Interim Head of Finance

Interim Head of FinanceCirca £85k 3-5 Month FTC Immediate Start Required Elevation Recruitment Group are partnering with a fantastic business to appoint an Interim Head of Finance. This is a 3-5 month FTC, based in Stockton, requiring an experienced finance leader who can add value quickly.Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and deliver the regional budget process, ensuring detailed assumptions around sales pricing and forecasting

• Oversee production of monthly management accounts and improve efficiency of the month-end process

• Present clear, concise monthly reporting to the board in an accessible format

• Strengthen financial controls and improve visibility of performance

• Review and significantly improve the quality of regional MI

• Create new, meaningful MI reports to support operational decision-making

• Drive consistency of MI across the business and improve reporting into head office

• Reduce reliance on manual spreadsheets and streamline reporting processes

• Work with large datasets in Excel to improve analysis and reporting accuracy

Key Skills:

• Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA)

• Proven experience operating at senior finance level

• Strong budgeting, forecasting and management accounts background

• Confident board-level reporting and stakeholder management

• Advanced Excel and strong analytical capability

• Experience improving processes and driving efficiencies