Blink - The Frontline Experts develops mobile-first employee experience software for organizations with frontline teams. Its platform brings internal communications, digital access, employee engagement, collaboration, and workforce analytics into one secure environment, helping employers connect deskless employees across sectors such as healthcare, logistics, manufacturing, transit, and retail. Blink’s employee communications technology is designed to support stronger engagement, retention, and day-to-day productivity, and the company is recognized on Gartner Peer Insights for its work in employee communications.
Interim Financial Controller (Hybrid, UK)
Lead audits, statutory accounts, tax, payroll, and financial reporting for Blink’s frontline employee app. Oversee finance across entities in the UK, US, Australia, and New Zealand.
Description
- Deliver group and APAC audits under FRS 102.
- Manage statutory accounts for entities in Australia, New Zealand, the US, and the UK.
- Develop an R&D capitalization method designed to pass audit on the first attempt, working with the finance manager.
- Resolve the intercompany loan between the UK and US entities.
- Update transfer pricing to cover Australian tax losses and the UAE entity, if established.
- Support entity formation, registration, and tax compliance.
- Assess the company’s Canadian sales tax position.
- Prepare the CFC and PFIC status memorandum.
- Oversee group payroll.
- Review and approve month-end accounts.
- Produce covenant reports.
- Brief advisors, scrutinize their recommendations, and see advisory work through to completion.
- Report to the Finance Director and collaborate with the finance manager, finance associate, advisors, and auditors.
Requirements
- Hold a professional accountancy qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CA, or equivalent.
- Have prepared a group audit through to sign-off; support-only experience does not meet this requirement.
- Bring experience consolidating multiple entities and currencies.
- Have statutory accounts experience for US and UK entities; APAC experience is an advantage.
- Have international tax experience, including transfer pricing, permanent establishment, and sales tax.
- Have overseen payroll in both the US and UK.
- Be able to get up to speed quickly and work independently without coaching.
- Be available to start as soon as possible.
- SaaS or subscription revenue experience, including high-volume deferred and accrued income, is helpful.
- UK R&D capitalization or claims experience is helpful.
- Experience with Xero, Chargebee, and a modern finance stack is helpful.
- Use of AI tools is encouraged.
- Experience in a company growing faster than its processes is helpful.
Benefits
- Competitive salary.
- 25 days of annual leave, plus public holidays.
- Extra time off between Christmas and New Year.
- Private healthcare through AXA.
- 3% employer pension contribution when you contribute 5%.
- Cycle to Work scheme.
- Social events, including lunches, breakfasts, and evenings out.
- Enhanced parental leave.