Financial Controller

• Join a PE-backed financial services business at a pivotal December year-end
• Tackle complex IFRS, consolidation and financial reporting
• Leicester | 3-month contract | Inside IR35 | Hybrid - 2 days in office

Interim Financial Controller – Group Reporting & Year End
Leicester, Hybrid working (2 days office, 3 days from home)
Inside IR35 via Umbrella
£450 - £490pd (Umbrella rate)

Are you an experienced Financial Controller who enjoys getting stuck into complex financial reporting, technical accounting and delivering a challenging year-end?

We're looking for three Interim Financial Controllers to join a successful, private equity-backed financial services organisation for an exciting, business-critical 3-month assignment.

Leicester city centre – hybrid working (2 days per week in the office)
3-month contract
Inside IR35
37 hours per week

What's the opportunity?
You'll be joining a dedicated and high-performing finance team at a pivotal point in its reporting calendar, working closely with the Finance Director - Financial Reporting to support delivery of the December year-end.

These are hands-on, technically focused roles where you'll take ownership of specific workstreams and make an immediate contribution to a busy year-end programme.

You'll get involved in a varied mix of activities, including:

• Group consolidation and statutory reporting
• Acquisition and investment accounting
• Consolidated cash flow and going concern assessments
• Balance sheet reviews and substantiation
• IFRS reporting, including IFRS 16
• Impairment assessments and technical accounting
• Financial controls, reconciliations and year-end adjustments
• Regulatory and statutory submissions

Who are we looking for?
Experienced Financial Controllers or senior financial reporting professionals who:

• Have strong technical accounting and IFRS knowledge.
• Have experience of group reporting, consolidation and statutory year-end.
• Are comfortable working through complex accounting matters.
• Can quickly get up to speed, take ownership of deliverables and hit the ground running.
• Enjoy working collaboratively as part of a focused finance team.

Experience within financial services or a complex, regulated group environment would be particularly valuable.

Why consider it?
A great opportunity to work within a private equity-backed business, tackle interesting technical accounting challenges and play a key role in delivering a critical year-end programme alongside an experienced Finance Director and wider finance team.

We're recruiting for three positions, so if you're an experienced Financial Controller looking for your next assignment, we'd love to hear from you!

Interested? Get in touch for a confidential conversation or send across your CV.