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Date Added: Fri 08/08/2025

Group Financial Controller

Watford, UK
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Company: ACCOUNTANCY ACTION

Job Type: Permanent, FullTime

Salary: £110,000 - £130,000 per annum

An ambitious, investor-backed group with international operations is seeking a commercially sharp Group Financial Controller to support its next stage of growth. Operating across multiple jurisdictions, currencies, and business lines, this role offers a rare blend of technical challenge, commercial visibility, and leadership responsibility.

You’ll work closely with the CFO to modernise and scale the group finance function, overseeing a high-performing team and driving improvements across controls, processes, and reporting.

Your Role

* Lead the month-end, group consolidation, and statutory reporting processes across multiple entities and currencies

* Oversee FX exposure, intercompany recharges, and international cashflow forecasting

* Manage and develop a capable team including the Financial Controller and junior finance staff

* Drive enhancements in financial systems and automate manual processes

* Own external audit and statutory compliance across all group entities

* Partner with the CFO on board reporting, M\&A activity, and commercial finance initiatives

About You

* ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified with strong post-qualified experience in group-level finance

* Experience working in a complex, multi-entity, multi-currency environment

* Strong technical grounding with the confidence to lead group audits and statutory accounts

* Leadership experience – comfortable managing, mentoring, and uplifting a team

* Commercially aware and able to operate as a strategic sounding board to the CFO

* Thrives in fast-paced, evolving environments with broad exposure

Why This Role?

* Broad, senior-level ownership in a lean, high-performing finance team

* Exposure to group-level strategic activity in a PE-backed environment

* Direct access to board-level stakeholders and decision-making

* Real complexity – group structure, FX, international footprint, and upcoming M\&A

* Hybrid working, open culture, and a clear progression pathway

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