Financial Controller

Halliday Marx; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Halliday Marx is seeking a Group Finance Controller for an 18-month maternity cover in the UK fintech sector. You will own group consolidation and monthly reporting, including regional and product-level P&L, in a multi-entity, multi-currency environment.

You will lead a small team, collaborate with auditors and commercial finance, and drive process improvements leveraging AI tools. ACA/ACCA/CIMA credentials are required, with a hands-on, detail-focused approach.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant ACA/ACCA/CIMA.
• Strong technical grounding and meticulous attention to detail.
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment with ambiguity and shifting priorities.
• Self-starter who can hit the ground running with minimal hand-holding.
• Hands-on with ability to prepare, produce and review work.
• Keen on improving processes and managing change projects.
• Extensive financial and management accounting experience.
• Experience preparing group reporting by function.
• Experience with multi-entity, multi-currency consolidation.

Responsibilities

• Own group consolidation and group financial reporting by function.
• Own monthly financial reporting, automate functional reporting, regional and product-level P&L reporting.
• Prepare and review management accounts in a multi-entity, multi-currency environment.
• Manage and develop 2 direct reports and review their output.
• Review work of junior team members and ensure quality control.
• Partner with Commercial Finance to support reporting, analysis, and decision-making.
• Lead audit transition to new auditor.
• Own statutory reporting and compliance across the group, including accounts and covenant reporting.
• Act as senior escalation point for the Financial Control team and liaise with auditors and advisers.
• Identify and drive process improvements across the finance function.
• Leverage AI tools and lead AI-related finance transformation initiatives.
• Tackle ad hoc projects as priorities evolve.

Skills

Qualified accountant ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Financial accounting

Management accounting

Group reporting

Multi-entity consolidation

Multi-currency consolidation

Process improvement

Project management

Attention to detail

Ambiguity tolerance

Hands-on approach

Tools

AI tools

Job description

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