Group Financial Controller

Clyde Munro is an expanding dental group seeking a Group Financial Controller to lead finance and support growth across its 64 practices.

The role offers exposure to private equity and the chance to drive strategic finance across a high‑growth, multi‑site healthcare business.

As Group Financial Controller you will oversee the finance engine, ensuring accurate reporting, strong controls and timely decision support for the Senior Leadership Team.

• Lead the month‑end close process and prepare monthly management accounts for the group, regions and practices for SLT and Board reporting.
• Maintain strong financial control across the group, including balance sheet reconciliations, review processes and issue resolution.
• Ensure integrity of financial reporting across the main operating company, training company and PE holding structure.
• Lead statutory reporting, audit preparation and comply with all relevant accounting, tax and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee core finance operations: purchase ledger, sales ledger, banking, reconciliations and payroll‑related finance processes.
• Support effective cash management, working capital discipline and short‑term cash visibility.
• Lead, manage and develop five direct reports, setting clear standards, deadlines and expectations.
• Build a finance team culture focused on accuracy, accountability, continuous improvement and service to the wider business.
• Collaborate with the CFO, Head of FP&A and Senior Leadership Team to provide reliable financial insight, constructive challenge and decision support.
• Partner with operational and commercial teams to improve understanding of financial performance, risks and opportunities.
• Improve finance processes, systems and reporting to increase efficiency, scalability and robustness.
• Champion adoption of better tools, automation, AI and data‑driven ways of working across finance and, where appropriate, the wider business.

The successful candidate will be a professionally qualified accountant with strong organisational, interpersonal and technical skills, capable of leading the financial control, accounting, reporting and compliance functions of a PE‑backed, multi‑site healthcare business.

• Professionally qualified accountant: CA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent, ideally with four years of PQE.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge and experience in financial control, month‑end reporting, statutory accounts, audit and compliance.
• Experience leading and developing a finance team, inspiring confidence and respect.
• Ability to work closely with the CFO, Head of FP&A, SLT, investors, auditors and external advisers.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to deliver accurate and timely results in a fast‑paced environment.
• Results‑driven, respects deadlines and remains calm under pressure.
• Proven ability to lead teams, coordinate projects and own solutions and outcomes when resolving challenges.
• Forward‑looking and improvement‑oriented, modernising finance processes, systems, reporting and ways of working.

• Experience as a Financial Controller, Senior Finance Manager or similar in a PE‑backed, investor‑owned or fast‑paced growth environment.
• Experience operating in a multi‑site business, ideally in healthcare, dental, veterinary, social care, retail or leisure with a patient/customer focus.
• Experience in a business of comparable scale, ideally turnover of c.£50m–£150m.
• Evidence of improving or modernising finance processes, systems, reporting or controls.
• Experience or strong curiosity about automation, AI and data‑led tools to improve finance effectiveness.
• High EQ, adaptable style and potential to develop into a future CFO.

• Competitive pay scale with annual allowance
• Pension contributions in line with auto enrolment limits
• 33 paid holidays per year (incl. statutory bank holidays)
• Dental examination and essential work coverage
• Professional development – access to online training and educational assistance
• Wellbeing initiatives and benefits
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Enhanced family‑friendly policies
• ‘You Days’ – a day off for moving house, getting married and birthday celebrations

Group Financial Controller
• Glasgow, GB