Heyland Recruitment are delighted to be partnering our client, a UK Manufacturing subsidiary of a large international business based in the Warrington area as they look to appoint an experienced Interim Financial Controller.
Reporting to the Group Finance Director, the Interim Financial Controller will manage the day to day running of the financial reporting team, taking full responsibility for the management and leadership of the accounting function to deliver high quality management and statutory reporting, forecasts and budgets, focusing on accuracy, quality and timeliness.

Interim Financial Controller Job Description

• Manage a small accounting team
• Preparation of management accounts and comparison against budget and forecast
• Preparation of KPI reports and communication to department heads to aid their understanding of
performance, trends and required action
• Maintain sales and gross margin analysis and reporting
• Manage working capital including cash, stock, debtors and creditors
• Ensure situations and issues that may indicate or lead to system, business or profit risk are identified, resolved and
reported when necessary
• Management and control of the year-end audit process and main day-to-day interface with external auditors
• Support production of audit packs for group
• Production of year-end tax pack and draft computation
• Maintenance of the year-end tax journals and the tax control accounts

Skills & Qualifications

• Accounting qualification ACA/ACCA/CIMA
• Experience in a manufacturing environment
• Experience of managing small or large finance teams

The ideal candidate will be a fully qualified CIMA, ACCA, ACA Financial Controller with a proven track record
in developing existing processes and procedures, ideally within a Manufacturing environment.

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