Interim Financial Controller - Lead Growth & Transformation

Marks Sattin; United States; Remote; USD 107,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£500 per day Outside IR35

Onsite 1-2 days per week

6 months contract

Job summary

Marks Sattin is partnering with a South Manchester SME during a period of rapid growth to appoint a hands-on Financial Controller. You will lead the finance function, improve management accounts and reporting, and drive governance and transformation initiatives to support scale.

The role requires a fully qualified accountant with a track record in SME finance leadership, delivering timely MI, robust controls and impactful commercial insight.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant with ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent.
• Proven experience as Financial Controller or Senior Finance Leader in growing SME/mid-size business.
• Strong track record improving management accounts, reporting and finance operations.
• Comfortable driving structure, organisation and change within finance functions.
• Hands-on approach to deliver and improve processes.
• Excellent stakeholder management and ability to challenge senior leaders.
• Experience in finance transformation and change programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead monthly management accounts production, review and enhancement with commercial insight.
• Improve month-end processes, reduce reporting timelines and increase efficiency.
• Review finance procedures and implement best-practice controls and governance.
• Drive improvements in management reporting, KPIs and business performance reporting.
• Resolve historical accounting issues, balance sheet reconciliations and gaps.
• Prepare monthly group consolidations and board-level financial reports.
• Lead audit preparation and improve year-end sign-off processes.
• Oversee treasury including short/medium-term cashflow forecasting.
• Partner with senior stakeholders for financial analysis and decision-support.
• Deliver finance transformation initiatives to support growth.
• Mentor and develop the wider finance team and reporting discipline.

Skills

Financial leadership

Stakeholder management

Process improvement

Change management

Financial analysis

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Tools

Excel

ERP systems

Job description

Marks Sattin is partnering with a South Manchester SME during a period of rapid growth to appoint a hands-on Financial Controller. You will lead the finance function, improve management accounts and reporting, and drive governance and transformation initiatives to support scale.

The role requires a fully qualified accountant with a track record in SME finance leadership, delivering timely MI, robust controls and impactful commercial insight.