The Group Financial Controller will lead the finance team, ensuring robust financial controls, accurate and timely reporting, and scalable processes to support rapid growth.

The role is hands-on, requires strong commercial awareness, and is critical to delivering PE-level reporting, cash discipline, and value creation.

Key Responsibilities – Financial Control & Reporting

• Management of the overall finance team.

• Oversee the monthly management accounting and KPI reporting

• Prepare group consolidated accounts ensure compliance with UK GAAP

• Lead year-end statutory accounting and the external audit

Systems, Processes & Scalability

• Improve financial reporting systems and processes

• Maintain and enhance financial controls across the group

Budgeting, Forecasting & Performance

• Lead annual budgeting and quarterly reforecasting processes

• Produce rolling forecasts and cashflow projections

• Develop and monitor KPIs

• Profitability analysis

Cashflow & Working Capital

• Manage cashflow forecasting and liquidity management

• Drive working capital improvements

• Support external banking relationships

Private Equity & Board Reporting

• Prepare monthly board packs with PE reporting requirements for FD review

• Support the FD with acquisitions, integrations and Exit readiness

Team Leadership

• Lead and develop the finance team. Providing support, coaching, guidance and oversight.

• Act as the key finance business partner for other teams

• Fully qualified accountant with commercial and management experience.

• Background in group reporting within a multi-entity environment

• Experience in PE-backed, acquisitive or transaction-led businesses highly desirable

• Experience of developing controls, processes and reporting in a growing environment

• Confident communicator with strong technical accounting and Excel skills

• Ability to work closely with senior stakeholders and investors

• Comfortable operating in a scaling and evolving finance function, hands-on and strong leadership qualities