Interim Senior Finance Manager

Senior Finance Manager

Initial 3 month contract – Strong potential temp to perm.

London based – Hybrid working.

Day rate – £300-350 / day – Inside IR35.

A growing independent creative agency is seeking a Senior Finance Manager to sit at the heart of the business, bridging financial control and financial strategy.

This is a senior hands‑on role acting as a key commercial partner to the Finance Director and senior leadership team. You will provide insight and analysis to support business decisions, growth plans and investment choices, while leading budgeting, forecasting and re‑forecasting across the agency.

You will model scenarios around new business wins, resourcing, pricing and profitability and support long‑term financial planning and overall agency strategy. Alongside the Financial Controller, you will own the monthly management accounts, ensuring clarity, accuracy and meaningful insight.

Working closely with operations and client teams, you will help optimise resourcing and utilisation, support pricing and commercial structures, and bring financial discipline to project delivery in a way that supports creativity rather than restricts it. You will also contribute to continuous improvement of financial processes, tools and systems, helping the business prepare for growth and increasing complexity.

• Ideally qualified (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with proven experience in a senior finance role
• Good understanding of agency economics including utilisation, margin and project based work
• Experience partnering senior leadership and influencing decisions
• Strong analytical, modelling and commercial skills
• Ability to balance detail with big picture thinking
• Pragmatic, collaborative and solutions focused mindset
• Comfortable in a fast paced entrepreneurial environment
• Background within creative, media, marketing or professional services preferred

• Independent creative agency with ambition, personality and momentum
• Senior role with genuine influence on business direction and growth
• Finance positioned as a strategic partner within the leadership team