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About the Role

This role supports the Group Financial Controller in developing a best-in-class financial control function, delivering robust financial reporting, strong financial governance, regulatory compliance, and efficient core finance operations. It is a hands-on position for an experienced finance professional focused on improving processes, strengthening operations, and leveraging technology for growth.

Responsibilities

• Support the Group Financial Controller in delivering accurate, timely, and well-controlled month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close.
• Review, challenge, and continuously improve the close process to reduce timelines and strengthen the control environment.
• Ensure balance sheet reconciliations are completed, reviewed, and resolved promptly, maintaining Group balance sheet integrity.
• Monitor month-end deliverables, proactively resolving issues and ensuring deadlines are met.
• Support the preparation of consolidated management accounts and statutory financial information.
• Lead initiatives to improve the efficiency, control, and scalability of the Group's core finance function across General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Treasury, and Fixed Assets.
• Improve the efficiency, accuracy, and consistency of transactional finance processes.
• Drive clear ownership, accountability, and governance across core finance processes.
• Ensure robust financial controls operate throughout all finance activities.
• Support the preparation and delivery of statutory financial statements across the Group.
• Take hands-on responsibility for preparing corporation tax and VAT filings, working with external advisers on complex positions.
• Maintain and enhance the Group's financial control framework, ensuring compliance with accounting policies, financial regulations, and internal controls.
• Develop and maintain finance policies, procedures, and standard operating practices.
• Support the planning and delivery of the Group's external audit.
• Act as a key point of contact for external auditors and coordinate information requests.
• Prepare audit-ready working papers and ensure statutory accounts and audit deliverables are completed accurately and on time.
• Support the implementation of audit recommendations, translating findings into control improvements.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and automate finance processes through effective use of finance systems and technology.
• Work closely with the Group Financial Controller to maximize the capability of ERP and finance systems.
• Partner with Finance Systems and Technology teams to improve data quality, reporting capability, and automation.
• Monitor key finance performance indicators, including month-end close performance, reconciliation completion, and control metrics.
• Partner closely with the Group Financial Controller to strengthen the capability and performance of the core finance team.
• Provide technical guidance, coaching, and mentoring to finance colleagues.
• Foster a culture of accountability, ownership, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
• Build effective relationships with operational and commercial stakeholders to improve financial information quality, accuracy, and timeliness.
• Act as deputy to the Group Financial Controller as required.

Requirements

• ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified.
• Proven track record of delivering high-quality financial control within a Group Finance or Financial Control environment.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge, including statutory reporting.
• Proven experience improving and embedding robust month-end close processes.
• Experience managing external audits and statutory financial reporting.
• Strong understanding of financial controls, governance, and compliance.
• Experience within a multi-entity group environment.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Excellent organizational and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to coordinate multiple priorities and deliver against deadlines.
• Experience supporting finance transformation initiatives is desirable.
• Strong ERP systems knowledge, with genuine experience driving finance systems optimization and process automation.
• Previous commercial (industry) experience required — this is not a first move from practice.

Skills

• Financial controls
• Statutory reporting
• Audit delivery
• Tax compliance
• Finance systems optimisation
• Process improvements
• Financial governance
• Regulatory compliance
• Core finance operations
• Month-end close processes
• External audit management
• Financial reporting
• ERP systems
• Process automation
• Excel
• Organisational skills
• Stakeholder management
• Technical accounting

Education Level

• ACA
• ACCA
• CIMA