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About the Role

This is a 14-15 month maternity cover role for a Group Financial Controller. The position is a pivotal leadership role within Group Finance, responsible for the integrity, transparency, and robustness of the Group’s financial reporting, financial operations, and control environment. Key accountabilities include leading external and shareholder reporting, technical accounting, audit management, and developing group-wide accounting policies to ensure compliance with IFRS and local statutory requirements. The role involves close partnership with senior leadership to provide financial insight and assurance for strategic decision-making. It also drives finance transformation, enhancing systems, processes, and controls for future growth while maintaining governance and accountability.

Responsibilities

Own and continuously strengthen the Group’s financial control environment, ensuring robust governance, accurate reporting, and full compliance with IFRS and statutory requirements across all jurisdictions.
Lead the development, documentation, and consistent application of group-wide accounting policies, standards, and finance processes.
Act as a senior finance stakeholder with C‑suite leaders, external auditors, regulators, and advisors, providing assurance, clarity, and professional judgement.
Lead the global month‑end close process, ensuring timely, accurate, and insightful financial reporting for internal and external stakeholders.
Oversee consolidated monthly management accounts, including cash flow, debtors, and working capital reporting, ensuring outputs are decision‑useful and fit for purpose.
Serve as the senior primary contact and accountable owner for the Group’s external audit, including coordination with overseas auditors and parent company audit teams.
Provide high‑quality technical accounting leadership, overseeing complex accounting matters, position papers, and judgement-based decisions.
Lead the transformation of finance systems, data flows, and integrations to support scale, complexity, and future growth.
Partner with technology teams and system owners (including Yardi) to define and deliver a clear finance systems roadmap.
Support strategic decision‑making through high‑quality financial analysis, scenario modelling, and ad‑hoc reporting.
Oversee Group cash flow management, debt and debtor positions, and working capital performance.
Support local finance teams and Commercial teams in resolving customer queries and improving cash collection outcomes.
Assess new customers risk profile to ensure that the Group manages its exposure to customer risk.
Lead, develop, and mentor the Group Financial Control team, setting high standards for performance, accountability, and professional development.

Requirements

Deep expertise in group financial control, IFRS compliance, and statutory reporting across multi‑jurisdictional environments.
Proven ability to design, implement, and maintain robust control frameworks that stand up to audit, regulatory, and shareholder scrutiny.
Strong technical accounting knowledge with the confidence to lead complex judgement‑based decisions, position papers, and policy interpretations.
Maintains up‑to‑date awareness of IFRS developments, translating new standards into clear, practical implementation across the Group.
Extensive experience leading group audits, acting as the primary point of accountability for external auditors and audit committees.
Ability to deliver high‑quality, accurate, and timely group financial reporting that supports strategic decision‑making.
Skilled in enhancing management information to provide meaningful insight, trend analysis, and performance drivers.
Strong track record of leading finance system implementations and process transformation programmes.
Able to define and deliver scalable finance data and systems architectures in partnership with technology teams and vendors.

Skills

Financial reporting
Financial operations
Control environment
IFRS
Statutory requirements
Technical accounting
Audit management
Accounting policies
Financial insight
Strategic decision-making
Capital allocation
Value creation
Revenue invoicing
Debt management
Finance transformation
Systems enhancement
Process enhancement
Control enhancement
Governance framework
Accountability
Precision
Operational excellence
Consolidated monthly management accounts
Cash flow reporting
Debtors reporting
Working capital reporting
External audit
Scenario modelling
Ad-hoc reporting
Cash flow management
Debtor positions
Working capital performance
Customer risk assessment
Team leadership
Team development
Mentoring
Professional development
Commercial awareness
Multi-entity environments
Multi-jurisdictional environments
Financial data analysis
Accuracy
Integrity
Collaboration
Continuous improvement
Technology utilization
Data utilization
Efficiency enhancement
Scalability enhancement
Business performance enhancement

Experience Level

Senior
Leadership

About the Company

Global Switch is a trusted name in the data centre industry with over 20 years of experience.
The company is committed to long-term partnerships and sustainability.
Global Switch values excellence and teamwork, striving to deliver the best customer service and satisfaction.
It is a team of skilled and passionate professionals proud of who they are and what they do.
Joining Global Switch means becoming part of a team that values learning and growth.

Equal Opportunity

As an equal-opportunity employer, Global Switch is committed to providing a working culture that values diversity and inclusion.
Global Switch is committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a barrier-free recruitment process and working environment.