Interim Head of Finance

This position will be covering while the business undertakes a full permanent search. This is a broad SME controller role with mixed responsibilities, including leading a small finance team. This is well suited to a 'hands on' accountant that isn't afraid of getting into the detail, but is also able to liaise effectively with key stakeholders in the business.

Client Details

My client are a SME business based in the Gloucestershire area. They are well established and located just off the M5 motorway

Description

The core responsibilities within this role are:

• Accountable for the development of an effective financial accounting function.
• Delivery of month–end accounts and year–end reporting packs.
• Liaise with external 3rd parties in financial regulatory and legislation matters.
• Continually develop robust finance controls, processes and procedures: ensuring the organisation operates within these.
• Oversee the efficient delivery of the monthly Payroll.
• Oversee the organisations cash forecasting activities.
• Work with the Managing Director to assess and mitigate organisational risk.
• Ensure management accounts are accurately produced and delivered to agreed timetables.
• Oversee the delivery of an effective business partnering function to the business and finance representation on all projects and developments.
• Drive and oversee the annual budgeting, and rolling forecast.
• Develop and provide a budget management framework to analyse the business performance and its delivery of service.
• Prepare departmental policies, procedures, audits and risk assessments.

Profile

The successful candidate:

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
• Experience in running a SME finance function including Payroll, VAT and transactional processing.
• Demonstrable understanding of impactful business partnering.
• Attributable success in delivering a year end through to audit closure.
• Ability to work on own initiative, prioritise work, handle pressurised situations and take day–to–day decisions on running the organisational financial matters.

Job Offer

There is a highly competitive remuneration on offer and a quick start for the successful candidate. This role will involve a lot of office based work so candidates will need to be within a commutable distance of Gloucestershire.