Controllership Transformation Director

Grant Thornton UK; Leeds; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tailored development programmes

Flexible bank holidays

Pension and life cover

Private medical

Job summary

Grant Thornton UK is growing its Controllership Transformation and Financial Close Automation practice, seeking a Senior Manager/Associate Director to lead engagements with CFOs and Financial Controllers and shape the future of controllership.

You will drive end-to-end programmes, oversee close automation, advise on FloQast/OneStream/Prophix, redesign processes, and build a high-performing team while maintaining delivery quality and budget in Leeds, UK.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in controllership or close transformation.
• Experience leading complex programmes for finance operations.
• Experience with close automation or EPM platforms.
• Senior client-facing experience with CFOs and Financial Controllers.
• Professional qualification preferred

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end controllership transformation programmes from current-state diagnostic through to future-state operating model design and implementation.
• Own financial close automation workstreams, overseeing solution design, vendor engagement, configuration, testing, user adoption and change management.
• Advise clients on close technology platform selection, with specific expertise across FloQast, OneStream and Prophix.
• Redesign financial close and consolidation processes, including close calendar optimisation, task management, account reconciliation and intercompany automation.
• Develop and implement policy and control frameworks that underpin a faster, more reliable close, reducing manual effort and audit risk simultaneously.
• Drive automation of journal entry, reconciliation and variance analysis workflows to materially reduce close cycle times.
• Translate complex finance operations and technology challenges into clear, actionable roadmaps that clients can own and execute.
• Manage delivery across multiple concurrent engagements, ensuring quality, timeline and budget commitments are met

Skills

Leadership

Programme management

Client relationship building

Finance operations knowledge

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA/ICAS or equivalent

Tools

FloQast

OneStream

Prophix

Blackline

Job description

Grant Thornton UK is growing its Controllership Transformation and Financial Close Automation practice, seeking a Senior Manager/Associate Director to lead engagements with CFOs and Financial Controllers and shape the future of controllership.

You will drive end-to-end programmes, oversee close automation, advise on FloQast/OneStream/Prophix, redesign processes, and build a high-performing team while maintaining delivery quality and budget in Leeds, UK.