mywage
Financial Controller – Part-Time
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The Role
We are looking for an experienced, commercially minded Financial Controller to take ownership of the day-to-day financial management of the business.
This is a senior, hands-on role suited to someone who enjoys working in an SME or growing business environment and is comfortable operating autonomously. You will take responsibility for the complete finance cycle, from invoicing and cash collection through to management accounts, cash-flow forecasting, budgeting and group reporting.
Working closely with the CEO and wider leadership team, you will ensure the business has accurate, timely financial information, strong financial controls and, critically, clear visibility of its current and future cash position.
As part of a wider group, the Financial Controller will also represent the business from a finance perspective at regular group-level meetings, presenting financial performance, cash position and forecasts to group stakeholders.
This is not a traditional Finance Director or CFO position. We are looking for someone happy to remain close to the detail and take ownership of operational finance activities while bringing the experience, judgement and credibility expected of a senior finance professional.
Key Responsibilities
Management Reporting & Financial Control
- Own the monthly management accounts process, ensuring accurate and timely reporting
- Produce a clear monthly financial pack covering P&L, balance sheet, cash flow and key business metrics
- Provide meaningful variance analysis against budget, forecast and prior periods
- Maintain financial controls, processes and reporting disciplines
- Ensure balance sheet reconciliations and other core accounting controls are completed accurately
- Maintain oversight of the general ledger and integrity of financial data
- Identify financial risks, anomalies and areas requiring management attention
Invoicing & Cash Collection
- Own the end-to-end customer invoicing and cash collection process
- Ensure invoices are raised accurately and promptly, in line with customer contracts and agreed terms
- Maintain clear visibility of invoiced, accrued and expected revenue
- Own the accounts receivable ledger; ensure cash receipts are accurately allocated and reconciled
- Proactively manage outstanding debt and drive timely collection
- Maintain regular communication with customers on outstanding invoices and resolve billing queries
- Produce accurate aged-debt reporting and monitor debtor days and collection performance
- Escalate collection risks and significant overdue balances early
- Work with commercial and operational colleagues to resolve issues delaying invoicing or collection
- Continuously improve billing and collection processes to maximise cash conversion
Cash Management & Cash-Flow Forecasting
- Own the company's day-to-day cash position and cash-flow forecasting
- Maintain an accurate rolling short- and medium-term cash-flow forecast
- Provide visibility of expected receipts, payments, payroll, tax obligations and other cash movements
- Reconcile forecast cash movements against actuals and update assumptions accordingly
- Identify potential cash pressures or timing risks early and escalate to the CEO
- Maintain visibility of available cash and anticipated future funding requirements
- Model the cash impact of different commercial, operational and investment scenarios
- Work with the CEO and leadership team to optimise working capital and cash conversion
- Provide accurate cash-flow forecasts and commentary for group-level reporting
- Ensure management always has a reliable forward-looking view of liquidity and cash requirements
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Budgeting & Forecasting
- Lead the annual budgeting process with the CEO and leadership team
- Maintain rolling P&L and balance-sheet forecasts alongside the cash-flow forecast
- Regularly update forecasts to reflect actual performance and changing expectations
- Analyse performance against budget and forecast and explain significant variances
- Support scenario planning and financial modelling to inform business decisions
- Help management understand the financial implications of changes in revenue, costs, headcount and investment
Group Reporting & Stakeholder Management
- Own financial reporting into the wider group, ensuring accuracy and timeliness
- Participate in regular group-level finance and performance meetings
- Present and explain financial performance, cash position, forecasts and KPIs to group representatives
- Provide clear explanations for variances against budget and forecast
- Communicate cash-flow performance and collection position to group stakeholders where required
- Respond to financial queries from group stakeholders
- Ensure alignment between local and group reporting requirements
- Work collaboratively with group finance colleagues
- Attend occasional face-to-face meetings with group representatives where required
Commercial Finance
- Act as a trusted financial partner to the CEO and leadership team
- Translate financial information into clear, practical commercial insight
- Analyse business performance and identify trends, risks and opportunities
- Support pricing, margin and profitability analysis where required
- Provide financial input into investment and commercial decisions
- Help develop appropriate KPIs and ensure clear visibility of business performance
Statutory, Tax & External Relationships
- Coordinate year-end accounts and act as primary contact for external accountants and auditors
- Ensure appropriate information is prepared for statutory reporting
- Oversee VAT, corporation tax and other compliance requirements, working with advisers where needed
- Manage relationships with banks, accountants, auditors and other finance-related third parties
- Ensure financial records and processes meet statutory and regulatory requirements
Finance Operations
- Maintain oversight of accounts payable and supplier payments
- Ensure supplier payments and financial commitments are appropriately controlled
- Maintain oversight of payroll and associated financial reporting
- Ensure effective month-end processes and reconciliations
- Review finance systems and processes and identify opportunities to improve efficiency and automation
- Establish scalable financial processes as the business grows
About You
You will be an experienced Financial Controller, Head of Finance or senior finance professional comfortable taking genuine ownership of the finance function within an SME or growing business.
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You will ideally have:
- ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification, or equivalent experience
- Significant experience in a Financial Controller, Head of Finance or similar senior role
- Strong management accounting, budgeting and financial forecasting experience
- Strong practical experience of cash management and cash-flow forecasting
- Experience owning invoicing, accounts receivable and cash collection
- A strong understanding of working-capital management and how revenue, invoicing, collections and cash relate
- Excellent understanding of financial controls and accounting principles
- Experience working within an SME, entrepreneurial or growth environment
- Experience reporting into a wider group would be advantageous
- Confidence and credibility to present financial performance to senior stakeholders at company and group level
- Strong commercial awareness and the ability to look beyond the numbers
- Confidence to work directly with a CEO and senior leadership team
- The ability to communicate financial information clearly to non-finance colleagues
- A pragmatic, hands-on approach across strategic and detailed levels
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to operate independently, remotely
- SaaS, technology or recurring-revenue experience would be advantageous but isn't essential
What Success Looks Like
You will ensure that:
- Customer invoices are raised accurately and on time
- Outstanding debts are actively managed and cash is collected in line with agreed terms
- The business has clear visibility of aged debt and collection risks
- The current cash position is understood at all times
- Cash-flow forecasts provide an accurate, regularly updated view of future liquidity
- Potential cash pressures or collection issues are identified early
- Management accounts are accurate and available promptly each month
- Group reporting is accurate, timely and clearly communicated
- Financial performance, cash position and outlook can be confidently presented at group level
- Budgets and forecasts provide a realistic view of future performance
- Financial controls and processes are robust and proportionate
- The CEO and leadership team have clear, commercially useful financial information
- Statutory, tax and year-end requirements are well managed
- Finance processes become increasingly efficient and scalable as the business grows
Working Pattern & Location
This is a permanent part-time position of approximately 20 hours per week.
The role will be primarily home-based, and we are open to discussing how the 20 hours are structured across the working week.
There will be a requirement to participate in regular virtual meetings with the wider group and occasional travel for face-to-face meetings with group representatives and other stakeholders.
We are more interested in finding the right experienced individual than prescribing a rigid working pattern. The role would particularly suit an experienced finance professional looking for a substantive senior position with genuine ownership, visibility and influence while working on a part-time basis.
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