Financial Controller

JSS are delighted to be partnering with our client who are based near High Wycombe on the recruitment of a excellent new Financial Controller role. We are looking for an experienced Financial Controller/Head of Financial Controls to be responsible for all aspect of financial control and period end across multiple entities in a large fast paced business.

The Financial Controller will support the Finance Director in all aspects of the financial control and reporting, this is a leadership role with genuine scope to shape and improve processes in a large growing business complex. As the business is growing year on year, this role offers great exposure to senior leadership and future career progression within a growing and acquisitive group.

This Finance Controller role will be responsible for:

• Leading and developing the finance team while partnering closely with project finance, commercial, and operational leaders to embed a strong controls culture across the organisation.
• Ensuring strong control over key balance sheet areas (e.g. contract assets/liabilities, provisions, accruals), including regular reconciliations, review processes, and risk identification.
• Leading internal control compliance programmes, including control testing, documentation, and remediation of deficiencies.
• Acting as the primary interface with external auditors and internal audit, managing audit processes, resolving technical accounting issues, and ensuring timely, high-quality deliverables.
• Providing expertise on complex accounting areas (e.g. revenue recognition, leases, impairments), maintaining group accounting policies and supporting business units on technical matters.
• Driving standardisation, automation, and continuous improvement of finance processes across projects and business units.

• An experienced Financial Controller who is ACA, CIMA or ACCA qualified.
• It is ideal to have worked a larger businesses, managing controls, period end, reporting and audit.
• Essential to have good balance sheet and controls experience ideally in a large organisation.
• Must be able to work in a fast growth, fast paced environment.

Salary circa £90k plus £6k car allowance, bonus and hybrid working.