An Interim Controller ensures follow-up and decision support
A Finance Controller’s (FC) main responsibility is to secure and improve processes for reporting, accounting, and internal control. The role focuses on the current situation and reports results and whether the business is achieving its goals.
A Business Controller (BC) is responsible, among other things, for the analysis and follow-up of the business in order to support the management with decision support. The role focuses on the future.
By developing the right decision-making basis, management can make the right strategic decisions.
An interim Controller quickly enters the business and carries out assignments to, for example, clear up the mess, set up structures and processes, build up the function or fill a vacancy when it is necessary to have the right expertise. An interim manager can start the assignment immediately and is used to driving and implementing changes.
The Interim Managers we work with have at least 15 years of strategic and operational experience in FC or BC from various companies and often in an international context.
When do you need to hire a Financial Controller or a Business Controller?
When business-critical and urgent problems need to be solved, it is a safe and cost-effective solution to hire an Interim Manager:
- The business has grown and requires a more complex analysis of financial data.
- The right competence is missing internally.
- Structures and processes need to be set.
- The business is not going as expected and you need better information to be able to make the right decision.
- A vacancy occurs.
By engaging an interim, the business achieves quick results in a short time by providing the management with the right basis for decision-making.
The benefits of hiring an Interim Financial or Business Controller
- Commitment to a unique situation
- Focus on completing the task
- Decisive and apolitical
- Prestigious doer
- Documented experience and results
Quality and Commitment
Since 2004 Nordic Interim has supported its clients with Executive Interim Management services with a focus on quality, skills, and implementation. We offer solutions to critical and complex business challenges in the Nordics and internationally, for both the private and public sectors.
With our own experience from line management and executive search roles in several industries and sectors, we contribute with advice and knowledge throughout the entire process, from assignment analysis to follow-up to ensure successful and sustainable results.
FAQ about Interim Controller
What is an Interim Controller?
An Interim Controller can temporarily step in and support a business by, for example, analysing results, producing decision-making documents based on how well the business is performing, ensuring functioning and efficient reporting.
What roles can an Interim Controller fulfil?
- Interim Financial Controller
- Interim Business Controller
- Interim Business Group Controller
What does an Interim Financial Controller do?
A Finance Controller’s main responsibility is to secure and improve processes for reporting, accounting, and internal control. The role focuses on the current situation and reports results and whether the business is achieving its goals.
What does an Interim Business Controller do?
A Business Controller is responsible, among other things, for analysis and follow-up of the business in order to support the management with decision support. The role focuses on the future.