Financial Controller

About the role

The Financial Controller is responsible for financial reporting, control and management information across the relevant businesses. Reporting to Group Finance and partnering with local management, the role combines technical accounting and governance with forecasting, commercial insight and business partnering. It also oversees local finance operations and works with Shared Services to ensure processes are accurate, efficient and well controlled.

Key responsibilities

• Lead month-end and year-end close, review management accounts, journals, accruals, prepayments, intercompany balances and balance sheet reconciliations, and ensure accurate accounting treatment in the general ledger.
• Produce monthly management information, support budgeting, forecasting, cash flow planning and liquidity management, and analyse financial and operational performance.
• Act as a trusted finance partner to local directors and management, translating financial information into clear commercial insight.
• Maintain internal controls, segregation of duties and approval controls, and escalate material risks; coordinate audit, tax, VAT and statutory compliance.
• Oversee cash flow forecasting, funding, banking, reconciliations and payment controls, and monitor billing, revenue, aged debt and working capital.
• Provide financial oversight of accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing, payroll and cash allocation, focusing on review and exception management.
• Identify opportunities to standardise, simplify and automate finance activities, and lead local finance operations during periods of change.

Required profile

• Qualified accountant (ACCA, ACA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Demonstrable experience of month-end close, management accounts, budgeting and forecasting, and supporting external audit and statutory reporting.
• Experience in financial services, professional services, corporate services or another regulated environment, and across multiple legal entities or jurisdictions.
• Experience working with Group Finance and Shared Services, and exposure to intercompany, cross-border accounting, finance transformation or systems implementation.

Required skills

• Strong technical accounting, balance sheet management and financial control.
• Strong analytical ability, Excel and financial systems capability.
• Confident communication with senior stakeholders and ability to manage competing deadlines accurately.