Interim Financial Controller

About the Business

An excellent opportunity to join a manufacturing business as an Interim Financial Controller, based in Bromyard, Worcestershire and working hybrid with just 1 day a week on site. You will join at an exciting time, with lots of growth on the horizon. The role is initially 6 months, with a strong chance of it being extended.

Main Duties:

As an Interim Financial Controller, your main duties include:

Month-End & Financial Reporting

Sign off the monthly management accounts and the commentary within the profit report before it reaches the Board, making sure both the numbers and the narrative stand up to challenge

Review balance sheet reconciliations across the UK entities, clearing down ageing and unsupported items

Run the monthly sales review, explaining and commenting on movements against prior year

Take ownership of UK transfer pricing and ensure intercompany treatment is applied consistently

Complete ONS statistical returns and other statutory data submissions

Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting

Pull together the UK budget, consolidating site submissions and preparing the review slide deck

Guide the Management Accountant through the forecast cycles

Support the Head of Finance with estimates, Board meeting packs and Management Team packs

Business Partnering & Operational Finance

Chair monthly stock meetings, challenging valuation, movement and shrinkage

Hold monthly meetings with Operations, connecting financial performance back to what is actually driving it

Review site P&Ls directly with the respective Managing Directors

Meet budget holders monthly and hold them to account for their spend

Year End & Team Leadership

Lead year-end preparation, assemble the audit file, and act as the main point of contact for the external audit

Line manage and develop one Management Accountant and two Finance Assistants, holding regular one-to-ones, setting clear priorities and providing technical coaching

Provide continuity and steady the team through a period of significant change

Location / Office / Culture

The role is hybrid, with 1 day a week on site at the Worcestershire head office and 4 days remote — a genuinely flexible pattern with a high degree of autonomy. You'll report directly into the Head of Finance and work alongside a peer Group Financial Controller elsewhere in the group.

What We Are Looking For

The ideal candidate will have:

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified with solid post-qualification experience in a financial control role

A manufacturing or similar background

Experience reporting into a larger group is useful

Why Join the business

Hybrid working with only 1 day a week on site

Genuine ownership of the UK financial control and reporting cycle from day one

Lead and develop a team of three

Broad, varied remit spanning reporting, control, credit, operational finance and systems

Join a growing, global business at a genuinely interesting point in its UK expansion

About Us

We are a local accountancy recruitment specialist. We appreciate that roles are often online for a long period of time. If you want to check if this role is still live or just want more details before applying, call us directly.

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