Financial Controller

Membership Bespoke; Bracknell; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

3 discretionary days over Christmas

Private Medical and Dental Insurance

Free EV charging & EV salary sacrifice

Pension salary sacrifice

Job summary

Membership Bespoke is seeking a senior Financial Controller to lead the technical delivery and financial control of its finance function within a UK charity.

Reporting to the Finance Director, you will drive month-end close, balance sheet management, and strong financial governance, while ensuring regulatory and audit readiness and providing clear financial insight to non-finance stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a technical finance role.
• Strong knowledge of financial controls and balance sheet management.
• Experience with VAT, pensions reporting and audit schedules.
• Proven month-end processes and financial governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the month-end close and financial reporting.
• Oversee balance sheet integrity, reconciliations, accruals and journals.
• Maintain financial controls, policies and processes.
• Manage VAT, pensions, fixed assets and statutory processes.
• Ensure audit readiness and regulatory compliance.
• Review bad debt, deferred income and prepayments.
• Produce and review financial reports for SLT and Trustees.
• Support budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling.
• Provide technical accounting guidance and constructive challenge.
• Work closely with the Finance Director on financial planning and risk.
• Support colleagues with financial information and day-to-day technical queries.

Skills

Technical finance

Financial controls

Reconciliations

Balance sheet

Statutory reporting

VAT reporting

Pensions reporting

Audit schedules

Month-end close

Financial governance

Excel

Stakeholder communication

Job description

We are supporting a UK charity in the appointment of a Financial Controller to lead the technical delivery and financial control of its finance function.

This is a senior technical accounting role, reporting to the Finance Director, with responsibility for ensuring the integrity, accuracy and compliance of financial information across the organisation.

The Financial Controller will:

• Lead the month-end close, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting
• Oversee balance sheet integrity, reconciliations, accruals and journals
• Maintain and strengthen financial controls, policies and processes
• Manage VAT, pensions, fixed assets and statutory financial processes
• Ensure strong audit readiness and regulatory compliance
• Review bad debt, deferred income and prepayments
• Produce and review financial reports for SLT and Trustees
• Support budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling
• Provide technical accounting guidance and constructive challenge
• Work closely with the Finance Director on financial planning and risk
• Support colleagues with financial information and day-to-day technical queries

We are looking for an accounting professional with:

• Significant experience in a technical finance or accounting role
• Strong knowledge of financial controls, reconciliations, balance sheet management and statutory reporting
• Experience with VAT, pensions reporting and audit schedules
• Proven experience managing month-end processes and financial governance
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with excellent attention to detail
• The ability to communicate financial information clearly to non-finance stakeholders
• Confidence using finance systems and Excel
• Experience within a charity, not-for-profit or complex organisation would be advantageous

Alongside the opportunity to use your financial expertise within a charity with an important social purpose, the organisation offers:

• 25 days annual leave, increasing to 28 days with long service
• 3 additional discretionary days between Christmas and New Year
• Private Medical and Dental Insurance
• Free EV charging & EV salary sacrifice car scheme
• Pension salary sacrifice, with employer contributions depending on employee contribution level

If you are an experienced finance professional looking for a technically focused role where your expertise can make a meaningful contribution within the charity sector, we would be pleased to hear from you.

Membership Bespoke is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified candidates from all backgrounds and welcome applications regardless of protected characteristics.