Group Financial Controller

This is a standout opportunity for a high-potential finance leader ready to step into a broad, influential Group Financial Controller role. Designed for someone who combines strong technical control with ambition, curiosity and pace, this role offers real ownership across reporting, systems, cash and governance - with the scope to shape, modernise and scale a finance function as the business grows. If you're looking for a role that goes beyond steady-state control and gives you exposure to transformation, senior stakeholders and complex decision-making, this is it. Key Responsibilities

• Lead group financial processing and reporting, ensuring a disciplined, efficient month-end close and consistently high-quality outputs.
• Oversee the preparation of management accounts, board reporting and performance insight that supports commercial and operational decision-making.
• Provide clear financial analysis on performance, risks and opportunities, partnering closely with senior stakeholders across the business.
• Own cashflow, liquidity and working capital oversight, driving strong balance sheet discipline across a multi-entity group.
• Maintain robust financial controls, reconciliations, policies and governance, supporting statutory and audit requirements.
• Provide strategic oversight of finance systems, championing automation, data and process improvement to reduce manual effort and improve insight.
• Oversee treasury activity, intercompany balances and banking arrangements, ensuring strong control and visibility.
• Support risk management, internal audit activity, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to business change, including systems upgrades, process redesign, group restructuring and acquisition activity.

Key Requirements

• ACA or ACCA qualified with solid post-qualification experience in financial control, reporting or group finance roles.
• Strong technical accounting foundation, ideally gained in complex or multi-entity environments.
• Proven experience leading teams and improving finance processes and controls.
• Hands-on, proactive mindset - comfortable balancing operational delivery with strategic thinking.
• Strong communicator, able to translate complex financial information for non-finance stakeholders.
• High attention to detail, commercial awareness and a genuine appetite to improve how finance operates.
• Ambitious, curious and motivated to grow - this role suits someone with clear upward trajectory

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