Group Financial Controller

Company: Accountancy Action – Your Specialist Finance Recruitment Partner
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Location: Watford
Job Description:

We are currently supporting a high growth business based in Watford looking for a technically astute Group Financial Controller to join their team on a 6 month contract. This role will be reporting directly to the Finance Director and an opportunity for permanency.

Key Duties

  • Line management of Staff
  • Ensure that key monthly information is provided for returns, monthly reporting and KPIs.
  • Produce the monthly Board Finance Report for Group and other businesses. Improve on analysis and forecasting currently reported.
  • Provide monthly Group accounts and individual accounts for the schemes and other businesses and ventures within 5 working days. Ensure that there are reconciliations and back ups for all balance sheet accounts.
  • In charge of annual audits for entities
  • Develop finance transformation initiatives including the use of AI within the team
  • The job holder will be expected to complete additional tasks such as business plans, project evaluation, forecasts and preparation of board papers.
  • The job holder will be responsible for the finance aspects of IT systems by being familiar with the systems and using the expertise in the teams.
  • This is a challenging and exciting role for an accountant who is looking for progression. It is a varied and exciting role in the company and requires a positive, proactive, flexible and hardworking person able to handle a variety of tasks and make decisions.

Qualifications

  • Fully Qualfied ACA or ACCA
  • A minimum of 3 years PQE in industry.
  • Managed audit process including preparation of entity and consolidated statutory accounts.

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Posted: September 24th, 2026