Finance Manager (6 month FTC)
Salary: £60,000 - £70,000
Location: London
Notice: Immediately available
As the Interim Finance Manager, you will join a central finance team on a 6-month contract, supporting financial control, reporting, and compliance activities. You will assist with monthly management accounts (including P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow), support VAT returns and tax processes, and help ensure balance sheet accuracy through reconciliations and reporting. The role includes working with external auditors on financial statements, audit processes, and agreed-upon procedures, as well as supporting internal controls, treasury activities, and SAP system processes. This is a hands-on position requiring close collaboration with finance teams to deliver accurate reporting and meet deadlines.
What will you be doing?
* Supporting the Central Finance team: be a support to the Senior Financial Control and Accounting Manager to help cover accounting policies, transactional accounting, tax, VAT returns, approving payment runs and expense payments.
* Monthly financial reporting: assisting with the production of monthly management accounts including P/L, B/S & C/F statements for each entity and at a consolidated level; ensuring all backup schedules and working papers are complete (monthly or periodically as required). Provide support to Commercial Finance and FP&A in the production of departmental performance reports.
* Annual financial statements, audit & AUPs: being a key point of contact with the external auditors and in producing the financial statements for the groups companies under FRS 102. Working with the auditors on a quarterly basis to ensure smooth review of Lender reporting as they perform their testing of the Agreed Upon Procedures (AUPs)
* Financial compliance: ensure internal controls are adhered to across the business, and helping to maintain a compliance timetable monthly; support the formal documentation of accounting policies and memos.
* Balance Sheet: Helping to ensure all assets and liabilities are properly accounted for and reported; provide overviews and commentaries for fixed assets, working capital and long-term liabilities. Production of and review of Balance Sheet Reconciliations.
* Treasury: support the Treasury Manager as required to enable accurate cashflow forecasting. Provide cover as a first level approver of the weekly payment runs prepared by the AP team.
* Systems: Ensure the validity and relevance of the SAP accounting system, and all associated and linked platforms. Supporting the Finance and IT teams in planning activities for the upgrade of the SAP ERP platform.
* Tax: Assist with the VAT Return submissions and the CIT reporting process, plus any other tax related projects, such as R&D tax credits and capital allowances.
* Other: Assist with ad hoc external and lender reporting.
What we are looking for?
* Fully qualified ACA/ACCA (or equivalent) with audit background
* Working knowledge of managing audit, financial reporting and compliance; cashflow; internal governance and regulatory compliance
* Previous experience of working in a financial reporting function
* Strong Excel and systems skills
* Capable of working under pressure to tight deadlines
* Always striving to grow and continually embracing change
Additional details
* Hybrid – 3 days in office
* Telco experience
* Clearly articulate key accounting concepts to stakeholders or colleagues