Summary: The role of Interim Finance Director involves leading a team of Financial Controllers across multiple countries while partnering closely with the Fractional CFO, CEO, and COO in a growing international business. The position is focused on hands-on delivery, ensuring high-quality financial reporting, cash visibility, and strengthening financial controls. The successful candidate will be responsible for month-end close processes, forecasting, and management reporting. This fully remote position requires collaboration across time zones, primarily during UK core hours.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and coach Financial Controllers (US/UK/ASIAPAC) to ensure consistent, high-quality delivery.
- Own the end-to-end month-end close, group reporting rhythm, and performance pack.
- Drive cash visibility: forecasting, working capital, and short-term liquidity management.
- Build and run forecasting and budgeting (including scenario modelling).
- Improve management reporting: KPIs, variance analysis, and actionable insights for CEO/COO.
- Strengthen financial controls, policies, and audit readiness across multiple entities.
- Roll sleeves up on delivery: reconciliations, review, problem-solving, and unblock the team.
- Partner with the Fractional CFO on priorities (board pack support, finance roadmap, key initiatives).
Key Skills:
- Proven Interim/contract FD or senior finance lead experience in a hands-on capacity.
- Strong track record leading month-end, management reporting, and forecasting.
- Experience managing/working with teams across multiple countries/time zones.
- Comfortable operating close to the business with CEO/COO-level stakeholders.
- Solid technical base (multi-entity reporting, controls, audit readiness).
- Confident communicator who can bring clarity, pace and structure remotely.
- PE-backed / high-growth / transformation exposure (nice-to-have).
- Systems improvement experience (ERP/finance tooling, reporting automation) (nice-to-have).
- Multi-currency and consolidation experience (nice-to-have).
Salary (Rate): £130,000.00 yearly
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Location: Fully remote (UK-based)
Salary: £90,000–£130,000 (DOE)
Contract: Interim / FTC (length TBC)
We’re hiring an Interim Finance Director for a hands-on, delivery-focused role in a growing international business. You’ll lead a small team of Financial Controllers across the US, UK and Australia, partnering closely with a Fractional CFO and working day-to-day with the CEO and COO.
Working pattern: Remote with regular cross-time-zone collaboration (UK core hours with flexibility)
What you’ll do
- Lead and coach Financial Controllers (US/UK/ASIAPAC) to ensure consistent, high-quality delivery.
- Own the end-to-end month-end close, group reporting rhythm, and performance pack.
- Drive cash visibility: forecasting, working capital, and short-term liquidity management.
- Build and run forecasting and budgeting (including scenario modelling).
- Improve management reporting: KPIs, variance analysis, and actionable insights for CEO/COO.
- Strengthen financial controls, policies, and audit readiness across multiple entities.
- Roll sleeves up on delivery: reconciliations, review, problem-solving, and unblock the team.
- Partner with the Fractional CFO on priorities (board pack support, finance roadmap, key initiatives).
What we’re looking for (must-haves)
- Proven Interim/contract FD or senior finance lead experience in a hands-on capacity.
- Strong track record leading month-end, management reporting, and forecasting.
- Experience managing/working with teams across multiple countries/time zones.
- Comfortable operating close to the business with CEO/COO-level stakeholders.
- Solid technical base (multi-entity reporting, controls, audit readiness).
- Confident communicator who can bring clarity, pace and structure remotely.
Nice-to-haves
- PE-backed / high-growth / transformation exposure.
- Systems improvement experience (ERP/finance tooling, reporting automation).
- Multi-currency and consolidation experience.
What success looks like (first 4–8 weeks)
- Month-end closed smoothly with consistent standards across regions.
- Clear cash forecast and forecasting cadence in place.
- CEO/COO receiving a reliable performance pack with actionable insights.
- Controllers aligned, supported, and delivering against a shared rhythm.
