GDPRLocal
Financial Controller (Fractional)
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Financial Controller (Fractional)
GDPRLocal | Remote, UK based | Contract, around 4 days per month
We are looking for a hands-on Financial Controller to drive the finance function at GDPRLocal, on a fractional basis of around four days a month.
About us
GDPRLocal is a UK headquartered data protection services business. We act as the appointed GDPR Representative, DPO and compliance partner for companies selling into the UK and Europe, on a subscription model. We are around 30 people, approaching £2m turnover, registered/headquartered in UK with operations in North Macedonia.
The role
This is a doing role, with hands-on ownership across:
- Management reporting. The monthly close calendar, entity and consolidated group reporting, variance against budget with commentary that explains what actually moved, plus the annual budget and reforecasts.
- Cashflow. A rolling group cash position and forecast that supports hiring and investment decisions, with risk and headroom flagged early and with options attached.
- Revenue and deferred income. Recognition across rolling annual and monthly subscriptions, and reconciliation of the billing platform to the ledger, including credits, refunds, mid-term changes and failed payments.
- Intercompany and group finance. Recharges between our UK and North Macedonian entities, funding movements, and a position that stands up to audit and transfer pricing scrutiny.
- Statutory and adviser liaison. Owning the timetable with our external accountants and driving year end through to filing.
- Accounts payable and credit control. Owning the process, the approvals and the aged debt position, with day-to-day processing delivered by our bookkeeping partner.
- Controls and process. Building and documenting a finance operating model.
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What we are looking for
Essential:
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA), or equivalent by experience with a strong controller-level track record.
- Genuinely hands-on. Comfortable building the schedule as well as reviewing it.
- Experience of small and mid-sized businesses, ideally owner-managed, where finance is one function among many and pragmatism matters.
- Multi-entity experience, including intercompany balances and recharges.
- Confident owning relationships with external accountants and holding them to a deadline.
- Strong Excel, and comfortable working with data out of operational systems rather than only the ledger.
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Helpful:
- Recurring revenue, subscription or software business experience, particularly deferred income and revenue recognition.
- Experience of a business with an offshore operating centre.
- Experience of building a finance function from a standing start rather than inheriting a running one.
Practical details
- Around four days a month in steady state, potentially uplifted in the initial months while the reporting and processes are developed.
- Contract or self-employed. We will consider a practice providing a named individual, but we want continuity rather than a rotating resource.
- Remote, UK based preferred, with occasional travel to Brighton.
- Day rate or fixed monthly retainer against an agreed scope. We are open to either.
To apply
Apply through LinkedIn, or email Ryan Welmans, Managing Director, at ryan@gdprlocal.com with a short note on the finance functions you have built or taken over.
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