Interim Financial Controller

Role

Who you are

• Qualified accountant. ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CA, or equivalent
• You have taken a group audit from prep to sign-off as the preparer, not just supported one
• Multi-entity, multi-currency consolidation experience
• Statutory account exposure across US and UK entities. APAC is a bonus
• Enough international tax exposure to hold your own on transfer pricing, permanent establishment, and sales
• Tax. You do not need to be a technical expert. You need to know what to ask
• Payroll oversight across the US and UK
• Quick ramp time, no coaching
• Available to start ASAP

Desirable

• SaaS or subscription revenue, and comfort with deferred and accrued income at volume
• R&D capitalisation or R&D claims in the UK
• Xero, Chargebee, and a modern finance stack. We use AI tools heavily across the team and you will be
• Encouraged to
• You have worked in a company that was growing faster than its processes

What the job involves

• This is purely an execution role. We need someone who is ready to take the compliance and reporting load and run it properly, at pace to ensure we adhere to our reporting timelines.
• Audit and statutory
• Group and APAC audit prep and delivery. (APAC and Group under FRS 102)
• Statutory accounts across the four entities (Aus, NZ, US, UK)
• R&D capitalization methodology that passes audit first time, with support from our finance manager
• Inter-company loan between the UK and US
• Transfer pricing refresh covering the Australian tax losses, and the UAE entity if it goes ahead
• Assistance with entity setup, registration, and tax compliance
• Canada sales tax position assessment
• CFC and PFIC status memorandum completion
• Payroll across the group
• Month end review and sign-off
• Covenant reporting
• You will report to the finance director and work most closely with our finance manager and finance associate