• Ref: 8722
• Salary requirements: £45,000+
• Availability: Immediately available
• Qualifications: QBE
• Interested in: Interim, Permanent & FTC
• Location: Midlothian
  

Candidate Profile

This candidate is a highly experienced hands-on finance professional with a career spanning 25+ years across education, manufacturing, aviation, and SME environments.

They bring strong technical accounting capability combined with a practical, solutions-driven mindset — particularly effective in stabilising finance functions, improving controls, and modernising reporting.

They have a proven track record of stepping into underperforming or change-led environments to restore clarity, discipline, and confidence in financial information.

Skills & Expertise

⚪ Full preparation of monthly and annual statutory accounts, including consolidated group accounts
⚪ Delivery of robust management accounts, budgets, forecasts and variance analysis
⚪ Leading finance system improvements and implementations
⚪ Strong balance sheet control, reconciliations, and compliance oversight
⚪ Oversight of payroll, VAT, PAYE, pensions, and statutory returns
⚪ Effective stakeholder engagement, including Boards, auditors, banks, and senior leadership
⚪ Cost control, supplier negotiation, and contract renegotiation delivering material savings

Leadership & Working Style

This candidate is known for being calm, methodical and dependable, with a strong reputation for accuracy and integrity.

They are particularly effective in environments that require:

⚪ Structure and financial discipline
⚪ Clear audit trails and governance
⚪ Practical problem-solving and a hands-on approach
⚪ Process and systems improvements

This individual well with Boards, founders, and non-finance stakeholders, translating financial detail into clear, decision-useful insight.

Please get in touch to find out more about this candidate.