Financial Controller

Altum Consulting; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Dog-friendly office

23 days annual leave

EMI Share Scheme

Sponsorship available

Career progression internationally

Job summary

Altum Group is seeking a Financial Controller to take ownership of the finance function at a pivotal growth stage. Reporting to the CEO, you’ll bring management accounting in-house, strengthen reporting, and build scalable processes to support international expansion.

You’ll partner with senior leaders, lead budgeting and forecasting, manage relationships with outsourced finance partners, and drive automation, including AI where it adds value.

Qualifications

• Qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent with strong management accounting and financial control experience.
• Experience in SME, founder-led or professional services environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Taking ownership of monthly management accounts, forecasting, cash flow and financial reporting
• Building stronger financial controls and scalable processes
• Business partnering with senior leaders to support commercial decision-making
• Producing insightful analysis, modelling growth scenarios and challenging assumptions
• Leading budgeting and forecasting across the business
• Managing relationships with outsourced finance providers, auditors and advisers
• Improving systems, reporting and automation, including the use of AI where it adds value
• Lead statutory reporting, compliance and governance across the Group.
• Supporting our UK business alongside our growing operations in the Netherlands and US
• Helping prepare the business for its next phase of growth

Skills

Management accounting

Financial control

Financial reporting

Business partnering

Forecasting

Automation

Stakeholder engagement

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent

Job description

Looking for a Financial Controller role where you can genuinely shape the future of a business?

Altum Group is a growing international recruitment business with ambitious plans for the future. We're profitable, investing in our people, technology and infrastructure, and looking for an ambitious, collaborative qualified accountant, who's excited by growth, enjoys rolling up their sleeves, and wants to become a trusted commercial partner to the leadership team.

If you've got a practice background, are currently working within an SME, and you're looking for a role where you'll accelerate your career and a genuinely supportive business, we'd love to hear from you.

The Opportunity

Reporting directly to our CEO, you'll take ownership of the finance function at an important stage in our journey.

Finance is currently delivered through a combination of an outsourced provider and internal support. Your challenge will be to bring management accounting and commercial finance capability in-house, strengthen reporting, build scalable processes and create a finance function that enables the business to grow.

You'll work closely with our leadership team, modelling different commercial scenarios, providing meaningful financial insight and helping shape strategic decisions as we continue to expand.

You'll also manage relationships with our outsourced finance partners and advisers, ensuring everyone is aligned and delivering against expectations.

This is a highly visible role with real influence across the business.

What you'll be doing

• Taking ownership of monthly management accounts, forecasting, cash flow and financial reporting
• Building stronger financial controls and scalable finance processes
• Business partnering with senior leaders to support commercial decision-making
• Producing insightful analysis, modelling growth scenarios and challenging assumptions
• Leading budgeting and forecasting across the business
• Managing relationships with outsourced finance providers, auditors and advisers
• Improving systems, reporting and automation, including the use of AI where it adds value
• Lead statutory reporting, compliance and governance across the Group.
• Supporting our UK business alongside our growing operations in the Netherlands and US
• Helping prepare the business for its next phase of growth

About You

You'll ideally be a qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent with strong management accounting and financial control experience, ideally gained within an SME, founder-led or professional services environment.

You're commercially minded, enjoy improving processes, and are confident partnering with senior stakeholders to turn financial information into business insight. Most importantly, you're ambitious and excited by the opportunity to grow with a business where you can make a visible impact.

Experience in recruitment isn't essential, but an interest in technology, automation and continuous improvement would be a real advantage.

Why Altum Group?

We're a people business that's serious about developing talent. Many of our senior team have progressed internally, and we're proud of creating an environment where ambitious people can build long-term careers.

This role offers the chance to make a visible impact from day one, with significant scope to develop into a Finance Director position as the business grows.

We offer:

• Competitive salary, performance-related bonus and EMI Share Scheme
• Hybrid working (three days in our Cannon Street office) and dog friendly office
• 23 days' annual leave plus bank holidays and office closure between Christmas and New Year, with additional leave awarded for long service and the opportunity to buy and sell.
• Sponsorship available for the right candidate
• Genuine career progression as we continue to grow internationally
• Extraordinary team experiences, including overseas fundraising challenges such as the Sierra Leone Marathon, National Three Peaks and this year's Mount Toubkal trek.