Job Description
Interim Finance Process Improvement Lead
6-12 Month Interim Assignment
Brackley, Northamptonshire - Hybrid
Role Overview
SF Recruitment are delighted to be working with a PE backed business in Brackley, Northamptonshire. Our client is seeking an Interim Finance Process Improvement lead to work closely with the Group Financial Controller & deliver a high-impact role focused on driving finance transformation, integrating subsidiaries, and redesigning processes. If you thrive on solving complex problems, challenging the status quo, and delivering results ahead of deadlines, this role is for you.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead targeted finance transformation initiatives-automation, reporting improvements, and workflow optimisation.
- Drive finance integration projects post-acquisition, standardising processes across the Group.
- Identify process pain points and implement practical, innovative solutions.
- Collaborate with the Group Financial Controller to build scalable, future-proof finance structures.
- Challenge existing practices to ensure the best, not just the familiar, approach is taken.
- Provide actionable insights to improve financial reporting, controls, and efficiency.
- Ensure timely, accurate delivery of projects-deadlines aren't negotiable.
- Partner across Finance, IT, and Operations to embed change successfully.
- Document and transfer knowledge to secure long-term adoption of new processes.
- Monitor the impact of changes and refine strategies for continuous improvement.
Required Skills & Experience
- Proven track record in finance transformation (ERP implementation, process reengineering, integration).
- Experience in interim/contract change roles, not just BAU financial control.
- Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills for complex challenges.
- History of leading projects that deliver measurable improvements in processes and controls.
- Ability to challenge constructively and influence senior stakeholders.
- Experience in multi-entity or private equity-backed organisations.
- Commercially astute, balancing control, efficiency, and growth.
- Knowledge of Netsuite or large-scale ERP systems.