Description:
As Financial Controller, you'll take on a key leadership role within the finance shared services function, ensuring robust financial control, accurate reporting, and strong team performance across a multi-entity environment.
Why should you consider this role:
- Ownership of management accounts, controls, and reporting quality
- Opportunity to lead and develop a finance team
- Involvement in audit, statutory reporting, and compliance
- Influence across a growing shared services function
- Chance to improve systems, processes, and financial governance
This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced, qualified accountant who thrives in a remote, fast-paced environment, enjoys leading teams, and wants to play a pivotal role in strengthening financial processes and supporting strategic decision-making.
Key areas of responsibility for this role:
Financial Reporting & Control
- Deliver accurate, timely monthly management accounts in line with reporting deadlines
- Lead on variance analysis, providing insightful commentary on performance
- Ensure completion and review of balance sheet reconciliations
- Maintain strong financial controls and ensure compliance with internal processes
Audit & Statutory Reporting
- Play a leading role in the year-end audit process
- Support the preparation of statutory accounts
- Liaise with auditors and ensure all requirements are met efficiently
Team Leadership & Development
- Line manage and develop the Management Accountant
- Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and coaching
- Drive high performance and accountability within the finance team
Systems, Processes & Continuous Improvement
- Develop and enhance financial systems and reporting processes
- Produce advanced reports using Excel (pivot tables, lookups, complex formulae)
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, automation, and data accuracy
Stakeholder Engagement & Business Support
- Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Provide financial insight, guidance, and decision support to the business
- Act as a key liaison between stakeholders and senior finance leadership
- Collaborate across departments to embed best practice financial policies
Success in this role is:
- Accurate, timely, and insightful monthly financial reporting
- Smooth and efficient audit and statutory reporting processes
- Strong financial controls and reconciliations across the group
- A motivated, high-performing finance team
- Continuous improvements in systems, reporting, and efficiency
- Trusted financial leadership and support to senior stakeholders