Finance Director- 3-6 month project- Creative agency

3 days ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom The Industry Club Full time £50,000 - £100,000 per year

Fab opportunity to support this growing Creative SME on a project basis to get their finance department, systems & process and commercials ship shape

You will integrate the financial controls into the agency, with the view to pass this on for a financial controller to run longer term.

You will be an all-rounder. Happy to be hands on with some of the transactional elements of finance as well as supporting the MD with growth plans, commercials and overseeing all new business contracts.

Interpersonal skills will be key to partner with all the non finance departments and get them all onboard with the partnership with finance

  • They will be guided by you in terms of contract length. But likely to be circa 6 months of so
  • Circa £100k, some flex
  • Early 2026 start date
  • Hybrid working- 3 days a week in the London office

The role:

  • Assess current finance systems and process and tweak/ over hall the whole department to ensure efficiency and accuracy
  • Over see the end-to-end financial operations, management accounting, financial reporting & compliance
  • Support in the accurate month end accounts
  • Provide commercial and strategic insights to the senior leadership team
  • Partner with client leads to ensure project profitability
  • Review client contracts and negotiate where needed and put new process in place for this
  • Support and upskill the finance department, really nurturing and mentoring talent
  • Forecasting, budgeting and managing cashflow

The person:

  • Experience with global accounting helpful
  • Must be fully qualified
  • Must have worked in a creatively focused agency
  • People management experience
  • Ideally you are an experienced contractor, used to jumping in to new businesses and leaving them in a better position than when you joined

Please note due to the large volume of applications we receive we cannot respond to everyone.

We are committed to ensuring and supporting representation from all backgrounds across the creative industry, irrespective of race, religion, belief, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, disability or socio-economic background.

With this in mind, we welcome applications from all areas of the community. Please do get in touch and let us know if there is any additional support or reasonable adjustments we can cater for, to ensure our process and roles fit your needs and creates a comfortable & enjoyable recruitment process.

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