Financial Controller

Overview

In this role you will own finance operations for a rapidly scaling SME, partnering with the CFO and founders to drive performance across UK and US entities. You’ll deliver timely management reports, oversee budgeting and forecasting, and build scalable in-house processes. The position blends hands-on accounting with strategic commercial input to support growth and profitability. A key hook is shaping finance automation and cross‑border consolidation to enable informed decisions.

Responsibilities

• Produce monthly management reporting packs with commentary and insights
• Track profitability and margins across practices, clients, and teams
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and scenario modelling with the CFO
• Oversee complete accounting cycle for UK/US entities (billing, AP/AR, payroll inputs, reconciliations, month-end close)
• Manage month-end processes and timetables for reliable accounts
• Oversee credit control, cash collection, and 13-week cash forecasting
• Ensure statutory and tax compliance across multi-entity operations (intercompany and consolidations)
• Transition key financial tasks in-house and manage external advisory relationships
• Maximise performance of finance tech stack (Xero, Dext, AI tools, automation)
• Ensure data flow from placements and milestones into invoicing and reporting
• Partner with Operations on workflows (commission, contractor payroll, contracts, onboarding)
• Act as primary internal contact for commercial finance queries

Key requirements

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified
• minimum 4 years PQE in a similar role
• SME/growth environment experience
• experience with multi-entity setups
• experience with contractor billing and investment prep
• proven track record of automating financial processes
• prior sector experience in professional services, recruitment, or consultancy (beneficial)

• cross-functional collaboration
• stakeholder management
• proactive problem solving
• Xero
• Dext
• automation/AI-assisted tools

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