Financial Controller

Accountable Recruitment Limited; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Bonus

Enhanced pension

Job summary

Accountable Recruitment Limited in Liverpool is seeking a Finance Controller to lead financial planning and operations. You will own statutory reporting, budgeting, forecasting and financial control, acting as a trusted commercial partner to operations to drive margins and pricing.

This role reports into the senior leadership team and shapes the finance function in a growing business. With a focus on cross-functional partnership, you will balance governance with business partnering, delivering

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA) with audit background.
• Proven finance leadership experience with a hands-on approach.
• Strong commercial acumen and operational mindset.
• Able to challenge and influence senior stakeholders with credibility.
• Curious, pragmatic and motivated by building and improving.
• Enjoys evolving and growing a business.

Responsibilities

• Full ownership of statutory reporting, budgeting, forecasting and financial control.
• Act as a trusted commercial partner to operations on cost control, margin analysis and efficiency.
• Shape and support pricing, tariff and operational decisions.
• Improve financial processes, controls and management information.
• Lead and develop a small finance team.
• Work closely with the Managing Director as part of the senior leadership group.
• Bring financial challenge, clarity and insight to both short-term decisions and long-term strategy.
• Spend time outside the finance office, getting into the operational detail when required.

Skills

Commercial acumen

Operational mindset

Stakeholder influence

Hands-on style

Education

Fully qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA)

Job description

Finance Controller
Liverpool
£80K - £90K + car allowance + bonus + enhanced pension

A high growth business just outside the city centre in the heart of Liverpool City Centre have a newly created vacancy for Financial Controller.

This is an opportunity for a commercially curious, operationally focused finance leader who wants to be at the heart of the business, not behind the numbers.

Working closely with the Finance Director and leadership team, you will play a central role in shaping strategy, improving margins and influencing day‑to‑day operational decisions.

This is a combination of a reporting-led role, developing KPIs and overseeing the Y/E audit. You will combine statutory and governance responsibility with true business partnering across operations, pricing and productivity.

The Role

• Full ownership of statutory reporting, budgeting, forecasting and financial control
• Act as a trusted commercial partner to operations on cost control, margin analysis and efficiency
• Shape and support pricing, tariff and operational decisions
• Improve financial processes, controls and management information
• Lead and develop a small finance team
• Work closely with the Managing Director as part of the senior leadership group
• Bring financial challenge, clarity and insight to both short‑term decisions and long‑term strategy
• Spend time outside the finance office, getting into the operational detail when required

The Person

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA)
• Audit background
• Proven finance leadership experience with a hands‑on, roll‑up‑your‑sleeves approach
• Strong commercial acumen and operational mindset
• Comfortable challenging and influencing senior stakeholders with credibility
• Curious, pragmatic and motivated by building and improving, not maintaining the status quo
• Enjoys working in a business that is evolving and growing

Why This Role?

• High‑visibility Finance Director position with real influence
• Close partnership with the Managing Director
• Finance as a driver of operational outcomes, not just reporting
• Opportunity to grow with the business and shape how finance operates