Interim Finance Director (ACA) – London – Up to £130k – 18-month contract
A dynamic and entrepreneurial supply chain, pricing and financing services company are looking for an interim finance director for a maternity cover contract.
Your main responsibility will be to manage the accounting team (reporting to the CFO) ensuring all aspects of reporting and processing are operating effectively.
Role:
- Lead and manage a team of 11, with direct reports and indirect oversight of the global finance team.
- Involvement with an ongoing IPO process and responsibility for ensuring processes and controls are put in place that are appropriate for a listed entity
- Oversee and review management account reporting, including:
- Conducting ad hoc second reviews of submissions.
- Reviewing the consolidation process, including IFRS application.
- Preparing monthly board management accounts, quarterly board packs, annual financial statements, and the annual budget.
- Managing the annual audit process, from engagement to sign-off, ensuring timely completion and compliance.
- Collaborating with the tax team to ensure accurate tax accounting and compliance.
- Overseeing routine transactional processes such as VAT, and providing support to junior staff as needed.
- Handling ad hoc shareholder reporting.
- Oversee daily management of finance processes and procedures.
- Provide FX oversight and contribute to report development.
- Manage data analysis using data warehousing and PowerBI-driven reporting.
- Oversee global tax matters, including transfer pricing (TP), VAT, and global consolidation.
- Supervise IT and supplier relationships, such as Bottomline and Barclaycard replacements.
- Facilitate training within and across teams on topics like FX, VAT, the internal ERP system (SUITE), and data management.
- Drive process improvements aligned with system enhancement rollouts.
Experience required:
- ACA trained from practice with 8-10 years PQE.
- Proven experience of managing a team and working in a listed environment
- Ability to form relationships within finance team, IT teams and wider office to ensure positive collaborative working environment.
- Ability to manage numerous requirements and prioritising critical, along with keeping relevant stakeholders well informed on tasks.
- A forward-thinking individual who can assist the finance team to develop processes and to automate and systemise as much as possible.
- Previous exposure to multi-currency entities