A Group Financial Controller role leading management and financial reporting in a PE-backed services business, managing a team of circa 8. Hands-on position with responsibility for audit, regulatory reporting, and financial control in a fast-growing environment.
Client Details
A PE backed, Liverpool-headquartered services business. The firm is highly profitable, experiencing strong growth.
Description
*Lead and develop the group finance function, ensuring accurate and timely reporting
*Oversee month-end close, consolidations, and performance analysis across entities
*Manage audit processes and act as the key contact for external auditors
*Ensure compliance with regulatory, tax, and statutory reporting requirements
*Drive improvements in financial controls, processes, and systems
*Partner with senior stakeholders to support budgeting, forecasting, and decision-making
*Review sensitive accounting areas (e.g. payroll, bonuses, cash management)
*Support finance transformation and change projects across the business
Profile
*Fully qualified accountant (ideally ACA) with strong technical grounding across both management and statutory reporting
*Proven leader with experience managing and developing teams in a fast-paced environment
*Confident operating in a hands-on, detail-focused role with ownership of key financial processes
*Comfortable in a PE-backed or high-growth business with evolving priorities and tight deadlines
*Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to partner senior leadership
*Experience in regulated environments (FCA or similar) would be advantageous
*Proactive, resilient, and able to bring structure to a sometimes complex or changing business
Job Offer
*Competitive salary ranging from £85,000 to £95,000 per annum
*25 days of annual leave.
*Opportunity to earn a discretionary bonus
*Senior leadership role with direct exposure to the CFO and business strategy
*Broad, hands-on remit across reporting, control, and finance transformation
*Opportunity to join a growing, profitable PE-backed business
*Strong career progression potential within an expanding finance function
*Stable, high-retention culture with long-tenured team members