Financial Controller

Robert Half have partnered with Great Tew Estate to recruit their new Financial Controller.

This is a truly unique opportunity to join one of Oxfordshire's most distinctive and diversified private estate businesses offering a rare blend of property investment, natural resources, rural enterprise and long-term stewardship, all under private ownership.

This is not a typical Financial Controller role. It offers exposure to a multi-entity, asset-rich group spanning quarrying, property investment, grain processing and construction, with genuine breadth, autonomy and strategic influence.

Reporting directly into the Finance Director, you will support an experienced finance team in a highly visible number two role, freeing up the FD to focus on strategic development across the estate.

Location: Onsite, just outside the beautiful Cotswold village of Great Tew, near Chipping NortonSalary: £70,000 - £80,000

The Role

As Financial Controller, you will take ownership of financial reporting across a complex group structure comprising 19 entities (18 Ltd companies and 1 LLP).

This is a technically strong, hands-on role combining statutory reporting, management oversight and strategic input.

Key Responsibilities

Statutory & Technical Reporting

• Drafting statutory accounts for 19 entities and managing the full compliance cycle
• Coordinating with external tax advisors
• Managing land acquisitions/disposals and investment property accounting
• Overseeing reporting currently prepared in CaseWare (with scope for system evolution)

Management Reporting & Team Leadership

• Reviewing monthly management accounts
• Supporting quarterly external reporting requirements
• Managing a team of two Senior Management Accountants and one Junior Management Accountant
• Coordinating VAT processes including partial exemption and technical returns

Cashflow & Strategic Support

• Managing and overseeing master cashflow across 23 entities
• Working closely with the FD in a dynamic, owner-led environment
• Providing input on new projects, disposals and corporate structuring
• Ensuring smooth delivery of financial information across a diversified group

Why This Opportunity Is Unique

• Exposure to a highly diversified private group structure
• Broad remit spanning compliance, reporting and strategy
• Significant autonomy and visibility
• Stable team and long-standing finance leadership
• A rare chance to work within a prestigious Cotswold estate setting
• Long-term opportunity in a private, asset-backed organisation

Your Profile

We are seeking an ACA or ACCA qualified accountant with:

• Strong statutory accounts experience (multi-entity exposure advantageous)
• A background in practice or complex owner-managed groups
• Experience within property, land-heavy, construction, or asset-intensive businesses desirable
• Confidence overseeing management accounts and leading a small team
• Strong technical capability including VAT and group structures
• The ability to operate in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment

This role would suit an individual looking for genuine breadth, autonomy and exposure to strategic decision-making within a long-established private estate.

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