Financial Controller

Manchester (Hybrid, up to 2 days WFH) | Salary £75,000 – £80,000 (dependent on experience).

• Lead a high-quality, efficient month‑end close and deliver board‑ready reporting with robust reconciliations and clear audit trails.
• Strengthen financial controls, systems and automation to build a scalable, investor‑ready finance function.
• Act as the lead for audit, year‑end accounts, VAT, payroll and broader tax compliance.
• Partner cross‑functionally to translate financial performance into commercial insight, confidently challenging on accounting treatment where needed.
• Lead and develop the finance team, raise standards, improve processes, and embed a systems‑first, high‑performance culture.

• Fully qualified (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with strong post‑qualified experience.
• Proven experience operating as a Financial Controller or Senior Finance Manager within a scaling, high‑growth environment.
• Strong technical grounding, with clear SaaS/software revenue recognition experience and a deep understanding of financial controls.
• Systems‑first mindset – instinctively improve processes, leverage automation, and enhance reporting accuracy.
• Confident communicator with gravitas, comfortable challenging stakeholders and translating financial data into commercial insight.
• Meticulous, disciplined and commercially aware, with the drive to build a finance function that supports rapid and sustainable growth.

• Hybrid working – up to 2 days per week from home.
• £1,000 holiday bonus after first year.
• £500 yearly learning and development budget.
• Paid birthday.
• 2 paid volunteering days.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay.
• Mental health and well‑being support via Health Assured.
• Flexible working hours.
• Public transport season ticket loan.
• Paid menopause leave.
• Holiday buying scheme.
• Team off‑sites and events.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Electric car salary sacrifice scheme.
• Climate‑positive company culture.

We are committed to Equal Employment Opportunity. Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK and be able to perform the work specified.