Interim Financial Controller
Posted on 10 April 2026
£600 per day (IR35 to be determined)
Interim
London
Accountancy & Finance
31601
Opportunity description
Job Title:
Interim Financial Controller
Stanton House is currently recruiting for an Interim Group Financial Controller to join a large, multi-site consumer-facing business in London on a contract basis (3-6 months contract). This is a hybrid opportunity with 3 days per week in the London office, offering £600 per day with IR35 status to be determined.
This is a high-impact leadership role reporting directly to the CFO, where you'll take ownership of the day-to-day finance function and drive cultural and operational transformation across the wider business. The role offers significant exposure to senior leadership and will play a key role in strengthening finance business partnering, improving reporting quality, and modernising processes and controls.
Responsibilities
This is a high-impact leadership role reporting directly to the CFO, where you'll take ownership of the day-to-day finance function and drive cultural and operational transformation across the wider business. The role offers significant exposure to senior leadership and will play a key role in strengthening finance business partnering, improving reporting quality, and modernising processes and controls.
Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop the finance team, ensuring high performance across reporting, controls, and business support
- Partner closely with senior operational stakeholders to improve decision support and strengthen commercial insight
- Deliver accurate and timely monthly management information, board-level reporting, and lender reporting
- Own cash flow, working capital, and balance sheet control processes
- Lead budgeting and forecasting across the group
- Oversee statutory accounts, VAT, payroll, and wider financial compliance obligations
- Improve management information to provide clearer performance visibility and forward-looking insight
- Drive enhancements across financial controls, policies, systems, and processes
- Support key transformation and strategic projects across the business
- Act as deputy to the CFO when required
- ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified with strong post-qualified experience
- Proven leadership experience managing sizeable finance teams
- Strong technical finance grounding across reporting, controls, compliance, and statutory accounting
- Demonstrated success improving finance processes, systems, and team culture
- Strong business partnering skills with the ability to influence senior operational stakeholders
- Experience working in a multi-entity, high-volume environment
- Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills
- A commercially minded and proactive approach
