Financial Controller

About us:

Spectrum.

Life is a whole-of-health digital partner that guides organisations and their people to thrive, delivering clinically backed digital health, mental health and wellbeing solutions.

Our Health Tech delivers digital transformation for Insurers, Educators and Employers through Co-creation or seamlessly integrated out-of-the-box solutions, that decrease digital fragmentation and engage, empower, and transform their people’s lives.

Established in 2018 by Stuart McGoldrick and Stephen Costello, Spectrum.

Life provides services internationally to over 7.2m insurance members, 3,000 corporate clients, 60 universities and 650,000 university students. Spectrum.

Life currently employs over 450 people.

Our vision is to change and save as many lives as possible.

The Financial Controller will play a key role in supporting the financial performance and operational effectiveness of the business. Operating within a dynamic and fast-evolving environment, the Financial Controller will lead and develop a finance operations team, oversee core finance processes and drive the team's adoption of AI-enabled and agentic ways of working. This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified accountant who enjoys working in a collaborative, fast-paced setting and who is motivated to help build scalable finance processes, lead a team through a period of change, and shape how the function adopts new technology within a growing organisation.

Full-time role. Hybrid, with on average 1-2 in-office days per week for team collaboration and continuous learning on business operations.

Team Leadership

• Directly manage and develop a team covering payables, billing, collections, payroll etc.
• Own workload prioritisation, performance management and development plans across the team.
• Provide a stable management layer ensuring continuity of service across all finance operations.

Financial Control and Reporting

• Coordinate the month-end close timetable with the finance team to ensure timely and accurate reporting.
• Prepare monthly financial reporting, including variance analysis against budget and prior periods.
• Support the preparation of board reporting packs and cash management reporting.
• Support the maintenance of strong financial controls, ensuring the integrity and accuracy of financial records.
• Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations, investigating and resolving variances.
• Assist with cash flow reporting and monitoring of working capital.
• Support the preparation of annual statutory financial statements and audit process, acting as a key contact for auditors and coordinating supporting documentation.
• Manage indirect tax compliance, including preparation and submission of VAT returns and related filings.
• Own the monthly payroll process end to end and the relationship with any external support and the People team, with direct accountability for payroll accuracy and compliance.
• Review payroll reports and ensure payroll journals and reconciliations are accurately recorded as part of the month-end close.
• Support and increasingly own intercompany accounting and group reporting processes across multiple entities and jurisdictions (currently Ireland, UK, Australia).
• Document and enhance financial policies, procedures and internal controls.
• Take ownership of designated Finance SOPs as part of the team's SOP library, including maintenance of current SOPs.

Cost and Margin Analysis

• Own gross margin reporting, ensuring accurate cost allocation within the monthly financials.
• Perform detailed variance analysis of operational costs and cost of sales, identifying key drivers and trends.
• Partner with People and functional leaders to ensure accurate classification of company resources by business line.
• Manage…