Financial Controller (Process & Control)

Overview

In this role, you will lead the modernisation of a global finance function across multiple entities and jurisdictions. You’ll design and implement a Finance Target Operating Model, drive process redesign and data governance, and deliver scalable reporting and controls. You will balance hands-on delivery with strategic oversight, ensuring improvements in close, reporting quality, and decision support. This position provides a high-impact path to shaping finance operations in a fast-growing tech company with a data-driven culture.

Pay / Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Company bonus
• 25 days’ annual leave (+5 with options, +10 rollover)
• Pension scheme with 6% company contribution
• Private healthcare (dental & optics)
• Life insurance and income protection

Responsibilities

• Design and implement the Finance Target Operating Model (TOM) including processes, systems, and data
• Develop and maintain a transformation roadmap aligned to business objectives, governance, and SOX readiness
• Redesign finance processes to boost productivity, controls, and user experience
• Identify control gaps and risks; craft remediation plans
• Establish data governance, validation, and reporting frameworks for reliable financial info
• Map and optimise end-to-end transaction flows across systems and data sources
• Support scalable reporting and analytics capabilities for operational and financial insight
• Lead finance systems and automation projects from requirements to go-live and stabilisation
• Partner with Finance and Technology to evaluate and implement solutions
• Embed data integrity, auditability, and governance in changes; establish governance standards
• Apply disciplined project, risk, and benefits tracking; ensure adoption of new ways of working
• Communicate objectives and progress to stakeholders; drive engagement and accountability
• Provide regular updates on progress, risks, and milestone achievements
• Promote continuous improvement and operational excellence in finance

Key requirements

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, ICAS, or equivalent)
• Head of Finance / Financial Controller level with broad accounting cycle oversight
• Experience with multi-GAAP statutory accounting across multiple entities/jurisdictions
• Deep understanding of controllership processes: close, reconciliations, consolidation, intercompany, journal entries, statutory reporting
• Proven track record leading financial systems/process implementation projects (ERP, close redesign, automation tools)
• Ability to design future-state close operating models spanning process, automation, data, and people
• Strong project management skills; formal methodologies (e.g., Agile, Prince2) preferred
• Experience leading teams through significant change; hands-on and strategic
• Comfortable with hands-on work while maintaining strategic oversight

• Stakeholder management
• Change leadership and delivering through others
• Clear communication and storytelling with data
• ERP implementations (e.g., NetSuite, Workday, SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics)
• Close automation tools (e.g., FloQast, BlackLine, OneStream, Prophix)
• Data governance and quality frameworks

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