Full job descriptionGroup Finance Controller
£80-95K DOE+ Bonus (18 month Contract)
Central London (Hybrid Working)


My client is a fin tech business and are looking for a Group Finance Controller for 18 months to cover maternity.


Duties Include:


*Owning the group consolidation and the preparation of group financial reporting, including reporting by function
*Owning monthly financial reporting, including automating functional reporting, implementing regional and product-level P&L reporting, and supporting financial KPI reporting aligned to agreed business strategies
*Preparing and reviewing management accounts in a multi-entity, multi-currency environment
*Managing and developing 2 direct reports, overseeing their workload and reviewing their output
*Reviewing the work of junior team members, providing quality control and developing the team
*Partnering with Commercial Finance to support reporting, analysis, and business decision-making
*Leading the audit transition to new auditor
*Owning statutory reporting and compliance across the group, including statutory accounts, audit deliverables, and lender and covenant reporting
*Acting as the senior point of escalation for the Financial Control team and representing finance with auditors, advisers and other external stakeholders
*Identifying and driving process improvements across the finance function
*Leveraging AI tools and supporting or leading AI-related projects and finance transformation initiatives to improve efficiency, automation, and process effectiveness across the finance function
*Getting stuck into ad hoc projects and analysis as priorities evolve - no two weeks look quite the same


Requirements:
*A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA)
*Strong technical ground and excellent attention to detail
*Proven experience thriving in a fast-paced environment - comfortable with ambiguity, shifting priorities, and pace
*A self-starter who can hit the ground running with minimal hand-holding
*Comfortable being hands-on - preparing and producing as well as reviewing
*A genuine appetite for improving processes and project-managing change
*Strong financial and management accounting experience
*Experience preparing group reporting by function
*Exposure to multi-entity, multi-currency consolidation