Financial Controller

The HALO Trust; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 74,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

The HALO Trust is seeking an experienced Financial Controller to lead our financial control and central finance operations. This senior role reports to the CFO and oversees the integrity of accounting, statutory reporting, audit, treasury, and payroll across a complex international organisation.

The role involves modernising the control function, leveraging Oracle NetSuite and digital tools to simplify processes, strengthen accountability and reduce manual intervention.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with significant post-qualification experience in financial control.
• Proven track record in statutory reporting and external audit.
• Experience in complex international, multi-entity, multi-currency environments.
• Experience with Oracle NetSuite is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead consolidated month-end and year-end close and GL integrity.
• Lead preparation of statutory accounts and external audit.
• Oversee payments, payroll, treasury and related controls.
• Develop KPIs and service standards for the control function.
• Drive improvements in systems and processes.

Skills

Financial control

Statutory reporting

Audit

Leadership

Treasury

Education

Qualified accountant

Tools

Oracle NetSuite

Job description

£74,000 to £88,000 | North of England or Central/Southern Scotland | Hybrid, 2-3 Days Per Fortnight in HALO's Thornhill, Scotland office | Occasional Overseas Travel | Permanent

The HALO Trust is looking for an experienced Financial Controller to lead our financial control and central finance operations across a complex international organisation. Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, this is a senior role with responsibility for the integrity of HALO's financial accounting, statutory reporting, audit, treasury, payments and payroll, together with the organisation-wide financial control environment.

HALO operates internationally across multiple entities, currencies and regulatory environments. We are therefore looking for someone who combines strong technical accounting expertise with the judgement and practical leadership needed to make financial control work effectively in a complex organisation.

This is also a role with a significant improvement agenda. The successful candidate will lead practical modernisation of the control function, making better use of Oracle NetSuite and existing digital tools to simplify processes, strengthen accountability, improve service quality and reduce unnecessary manual intervention.

You will:

• Lead the consolidated month-end and year-end close and take ownership of the integrity of the general ledger and balance sheet;
• Lead preparation of HALO's statutory accounts and external audit;
• Oversee payments, payroll, treasury and associated financial controls;
• Provide technical leadership across financial accounting, statutory reporting, tax and related compliance matters;
• Strengthen HALO's financial control and compliance framework across an international, multi-entity and multi-currency environment;
• Develop service standards and KPIs across the core control function;
• Lead and develop the corporate finance team; and
• Drive practical improvements in systems, processes and ways of working.

About you

You will be a qualified accountant with significant post-qualification experience and a strong track record in financial control, statutory reporting and audit.

You do not need to come from the charity sector. We are particularly interested in candidates who have worked in complex international, multi-entity and multi-currency organisations and can bring strong financial control, systems and process disciplines.

Experience of international NGOs, charities, restricted funding, the Charities SORP or Oracle NetSuite would be advantageous, but is not essential.

About Us

HALO is the leading global NGO addressing the impact and drivers of conflict in 30 countries and territories, with over 8,000 staff. Our primary duty is to serve people affected by conflict, clearing landmines and the explosive remnants of war that threaten lives and livelihoods long after fighting has finished. We make land safe where war has ended, while also assisting those affected by active conflict and endemic violence.

HALO addresses human suffering caused by armed violence in some of the world's most fragile places, securing weapons and ammunition and working with both state and community actors to reduce the prevalence of armed violence.

Why HALO?

This is an opportunity to take genuine ownership of financial control within a distinctive international organisation, working directly with the CFO and alongside senior finance colleagues to shape how the function develops.

29/11/2026.

We reserve the right to amend the closing date depending on the number of applications received.

The HALO Trust is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

The HALO Trust is committed to attracting, developing, and retaining talented individuals from a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

The HALO Trust is committed to ensuring that it provides a safe and trusted environment which safeguards and promotes the welfare and wellbeing of anyone who comes into contact with, or is part of, the Charity, with a zero-tolerance approach to behaviours which challenge this.

The HALO trust participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme, and we will request information from job applicants' previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.