Financial Controller

An opportunity has arisen for a technically astute, ACA-qualified Chartered Accountant looking for a leadership position in a large and complex UK business. This is a key leadership role responsible for overseeing the UK finance function, ensuring robust financial control, financial reporting and governance, while supporting strategic decision-making across the business.

This is an excellent opportunity for an ACA-qualified finance professional who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and wants to play a central role in driving financial performance and operational improvement whilst retaining hands-on involvement in technical accounting and acting as the trusted technical adviser to the CFO.

The Role

Reporting to the CFO, the UK Financial Controller will take ownership of the day-to-day finance operations while helping shape the company’s financial strategy.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and developing the finance team, ensuring strong financial controls and processes
• Managing the month-end and year-end close process
• Producing accurate and timely financial accounts and statutory and management reporting
• Overseeing budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow management
• Ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements
• Supporting strategic initiatives, investment decisions, and business planning
• Acting as a key finance partner to senior leadership and operational teams
• Managing relationships with auditors, banks, and external advisors
• Driving continuous improvement across finance processes, controls and governance

Candidate Profile

The successful candidate will be a proactive and technically trained finance professional with strong leadership capability.

You will ideally have:

• ACA Qualified
• Proven experience in a Financial Controller, Senior Finance Manager, Group Financial Controller, Head of Finance or similar senior finance leadership role
• Strong technical accounting knowledge and financial control experience in a large or complex business environment
• Experience in financial reporting, statutory reporting, technical accounting or financial governance
• Experience managing and developing finance teams
• Excellent analytical and communication skills
• A hands-on approach with the ability to operate both strategically and operationally