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About the Role
The client requires an Interim Group Financial Controller to provide cover during an absence and lead the group through a critical year-end period with demanding statutory deadlines. The successful candidate will own the year-end close, consolidation and acquisition accounting, and will be the primary finance lead for the external auditors through to sign-off. This is a high-impact assignment for a technically strong finance leader who can take ownership from day one.
Responsibilities
- Lead delivery of the Group’s year-end close, consolidation and statutory reporting process.
- Oversee consolidation across a large, acquisitive, multi-currency group structure.
- Take ownership of acquisition accounting for a number of recently completed acquisitions, including purchase price allocations, fair value adjustments, goodwill calculations and deferred consideration.
- Act as the primary finance lead for the external audit, coordinating information and responses to meet entity and Group audit deadlines.
- Review and challenge the preparation of statutory accounts to ensure technical accuracy and consistency across the Group.
- Provide technical accounting guidance on FRS 102 and other complex accounting matters.
- Lead, mentor and coordinate the Financial Control team through year-end and audit.
- Partner closely with the Group Finance Director and wider leadership team on finance transformation and M&A activity.
Requirements
- ACA qualified with 10+ years' post-qualification experience; Big 4 background preferred.
- Significant experience within a large, complex, multi-entity group environment.
- Extensive hands-on experience of group consolidations involving 50+ entities.
- Strong technical accounting knowledge, including UK GAAP / FRS 102 and acquisition accounting.
- Demonstrable experience leading year-end and statutory audit processes under demanding reporting timetables.
- Proven experience managing and developing financial control or group reporting teams.
- Track record of integrating acquisitions and delivering purchase accounting in acquisitive businesses.
- Ability to operate autonomously with minimal supervision and hit the ground running.
Skills
- FRS 102
- UK GAAP
- Acquisition accounting
- Group consolidations
- Statutory reporting
- Purchase price allocations
- Fair value adjustments
- Goodwill calculations
- Deferred consideration
- Microsoft Business Central
- Jet Reporting
Work Type
- Interim
- Contract
Experience Level
- 10+ years' post-qualification experience
Education Level
- ACA qualified
Salary/Compensations
- up to £115k
About the Company
- Our client is a large, investor-backed insurance group with a diverse portfolio spanning broking and underwriting distribution across the UK and international markets.
- The group has a complex, multi-entity, multi-currency structure and continues to grow through a busy programme of acquisitions, with several further transactions in the pipeline.