Interim Financial Accountant | Fast Growth FinTech Scale-Up | Glasgow
Harmonic are delighted to be partnering with a fast-growing FinTech Scale-Up with their search for an Interim Group Financial Accountant. Offering a variety to network solutions to their clients they have established themselves as a market leader and look to continue this growth and market dominance.
Turning over £20m, the business is headquartered in Glasgow and have been a large part of the rapid growth of start-ups in the area. They are a non-corporate, exceptionally friendly, and ambitious team looking to strengthen their finance function.
The Role
They are looking for a qualified accountant with around 3-5 years' industry experience interested in joining a scaling company where you will get to make an extensive number of consequential changes for the business in the short term. This opportunity will report directly into the experienced CFO.
This position will support with the preparation and delivery of the statutory audit; preparing financial statements, group consolidations, balance sheet control, and operational finance reviews. There will also be a large element of business partnering and business variance analysis in this position.
Responsibilities
- Support with all statutory audits and reviews, working with the internal finance team and external auditors.
- Support with year-end activities.
- Streamline internal processes where possible.
- Prepare monthly management accountants.
- Be the Technical specialist for all improvement & efficiencies.
- Lead the group financial reporting.
- Group consolidations including IFRS journals.
What we're looking for (Essential skills)
- ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified with 3 years' PQE.
- Self-starter with excellent communication skills.
- Ability to work within a team and individually.
- Ability to hit the ground running without requiring an extensive handover.
- Experience in a similar role in industry.
- Ability to explain financial metrics to non-finance team members.
Bonus Skills
- FinTech or similar industry experience.
- Experience in a listed business.
- Previous experience reporting under IFRS.
Day Rate: £300-£450/day
Location: Glasgow
Start Date: Immediate/ASAP
Contract Length: 3 Months (Initial contract)
Please feel free to get in touch with Ewan Fenley for more information ()
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