Financial Controller

This is a hybrid role based in London.

We are looking for a Financial Controller to join our finance team, responsible for the day-to-day leadership of group financial control, reporting, and governance. The role will include direct management of Accounts Receivable and Payroll Accounting, with our AR Manager and Payroll Accounting Specialist being direct reports into the Financial Controller.

The role supports the firm's VP Finance by owning execution, detailed review, and financial discipline across the finance function. The Financial Controller works closely with Management Accounting team to ensure consistent application of group accounting policies, robust controls, and high-quality reporting and acts as a senior point of contact for the wider business on financial and technical accounting queries.

• Lead the day-to-day operation of the group financial control framework, ensuring consistent governance and control standards across the business.
• Own and enforce finance policies, ensuring adherence across Management Accounting teams.
• Act as the primary escalation point for accounting treatments, judgements, and control issues, providing clear recommendations to the VP Finance.
• Run the operational month-end close process, coordinating inputs across teams and ensuring timely, accurate delivery.
• Ensure strong balance sheet discipline through timely reconciliations, review, and issue resolution.
• Support the wider business by providing clear, pragmatic guidance on financial and technical accounting queries, ensuring alignment with group policies and standards.

• Lead day-to-day execution of year-end close activities, ensuring audit-ready documentation and schedules.
• Act as the day-to-day audit contact, coordinating information flow and resolving queries efficiently.
• Support VP Finance in audit planning, issue resolution, and clearance of findings.

• Support tax compliance by ensuring accurate and timely preparation of underlying information and schedules.
• Maintain a strong working understanding of UK tax compliance and UK tax returns, with the ability to review, challenge, and liaise effectively with external advisors.
• Monitor tax compliance timelines across jurisdictions and ensure inputs are delivered to standard, working with local teams and external advisors as appropriate.

• Line-manage the AR Manager and Payroll Accounting Specialist, setting clear expectations, reviewing outputs, and developing capability.
• Work closely with the AR team to maintain revenue integrity, billing accuracy, and collections discipline.
• Oversee payroll accounting processes, reconciliations, and controls.
• Act as a senior day-to-day finance partner to operational and commercial stakeholders.

• Drive continuous improvement in close efficiency, reporting quality, and control effectiveness.
• Strengthen documentation, standardisation, and ways of working across the finance function.
• Support systems and automation initiatives where they improve reliability and governance.

• Qualified Accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent).
• Strong experience in a hands-on Financial Controller or senior financial control role.
• Proven experience running day-to-day month-end close activities and performing detailed review.
• Experience acting as a day-to-day audit contact.
• Solid working understanding of tax compliance and tax returns, UK tax experience essential.
• Experience working closely with management accounting teams to ensure policy adherence.
• People management experience with a strong review and coaching mindset.
• Effective communication skills (both written and verbal) in English.
• Delivery-focussed, detail-oriented, and reliable under pressure.
• Pragmatic, organised, and improvement-minded.
• An ability to handle multiple tasks under tight timelines and prioritise.

• Experience in a group or multi-entity environment.
• Audit background (Big 4 or equivalent) or significant audit-facing experience in industry.
• Background in infrastructure, telecoms, networks, or other asset-heavy businesses.
• Experience strengthening controls and proven track record of improving close processes.
• Business Central and Salesforce experience.

If this position is of interest but you don't think you meet all of the criteria listed, please consider applying still.

We're a multi-faceted company that has been consistently growing for over 10 years but we remain committed to our company values and hiring people who want to be part of the team and make a contribution.

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