Financial Controller

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

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Bonus

Enhanced pension

Job summary

Accountable Recruitment seeks a Finance Controller in Liverpool to lead statutory reporting, budgeting and financial control while partnering with operations to drive margins and efficiency.

You will Shape pricing decisions, improve governance and manage a small finance team under the Finance Director’s guidance, influencing both day-to-day and strategic outcomes.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified ACA/ACCA accountant.
• Audit background essential.
• Proven finance leadership with a hands-on, roll‑up‑your‑sleeves approach.
• Strong commercial acumen and an operational mindset.
• Able to challenge and influence senior stakeholders credibly.
• Curious, pragmatic and focused on building and improving.
• Thrives in a growing, evolving business.

Responsibilities

• Own statutory reporting, budgeting, forecasting and financial control.
• Act as a trusted commercial partner to operations on cost control and margin analysis.
• Shape pricing, tariff and operational decisions.
• Improve financial processes, controls and management information.
• Lead and develop a small finance team.
• Collaborate with the MD and senior leadership on strategy.
• Provide financial challenge, clarity and insight for short- and long-term decisions.
• Engage with operations outside the finance function as needed.

Skills

Audit background

Commercial acumen

Operational mindset

Stakeholder influence

Growth mindset

Hands-on leadership

Strategy & business partnering

Education

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