Position title
Financial Controller / Finance Manager - FCA-Regulated Firms
Description

Location: UK-wide — hybrid, remote and on-site
Rate: £350–£600 a day depending on level and complexity
Basis: Interim — full-time and finite, typically six weeks to nine months
Start: Ongoing, with demand heaviest between September and March

We are building our interim panel ahead of the busiest part of the year. Between now and March, UK businesses with December and March year-ends will discover the gaps in their finance functions — a departure at the wrong moment, a first audit, a systems migration, a maternity leave, or a permanent search that will not conclude before the year-end.

Interim work is full-time and finite. The test a client applies is whether they can name when it ends — and that is what makes it different from the fractional arrangements we also place. If you want a defined brief, a clear finish and the freedom between assignments, this is the panel to be on.

Responsibilities

The Kind of Briefs We Place

Year-end and audit cover — preparing the file, running the audit from the client side, clearing a reconciliation backlog
Departure cover at Financial Controller or Finance Manager level while a permanent search runs
Group consolidation and reporting-season support, which is scarcest exactly when everyone needs it
Systems implementation and migration — running finance while the change happens, or running the change
Post-acquisition integration and first-time consolidation
Maternity and long-term absence cover
Fixing a close that has drifted, and documenting it so it stays fixed

Qualifications

What We Look For

Essential

Qualified accountant — ACA, ACCA or CIMA — or qualified by experience with a clear record of owning a close
Able to arrive and be useful inside a fortnight. Interim clients are not paying for a settling-in period
Comfortable inheriting a mess, and genuinely interested in the ones that are broken
Available at short notice, or with a clear picture of when you are next free
Willing to document what you do, so the function does not degrade when you leave

Particularly useful

Group consolidation under IFRS or FRS 102, and multi-entity or multi-currency experience
Having taken a business through a first audit
Systems experience — NetSuite, Dynamics, Sage Intacct, Xero, Workday — especially migrations
FP&A and budget-season capability, which peaks between September and December
FCA-regulated experience — client money, safeguarding or regulatory reporting. Scarce, and it carries a rate premium
Umbrella or limited company arrangements already in place, with a view on IR35 status

Job Benefits

What We Offer

£350–£600 a day depending on level, sector and the technical demands of the brief
Briefs scoped properly — we establish what is actually broken before you arrive, so the scope reflects reality
Fast turnaround. Most interim briefs go from client call to shortlist in 48–72 hours, so you hear quickly either way
Honest positioning on IR35 status and engagement basis before you commit
Repeat work. Clients who have used an interim well tend to come back, and we place the same people repeatedly

Contacts

How to Apply

Send your CV through the form on this page, or register your availability and we will contact you when a matching brief arrives. Handled personally by Adrian Lawrence FCA, Fellow of the ICAEW and a former listed-company Finance Director.

No fee to candidates, and your details are never sent to a client without your consent.

Related reading: the interim finance rate card, interim versus fractional finance, umbrella versus PSC versus fixed-term, and contracting versus permanent in finance.

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Employment Type
Part-time
Beginning of employment
1st October 2026
Duration of employment
Perm
Industry
Financial Services
Job Location
London, South East, United Kingdom
Working Hours
9-5
Base Salary
£350-£600 Per day
Date posted
September 19, 2026
Valid through
October 31, 2026
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