Sonno is a founder-led UK e-commerce manufacturer and retailer of beds and mattresses, selling through Shopify and paid media while expanding imported finished goods. We need a hands-on Fractional FD for an initial 12-week assignment, normally one day per week, to diagnose the finance position, install cash and control disciplines, create management reporting and lead recruitment/onboarding of a permanent Financial Controller. The successful person must have strong SME manufacturing, stock and product-costing experience; be professionally qualified; and be willing to work on site in Drighlington during the diagnostic and key interviews. Please send a CV/profile, relevant case examples, availability, day rate, contracting route, conflicts and two reference contacts.
Required deliverables
- Ten-day diagnostic of accounts, cash, tax, stock, payroll, systems, access and people, with ranked red-flag register.
- Daily cash visibility, weekly 13-week cash forecast and controlled supplier-payment process.
- Chart of accounts/reporting dimensions, month-end checklist, compliance calendar and approval matrix.
- First management pack covering P&L;, balance sheet, cash, stock, product/channel margin, advertising, delivery and imports.
- Shopify-to-payment-provider-to-bank reconciliation design and treatment of refunds, fees, chargebacks and customer deposits.
- Manufacturing cost model and import landed-cost methodology, with clear data ownership.
- End-to-end Financial Controller recruitment: job design, sourcing brief, screening, technical case, interviews, recommendation and onboarding.
- Documented handover, six-month backlog and recommendation on whether monthly advisory support remains useful.
Working style required
- Hands-on enough to inspect transactions, reconciliations and factory data.
- Independent and willing to challenge founders with evidence.
- Able to explain finance in clear commercial language.
- Comfortable creating practical spreadsheets and controls before recommending major systems.
- Low ego, documented handover and no attempt to make Sonno dependent on indefinite support.
Pay: £900.00-£1,500.00 per day
Work Location: In person
