Financial Controller

SF Partners; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading business services firm is seeking a Financial Controller based in Milton Keynes. This senior leadership role involves taking ownership of financial controls and reporting for a rapidly growing multi-entity group. The ideal candidate will be a fully qualified accountant with significant experience in a PE-backed environment, excelling in building and managing finance teams. The role offers a competitive salary between £90,000 to £100,000 and requires a detail-oriented leader capable of influencing stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Must have strong post-qualification experience in a PE-backed or multi-entity environment.
• Proven experience across statutory reporting, financial control, and governance.
• Demonstrated ability to build and manage finance teams.

Responsibilities

• Oversee finance transactions ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Lead internal and external reporting including statutory accounts.
• Build and develop a transactional finance function.

Skills

Financial reporting

Team leadership

B2B contracts

Detail-oriented

Stakeholder communication

Education

Fully qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA)

Job description

Financial Controller - Milton Keynes (3-4 days onsite) - Salary circa £90,000 to £100,000

Are you an experienced Financial Controller? Are you circa 10 years post qualified? Do you have experience with B2B contracts? If so, read on:

A Private Equity–backed, high-growth business services group is seeking a Financial Controller to play a critical role in scaling and professionalising the finance function. The business is executing an ambitious buy-and-build strategy, creating an exciting opportunity to shape finance operations, strengthen controls, and build a best-in-class finance team to support rapid growth and future exit.

This is a senior leadership role with broad ownership across financial control, reporting, governance and business partnering, alongside a key mandate to build and develop transactional and management accounting teams as the group continues to expand.

A bit more about the role....

As Financial Controller, you will take end-to-end ownership of financial control and reporting across a growing multi-entity group. You will ensure robust processes, strong governance and high-quality financial information to support senior leadership and PE stakeholders.

A core element of the role will be designing, building and leading your own finance team, covering transactional finance (AP & AR) as well as management accounting, creating scalable structures and processes fit for a PE environment.

Key Responsibilities;

• Identify and resolve accounting, control and process issues across the group
• Oversee finance transactions, consolidations and intercompany processes to ensure accuracy and compliance
• Lead the development and continuous improvement of accounting processes, controls and reporting standards
• Act as system owner for financial software, maintaining data integrity and scalable structures
• Manage internal and external audit relationships, acting as the primary point of contact
• Own robust month-end and period-end processes, including reconciliations, reviews and control sign-off

Reporting & Business Partnering

• Lead internal and external reporting, including statutory accounts and group reporting
• Own overhead budgeting, rolling forecasts and cashflow forecasting
• Translate complex financial information into meaningful insight for non-finance stakeholders

Leadership, Team Build & Wider Support

• Build, lead and develop a transactional finance function (AP & AR) and a management accounting team
• Design scalable team structures to support organic growth and acquisitions
• Assist with finance resourcing strategy and succession planning

A little bit about you....

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA)
• Strong post-qualification experience within a PE-backed, high-growth or multi-entity environment
• Proven experience across statutory reporting, financial control, forecasting and governance
• Demonstrated ability to build, manage and develop finance teams
• Confident communicator, able to influence senior stakeholders and non-finance leaders
• Detail-oriented, with a track record of improving processes and controls in scaling businesses