Financial Controller

Overview

In this Financial Controller role, you will lead the day-to-day finance function across multiple entities and two legal entities, reporting to the CFO. You’ll own financial control, planning and board-level reporting while developing a small finance team. You’ll partner with senior stakeholders to drive commercial insight, process improvements and automation. This is an opportunity to move beyond pure accounting into strategic, board-facing finance leadership in a fast-paced professional services environment.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working
• central London office location

Responsibilities

• Lead month-end and year-end close processes
• Produce statutory accounts and manage the annual audit
• Manage cash flow forecasting and liquidity planning
• Deliver high-quality management information and board reporting
• Maintain strong financial controls and audit readiness
• Oversee corporation tax, VAT and wider compliance
• Build forecasting, budgeting and scenario models
• Support strategic decision-making through financial analysis
• Manage and develop two Finance Assistants
• Drive process improvement, automation and finance systems enhancement
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders on operational and commercial initiatives
• Support shareholder and executive-level reporting requirements

Key requirements

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
• At least 4 years’ post-qualified experience
• Experience as Financial Controller, Finance Manager, Senior Finance Manager or equivalent
• Strong financial reporting, control and audit experience
• Excellent Excel and financial modelling capabilities
• Experience producing management accounts and board reporting
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Process improvement and automation mindset
• Ability to operate in a lean, fast-moving environment
• Experience of finance systems implementation, FP&A, cash flow modelling or professional services environments (advantageous)

• stakeholder management
• communication
• proactivity
• Excel
• financial modelling
• management accounting

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