Director of Financial Control

Director of Financial Control, Central London - £150,000 - £180,000 + bens + bonus

We are partnering with an incredible UK-listed Financial Services and Real Estate giant to appoint a Director of Financial Control / Group Head of Financial Control. This is a critical leadership role offering the opportunity to shape financial governance, reporting excellence and control across a large and complex group structure. As a key member of the senior finance leadership team, you will provide strategic direction across financial control, reporting, accounting policy, tax, treasury and sustainability reporting.

You will play a pivotal role in supporting executive decision making, strengthening governance, driving finance transformation and ensuring the highest standards of financial integrity.

This role offers enterprise-wide responsibility for financial control and reporting, overseeing activities from production of annual statutory accounts, Annual report, all other external reporting (IFRS), consolidation, financial control and reporting.

• Leading and developing a high-performing Financial Control function of approximately 15 professionals - with three direct reports
• Owning the integrity, accuracy and completeness of the Group's financial records, ensuring robust month-end and year-end close processes.
• Delivering high-quality group consolidation, statutory reporting and external financial disclosures.
• Acting as the Group's technical accounting authority, providing leadership on complex and non-routine transactions.
• Providing strategic oversight of tax, treasury, internal controls and sustainability reporting.
• Leading relationships with external auditors and ensuring consistently strong audit outcomes.
• Owning and enhancing the Group's internal control framework, ensuring strong governance, compliance and risk management.
• Driving Financial Control work streams within major finance transformation and ERP implementation programmes.
• Partnering with the Group Finance Director, senior executives and Audit Committee to provide insight, challenge and assurance on financial stewardship and control effectiveness.

You will be an accomplished finance leader with a track record of operating successfully within a complex, multi-entity financial services or real estate organisation.

• Significant senior leadership experience across Financial Control, Financial Reporting and/or Technical Accounting.
• Must have experience in a FCA regulated environment
• Deep technical accounting expertise and the ability to apply sound judgement to complex transactions.
• Extensive experience managing audits and engaging with senior stakeholders, boards and governance committees.
• Proven experience leading finance transformation, process improvement and ERP-enabled change.
• The credibility and executive presence to influence at Board, Executive and Audit Committee level.
• A leadership style that develops talent, promotes accountability and drives high performance.

This is a rare opportunity to take ownership of a broad and strategically important finance leadership position. You will influence the future shape of the finance function, help deliver transformational change and play a vital role in maintaining the financial integrity of a major organisation. If you are a commercially minded finance leader with a passion for excellence in governance, reporting and control, we would be delighted to hear from you.