Financial Controller

Group Finance Controller £80-95K DOE+ Bonus (18 month Contract) Central London (Hybrid Working) My client is a fin tech business and are looking for a Group Finance Controller for 18 months to cover maternity. Duties Include:

• Owning the group consolidation and the preparation of group financial reporting, including reporting by function
• Owning monthly financial reporting, including automating functional reporting, implementing regional and product-level P&L reporting, and supporting financial KPI reporting aligned to agreed business strategies
• Preparing and reviewing management accounts in a multi-entity, multi-currency environment
• Managing and developing 2 direct reports, overseeing their workload and reviewing their output
• Reviewing the work of junior team members, providing quality control and developing the team
• Partnering with Commercial Finance to support reporting, analysis, and business decision-making
• Leading the audit transition to new auditor
• Owning statutory reporting and compliance across the group, including statutory accounts, audit deliverables, and lender and covenant reporting
• Acting as the senior point of escalation for the Financial Control team and representing finance with auditors, advisers and other external stakeholders
• Identifying and driving process improvements across the finance function
• Leveraging AI tools and supporting or leading AI-related projects and finance transformation initiatives to improve efficiency, automation, and process effectiveness across the finance function
• Getting stuck into ad hoc projects and analysis as priorities evolve - no two weeks look quite the same Requirements:
• A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA)
• Strong technical ground and excellent attention to detail
• Proven experience thriving in a fast-paced environment - comfortable with ambiguity, shifting priorities, and pace
• A self-starter who can hit the ground running with minimal hand-holding
• Comfortable being hands-on - preparing and producing as well as reviewing
• A genuine appetite for improving processes and project-managing change
• Strong financial and management accounting experience
• Experience preparing group reporting by function
• Exposure to multi-entity, multi-currency consolidation