Average Finance Controller salary in City of London

Halliday Marx are exclusively searching for an Interim Financial Controller on a 15-Month Fixed Term Contract to start in October, for a global leader in their field.Interim FC£95 to £110k DOECentral LondonHybrid (3-4 days in)This role leads the UK and Ireland core finance function, ensuring accurate financial reporting, robust controls and effective planning while partnering with operational leaders to support commercial decision-making.Reporting to the CFO, the role leads and develops the Finance team and works closely with operational leaders and other business functions.The role:Management of the finance team of 9Lead the month-end close and production of monthly group financial reportingOversee the accurate upload of month end into the global financial reporting systemReview of monthly financial movement schedules.Ensure integrity of balance sheetReview of sales, transaction, revenue and cost centre reports.Lead and support the preparation of entity-level budgets and rolling forecasts for the group, including full profit and loss statements and capital expenditure.Overseeing the annual accounting packs (under IFRS) and completion of the quarterly tax packs.Overseeing and assisting with the preparation of statutory accountsManage interim and year-end audit processesOverseeing corporation tax computationsOverseeing completion of VAT returnsMonitoring and review of client accruals and profitability.Monitoring of external client P&L statements and internal client profitability analysis.Monitor and ensure timely billing of external client P&L statements and ad hoc services.Control and review of overhead expenditure invoices.Monitoring of CapexYou will have / be:A Qualified Accountant: ACCA , ACA, CIMA or equivalentLots of IFRS / UK statutory reporting understandingExcellent spreadsheet skillsSAP would be an advantageAbility to prioritise competing demandsProven ability to develop, motivate and mentor finance team staff.Experience of working with operational divisionsConfidence to challenge existing practices constructively, identify opportunities for improvement and lead changes that strengthen finance processes.Sound commercial judgement and the confidence to make decisions in the best interests of the company.

Role: Senior Finance ManagerSector: Branding Agency GroupHybrid:3 days in officeTemp/Perm:initially 6 monthsSalary:£70,000 - £75,000 Location: Central LondonReporting to: CFORef: VFR 3322VisionFR is excited to be working with a growing creative agency group to find their first Senior Finance Manager to support several of their smaller entities. They are looking for a hands-on, dynamic Senior Finance Manager to oversee the day-to-day financial management and manage a Management Accountant. This role works closely with the CFO. Paprika experience is essential and ideally able to start within 6 weeks. This role requires the Senior Finance Manager to work in the office 3 days per week.Key responsibilities of the Senior Finance ManagerManaging weekly cash flow forecasting and credit control, flagging risks to the CFO and founders in a timely mannerProcessing expenses, vendor payments, monthly salaries, and vendor invoicing/statement reconciliations, ensuring correct supporting documentation throughoutCoordinating with project teams to ensure complete paperwork is received and client billing is issued on scheduleManaging treasury activities, including UK bank reconciliations and quarterly VAT returnsOverseeing timely posting of client receipts and vendor payments on the finance systemLeading weekly pipeline forecast reviews with founders, and managing and developing the Management AccountantPreparing monthly management accounts, including balance sheet reconciliations (accruals, prepayments, fixed assets, bank) and variance analysisPerforming FX revaluations and posting AP/AR FX differences each month, and preparing monthly journals for CFO approvalReviewing monthly job profitability and project status with project teams, and reconciling revenue reporting through revenue recognition meetingsPreparing the monthly management accounts pack for the CFO, CEO, and foundersSupporting the CFO with quarterly reforecastsSupporting the annual audit and R&D tax credit audit processesBuilding effective working relationships across internal teams and identifying improvements to the finance functionProviding ad hoc reporting as requested by the leadership teamExperience and Skills of the Senior Finance ManagerACA / CIMA / ACCA qualified, with 5+ years' experience in a creative agencySolid working knowledge of PaprikaStrong knowledge of finance, accounting, budgeting, and cost control principles, including GAAP, with the ability to analyse data and prepare reports, statements, and projectionsExperience in production accountingExperience managing a small finance team, and working within group/matrix structures, SMEs, and fast-changing environmentsProven team player who is equally confident working independently or with non-finance staffHands-on approach, with a proven ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlinesVisionFR is committed to encouraging equality, diversity, inclusion and eliminating unlawful discrimination within our workforce and whilst fulfilling our Clients recruitment needs. Due to the high level of applications being received if you do not hear from us within 5 working days, please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion, usually due to other candidates having more relevant sector exposure, qualifications or required skills. We thank you for your interest.

A leading luxury health, fitness and wellness businessCredit Controller to join their finance team on a temporary contract.Manage outstanding membership fees, subscriptions, and customer paymentsSummary We are looking for an Interim Finance & Reconciliation Analyst to work through this over an initial 3 month engagement, reporting to the Group Finance Director, with Membership-related decisions (e.g. freeze, cancel, chase debt, refer to debt collector) escalated to the Membership Director for sign-off.  This is a hands-on, investigative role rather than a standard credit control position - as well as contacting existing members to resolve outstanding debt issues, you will need to work back through legacy system history and cross-reference multiple payment platforms to understand how each case arose, then propose (not necessarily execute) the resolution.  Main duties and responsibilities Maintain and work through the list of members with outstanding debt, identify issue (e.g. no payment method on file, or failed payments); contact members directly to obtain updated payment details and collect payment. Flag anomalies, investigate, and classify cases for Membership Director review. Investigate members carried over from the legacy membership system which show credit balances on debtors ledger; work through the history for each account to determine root cause, and propose resolution. Reconciliation of legacy membership system with payment processors (Stripe, GoCardless, card provider, bank) to investigate historic variances and propose resolutions. Billing completeness: verify that members due to be billed in each period have in fact been billed, working from billing runs and membership records. Present findings in a clear, consistent working-paper format for Group Finance Director and Membership Director review. Work with the Group Finance Director and Membership Director to build repeatable trackers and reconciliation processes for this workstream as you go.  Candidate requirements Part-qualified accountant (AAT Level 4 minimum; ACCA/CIMA part-qualified preferred) - genuine working knowledge of double-entry, accounts receivable, cash allocation and credit notes. Advanced Excel (XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, SUMIFS, pivot tables; Power Query an advantage). Experience reconciling payment gateway data - Stripe, GoCardless or card processing - against a ledger or billing system. Experience in credit control / debt collection. Membership, subscription-billing or similar recurring-revenue sector exposure is an advantage but not essential. Confident, professional communicator, comfortable contacting members directly regarding payment. Comfortable working with limited existing process - will build working papers and trackers as they go.