Part Time Financial Controller

The Ninja Group; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Part time

Job summary

A startup finance solutions firm in Exeter seeks a Modular Financial Controller to oversee client financial operations, manage stock controls, and provide financial insights. This initially part-time, hybrid role offers flexibility and the potential for growth into a full-time position. Candidates must have senior finance experience, ideally in manufacturing, and proficiency in finance tools like Xero and Power BI. A UK driving licence is essential for occasional client site visits.

Qualifications

• Proven finance professional in a senior role within manufacturing.
• Ability to manage and reconcile stock and costing controls effectively.
• Experience with cash flow forecasting and reconciliations.

Responsibilities

• Deliver monthly management accounts and board packs.
• Maintain cash flow forecasting and stock controls.
• Support and mentor junior team members and design reporting dashboards.

Skills

Senior finance experience within manufacturing

Experience setting up stock and costing controls

Confident with cash flow and forecasting

Proficient in Xero, Shopify, Excel

Driving licence

Tools

Power BI

Cin7

Job description

You’ll own the finance backbone for each client: month-end close, reporting accuracy, cash flow, stock controls and insight. You’ll work directly with founders and operations teams to turn data into decisions, supported by our modular team and the dedicated Finance Manager for this client. This is initially a part-time role and would potentially suit someone who is semi-retired. However, there is the opportunity to expand into a full-time role in the future.

What You’ll Do

• Deliver monthly management accounts and board packs
• Maintain cash flow forecasting
• Build and reconcile stock controls, costings and yields
• Design clean SOPs, approvals and reporting dashboards (Power BI / Excel)
• Support and mentor junior modular team members
• Partner with owners to provide clarity on margin, cost and cash

Qualifications

• Senior finance experience within manufacturing
• Experience setting up stock and costing controls, ideally in food production
• Confident with cash flow, forecasting and reconciliations for a manufacturing business
• Proficient in Xero, Shopify, inventory tools such as Cin7, Excel and Power BI
• UK-based, with car and driving licence

Working Pattern: Hybrid, one on-site day weekly (Launceston / Okehampton), flexible hours, and opportunity to grow as the client portfolio expands. The majority of your work can be remote, however, you will occasionally need to attend client sites, so a UK driving licence is essential.

We’re Ninja Group HQ, a startup building a new model for finance teams. Instead of hiring multiple full-time roles, our clients subscribe to a modular finance department with flexible access to the skills they need, from bookkeepers to CFOs. We’ve onboarded our first clients and our first Modular Finance Manager. Now we’re hiring our first Modular Financial Controller to shape how we deliver at this level. You’ll work across a small portfolio of growing, founder-led businesses, starting with one client and the potential to expand as we scale.