Interim Financial Controller – 9 month FTC
Immediate start | £100,000 - £120,000 pa
East Sussex |Mainly Office‑Based with some flexibility
LHH Recruitment Solutions are seeking a highly capable and immediately available Interim Financial Controller to support a rapidly growing organisation based in East Sussex. This role will play a key part in strengthening financial reporting, improving processes, and ensuring high-quality management information to support decision-making across the group.
Key Responsibilities
* Deliver accurate and timely monthly management accounts across multiple entities within the group
* Consolidate financial data from a range of sources and ensure consistency of reporting
* Work closely with the FP&A team to analyse and explain variances versus prior periods and budget and provide meaningful financial insight to support decision-making
* Prepare supporting schedules and analysis for the monthly Management Information pack
* Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, controls, and reporting efficiency
* Support optimisation of the group’s core finance system and broader use of reporting tools, including Excel
* Maintain robust financial controls across the group and ensure timely and accurate submission of financial and operational data from various business units
* Monitor group cash balances and support effective cash management, including ensuring obligations are met
* Lead and develop the finance team
Key Skills / experience:
* Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or ACMA) with strong post-qualification experience
* Demonstrated experience operating in a multi-entity environment
* Strong communication skills, with the ability to articulate financial information clearly to non-finance stakeholders
* Advanced Excel capability and experience working with ERP systems
* Proactive and solutions-oriented, with a focus on continuous improvement
* Ability to balance attention to detail with a strategic, group-wide perspective
* Experience in coaching and developing finance team members