Interim Director of Financial Operations & Control

We’re on a mission to make money work for everyone.

We’re seeking an experienced finance operations leader for a 12-month fixed-term contract to lead our Global Financial Operations and Control team.

Responsibilities

• Leading all aspects of financial control and operations, including Accounts Payable, Treasury Operations/Product Control, Money Operations ensuring robust, well controlled, and timely transaction processing.
• Leading the production and end-to-end delivery of monthly close and management reporting cycle, working across Finance to provide the Group Financial Controller, UK CFO and EU CFOs with actionable insights and variance analysis.
• Maintaining a robust, control and governance framework focused on integrity of our data and processes.
• Serving as the primary operational counterpart and sounding board to the Director of Financial Operations & Control (incumbent) within the programme, providing operational feedback on target operating models and workflow designs.
• Managing team capacity and workflows to free up key subject matter experts for involvement in the programme, including (not limited to) User Acceptance Testing, parallel runs, and systems testing.
• Supporting the practical change management and operational rollout of new automation tools within the live environment, establishing new standard operating procedures without interrupting daily processing.
• Working closely with the Director of Financial & Regulatory Reporting to ensure core financial operations and control processes comply with overarching accounting policies and provide a seamless hand off into the consolidation.
• Providing stable, empathetic, and accountable leadership to a distributed team during a period of change, maintaining high engagement, retention, and performance.
• Building and maintaining effective working relationships with internal stakeholders, external auditors and advisors.
• Driving the delivery of the Financial Operations and Control teams milestones and actions on existing key projects such as EU expansion, working with stakeholders to identify and resolve delivery risks.
• Managing a structured, documented operational handover back to permanent leadership at the conclusion of the 12-month term.

Requirements

• You have a demonstrated track record stepping into high volume, multi-entity finance operations leadership roles and delivering immediate stability within regulated environments (Fintech, Banking, or Financial Services preferred).
• You’re an empathetic, effective people leader with a strong track record of coaching individuals and fostering a positive, high-performing environment.
• You have a deep understanding of internal control environments and the ability to build "best-in-class" processes.
• You have experience operating within complex, multi-entity or cross-border structures where data consistency is paramount.
• You have demonstrated experience operationalising new technology, and embedding change within Finance teams.
• Have excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to explain operational complexities to key stakeholders and peers.
• You are adaptable and resilient in fast-paced, tech-led, and agile environments.
• You hold strong technical accounting knowledge (IFRS).

Benefits

• £142,000 - £170,000 salary
• Flexible working hours
• £1,000 learning budget each year
• Macbook and support for remote work
• And more!