract. The role sits in Financial Control, leading a team to own month end, balance sheet and reconciliations, with oversight from Revenue to EBITDA.

You will partner with Legal, Commercial, Product and Technology to shape commercial decisions, ensure high standards, and drive automated improvements in controls and reporting.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with post-qualification experience in month end, balance sheet and working capital in a complex business.
• Experience managing senior finance managers or teams and driving performance.
• Strong IFRS knowledge and governance for listed companies; ability to judge accounting policy.
• Proven business partner to senior non-finance stakeholders for commercial decisions.
• Excellent stakeholder management; can lead projects end-to-end.

Responsibilities

• Lead Financial Control, owning month end, balance sheet and key reconciliations.
• Manage two Senior Finance Managers and oversee P&L from Revenue to EBITDA.
• Partner with Legal, Commercial, Product and Technology to translate issues into plans.
• Represent Financial Control in external reporting and governance work.
• Drive internal controls, automation and continuous improvement.

Skills

Qualified accountant

Post-qual experience

IFRS knowledge

Stakeholder management

Leadership

ERP experience

Multi-currency exposure

Policy judgement

Education

Professional qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Tools

ERP platforms

Finance automation tools

Job description

Management Accounting, 6 Month Fixed Term Contract

£100-110k

• Bonus & 2-for-1 share purchase plans

Senior and Expert level

London

2+ days a week in office

Role

Who you are

• Qualified accountant status (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with significant post-qualification experience running month end, balance sheet, reconciliation and working capital processes in a complex business
• Experience managing and developing senior finance managers or teams, including setting direction and managing performance through others, with a track record of holding teams to high standards
• Strong technical knowledge of IFRS and listed-company governance, and confidence making accounting policy judgements
• A strong track record of business partnering with senior, non-finance stakeholders to shape commercial decisions
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trust quickly, manage upwards, delegate effectively and run a project from beginning to end
• A collaborative leadership style that empowers teams to own delivery, while you stay accountable for standards and outcomes
• Experience of ERP platforms or finance automation tools
• Experience in a listed or multi-currency business would be an advantage, though not essential

What the job involves

• Our Financial Control team sits at the heart of how we understand and run the business, owning the quality and integrity of our management accounts, balance sheet and month end processes
• As Head of Management Accounts, you'll lead a team through two Senior Finance Managers, covering the P&L from Revenue to Adjusted EBITDA (one above Gross Margin, one below), acting as the go-to expert for complex accounting judgement and the person who joins the dots across Financial Control, FP&A and the wider business
• You'll scale through your team rather than through the detail, empowering them to own the underlying processes end to end while you remain accountable for outcomes and standards, acting as the escalation point for judgement calls and the driver of improvement and projects
• Beyond Financial Control, you'll be a natural point of contact for cross-functional work, partnering with teams including Legal, Commercial, Product and Technology to translate complex or ambiguous problems into a clear, well documented plan
• Reporting into the Group Financial Controller, you'll build broad enough knowledge across external reporting, governance, working capital and FP&A to deputise when needed, and you'll represent Financial Control with authority across the business
• Lead the team within Financial Control, principally through two direct reports, acting as a role model who coaches and mentors to build capability, delegates effectively, holds the team to a high standard of delivery and keeps development and succession front of mind
• Act as a thought leader within the team, bringing structure and clarity to complex or ambiguous problems and documenting conclusions so they can be applied consistently across the function
• Lead cross-functional projects from beginning to end, working with teams including Legal, Commercial, Product and Technology, setting and holding a timeline and navigating senior stakeholder relationships to land a single, well-documented position
• Hold accountability for the smooth, timely running of month end, including balance sheet integrity, key reconciliations and working capital analysis, with the team owning execution and you providing judgement and sign off, critically reviewing management accounts output for risks, inconsistencies and control gaps and ensuring a consistently high-quality, on-time, audit-ready close
• Act as the subject matter expert for external reporting and controls, providing technical challenge on Annual Report and Half-Year Report verification activity, owning accounting policy judgements and their documentation, and liaising with external auditors on balance sheet and reporting matters as needed
• Be accountable for a strong internal control environment, and drive continuous improvement and automation to reduce manual effort and improve the quality of outputs
• Hold the team accountable for effective Order-to-Cash processes across the group, maintaining strong control and discipline, while proactively identifying emerging risks or areas of complexity
• Own the cost budgeting process in partnership with FP&A, ensuring cost centre owners work to a clear timetable, challenge assumptions and are well prepared to present to the CFO, and build a team that acts as trusted finance partners across the business, providing insight and challenge that shapes commercial decisions, stepping in personally for the most complex or senior conversations
• Maintain strong awareness of corporate governance as a listed business, provide senior oversight of working capital performance including Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable, and deputise for the Group Financial Controller as required, including representing Financial Control at key forums

Company benefits

• Flexible working (60% min office attendance)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted gym memberships through Wellhub
• Private Health and Dental Insurance
• Enhanced Pension (matched contributions)
• Income Protection
• Share Incentive Plan (buy one get one free)
• Learning budget
• Primary & Secondary Caregiver Leave
• Shared Parental Leave
• Enhanced sick pay
• Free Perkbox subscription
• Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• YellowNest - Subsidised Childcare Fees
• Work from Abroad