Interim Workday Controller — London, Hybrid

Stanton House; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 129,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

Stanton House is seeking an Interim Financial Controller to lead key Workday Financials projects for a PE-backed fintech in London. This is a 4-month assignment with potential extension, starting late August/early September.

The role requires ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent, hands-on Workday Financials experience, and a hands-on approach to technical accounting, balance sheet reconciliations, and finance transformation. Hybrid work with two office days per week (Thursday core).

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent).
• Hands-on Workday Financials experience essential.
• Strong technical accounting, balance sheet reconciliations and finance transformation experience.
• Ability to lead multi-project finance workstreams with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Own finance transformation and accounting clean-up projects through to completion.
• Lead software capitalisation project and staff costs capitalisation.
• Lead asset leases clean-up and reconcile ~300 laptop leases.
• Review lease accounting, identify discrepancies and ensure accuracy.
• Use Workday Leases module to automate lease accounting going forward.
• Establish robust balance sheet reconciliation methodologies and tools.
• Identify opportunities to automate reconciliation processes in Workday.

Skills

Technical accounting

Financial reporting

Process improvement

Autonomous work

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent

Tools

Workday Financials

Job description

Stanton House is seeking an Interim Financial Controller to lead key Workday Financials projects for a PE-backed fintech in London. This is a 4-month assignment with potential extension, starting late August/early September.

The role requires ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent, hands-on Workday Financials experience, and a hands-on approach to technical accounting, balance sheet reconciliations, and finance transformation. Hybrid work with two office days per week (Thursday core).