Head of Reporting

Head of Reporting

Location: London (Hybrid – 2–3 Days in Office)

Contract: 6 Months | £800–£1,000/day | Outside IR35

Stanton House is delighted to be partnering exclusively with a rapidly scaling, PE-backed services business (£80m revenue) to appoint an interim Head of Reporting on a 6-month contract.

Reporting directly to the CFO, you will lead a high-performing team and play a critical role in delivering fast, accurate, and insightful monthly reporting within five working days. You will also drive automation and standardisation across reporting processes and multiple business units.

This is a hands-on leadership role that blends day-to-day operational oversight with strategic transformation. You’ll work closely with commercial and operational finance teams, embed best practices, and collaborate with the transformation function to deliver scalable, tech-enabled improvements.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the production of timely, accurate, and insightful monthly management accounts
• Overhaul and standardise the group’s month-end reporting cycle, targeting a sub-five-day close
• Drive automation and scalable solutions across reporting processes in all business units
• Manage, coach, and develop the management accounting team, ensuring capability, capacity, and effective succession planning
• Partner with commercial and operational finance teams to provide value-added analysis and challenge to support performance
• Continuously identify and implement opportunities for process improvement and efficiency

Candidate Profile

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent)
• 10+ years’ experience in senior finance leadership roles, with a strong focus on management reporting
• Proven success in accelerating group-level month-end close processes
• Demonstrable experience in process improvement, standardisation, and automation
• Previous experience in a PE-backed business of similar scale is essential
• Inspirational and hands-on team leader with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Strong track record of leading change and embedding new ways of working across teams

If your experience aligns with the above, please apply. The role is due to start from 14th July, or earlier if possible.

Please note: If you do not hear back within 7 working days, please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion.