Summary: Rutherford Cross is seeking an Interim Group Financial Controller for a 3-month period in South Lanarkshire. The role involves leading the preparation of statutory accounts, managing group consolidation processes, and acting as the main contact for external audits. The ideal candidate should have strong technical accounting knowledge and a minimum of 8 years of post-qualified experience.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the preparation and delivery of statutory accounts across multiple legal entities, ensuring full compliance with UK GAAP/IFRS
- Manage the end-to-end group consolidation process, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and timeliness of reporting
- Act as the key point of contact for the external audit, coordinating deliverables and resolving queries efficiently
- Partner with senior finance stakeholders across the business to ensure robust controls, governance, and alignment of accounting policies
Key Skills:
- Immediately available
- Strong technical accounting knowledge, particularly in consolidations
- Minimum 8 years post qualified experience (ICAS, ACCA, CIMA or eqv.)
- Excellent Excel skills
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Glasgow
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Rutherford Cross is delighted to supporting a high-growth, PE backed organisation to appoint an Interim Group Financial Controller for a 3-month period.
Position : Interim Group Financial Controller
Location : South Lanarkshire (office based)
Day Rate : Competitive DOE
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the preparation and delivery of statutory accounts across multiple legal entities, ensuring full compliance with UK GAAP/IFRS
- Manage the end-to-end group consolidation process, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and timeliness of reporting
- Act as the key point of contact for the external audit, coordinating deliverables and resolving queries efficiently
- Partner with senior finance stakeholders across the business to ensure robust controls, governance, and alignment of accounting policies
The Ideal Candidate
- Immediately available
- Strong technical accounting knowledge, particularly in consolidations
- Minimum 8 years post qualified experience (ICAS, ACCA, CIMA or eqv.)
- Excellent Excel skills
Our client is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy and maternity.
For more information, please contact Christina McLean at Rutherford Cross.