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About the Role

The Financial Controller will strengthen Verity’s financial control, reporting, and operational finance capabilities. This role will deliver accurate financial information, maintain robust controls, and support scalable finance processes, partnering effectively with stakeholders across the business.

Responsibilities

• Owning the month-end close process, including accurate management accounts, consolidations, cost reviews and board reporting.
• Ensuring accurate revenue recognition across Verity’s product and service lines.
• Maintaining robust balance sheet reconciliations, internal controls and cash flow visibility.
• Reviewing and approving UK and US payroll monthly.
• Managing financial reporting, budgeting and reforecasting processes, streamlining where possible.
• Supporting the business with KPIs, reporting and performance insight.
• Acting as a key finance contact for external stakeholders, including banks, auditors and financial advisers.
• Coordinating half-year and year-end reporting, external audit activity, statutory accounts preparation and tax filing obligations.
• Identifying opportunities to improve finance processes, strengthen controls and increase efficiency.
• Supporting the ongoing development of Verity’s finance technology stack, with a focus on automation, scalability and security.

Requirements

• Qualified accountant, ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent, with proven experience as a Financial Controller or in a senior finance role.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge, including UK and/or international accounting standards.
• Experience delivering management accounts, reporting, reconciliations, audit support, payroll review and financial controls in a fast-moving environment.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and numerical skills, with excellent attention to detail.
• Advanced Excel skills and confidence working with finance systems, reporting tools and data.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain financial information clearly to non-finance stakeholders.
• Track record of improving finance processes, strengthening controls and supporting scalable ways of working.
• Experience in a private equity-backed environment would be advantageous.
• Sound judgement, ownership and curiosity.
• Comfortable getting into the detail, but also able to step back, simplify complexity and help others understand what the numbers mean.
• Calm, credible judgement, with the ability to create clarity in a busy, fast-moving environment.
• Commercial curiosity and a genuine interest in the drivers behind performance.
• Strong ownership and accountability, with resilience and flexibility.
• Collaborative style, able to build trust and provide constructive challenge.
• Values-led approach, showing curiosity, bravery, pride, and humanity.

Skills

• Technical accounting expertise
• Financial control
• Financial reporting
• Operational finance
• Management accounts
• Consolidations
• Cost reviews
• Board reporting
• Revenue recognition
• Balance sheet reconciliations
• Internal controls
• Cash flow visibility
• Payroll review
• Budgeting
• Reforecasting
• KPI reporting
• Performance insight
• External stakeholder management
• Audit support
• Statutory accounts preparation
• Tax filing
• Process improvement
• Finance technology
• Automation
• Scalability
• Security
• Analytical skills
• Problem-solving skills
• Numerical skills
• Attention to detail
• Advanced Excel skills
• Finance systems
• Reporting tools
• Data analysis
• Communication skills
• Financial explanation to non-finance stakeholders

Experience Level

• Proven experience as a Financial Controller or in a senior finance role

Education Level

• Qualified accountant, ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent

About the Company

• Founded in 2004 to help business leaders leverage the full potential of their client relationships.
• Leading provider of B2B Relationship Intelligence with over 20 years of benchmark data on client satisfaction.
• Unique in-depth scoring system, The Relationship Rating (TRR), providing a holistic view of customer satisfaction.
• Believes effective relationship management is a powerful strategy for achieving commercial stability and growth.
• Supports businesses in leveraging crucial connections to drive financial performance and growth.

Equal Opportunity

• At Verity, diversity drives innovation and strengthens client relationships.
• Value a wide range of perspectives and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging.
• Provide accommodations for interviews, applications and workplace adjustments to support individuals with disabilities, neurodivergence or other specific needs. If you require assistance, please reach out to us.