Financial Controller

Complete HQ; Saltash; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Complete HQ is seeking a Financial Controller to oversee financial management for a diverse client portfolio across the UK. This hybrid role offers flexibility while ensuring you are embedded in client operations. You will prepare insightful financial reports, manage payment cycles, and support clients with financial efficiencies. Ideal candidates will possess strong communication skills, accounting qualifications, and experience in a fast-paced finance environment.

Benefits

Flexible working model

Supportive team culture

Ongoing professional development

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a Financial Controller or similar role.
• Experience in a multi-client or outsourced finance environment.
• Strong knowledge of accounting software like Xero.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing financial management for client businesses.
• Preparing management accounts and financial reports.
• Managing cashflow forecasting and budgeting.

Skills

Financial management

Communication

Attention to detail

Commercial awareness

Adaptability

Education

ACA, ACCA, CIMA, AAT qualification or equivalent

Tools

Xero

Dext

Telleroo

Job description

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Founder @ Complete HQ. Helping small business owners across the UK to build better businesses.

Location: Hybrid – Remote & Complete HQ, Saltash, Cornwall (just outside Plymouth)

Type: Full-time (with flexible working options)

Salary: Competitive, based on experience

At Complete HQ, we partner with ambitious businesses to provide strategic finance support, accounting, and back-office excellence. As we continue to grow, we're looking for a Financial Controller to join our team and work directly with our brilliant clients across the UK.

This is a hybrid role, offering plenty of flexibility to work remotely, but the successful candidate will also need to travel to our Saltash office as required — typically for team meetings, client sessions, or collaboration days.

What You’ll Be Doing

You’ll act as an outsourced Financial Controller for a portfolio of clients — embedding yourself in their day-to-day operations and helping to drive financial clarity, accuracy, and decision-making. Responsibilities include:

• Overseeing day-to-day financial management for client businesses
• Running and managing weekly/monthly payment cycles
• Preparing and presenting insightful management accounts and financial reports
• Managing cashflow forecasting and budgeting processes
• Leading communications with clients, suppliers, and customers
• Supporting clients with month-end processes and reconciliations
• Ensuring timely completion of VAT returns and payroll reviews
• Identifying opportunities for financial efficiencies and controls

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience in a Financial Controller, senior management accountant, or similar role
• Strong knowledge of Xero, with experience using Dext and Telleroo (or similar platforms)
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills — you'll be client-facing
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to work across multiple sectors
• Meticulous attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple deadlines
• A proactive and adaptable mindset — someone who thrives in a fast-paced, modern accounting environment
• An accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, AAT or equivalent)
• Experience in a multi-client or outsourced finance environment
• A passion for improving systems, automation, and processes

What We Offer

• A genuinely flexible, hybrid working model
• A supportive and ambitious team culture
• Autonomy and trust in your work
• The chance to make a real difference to a growing client base
• Ongoing professional development and support

If you're a confident, client-focused finance professional who loves variety and thrives on delivering high-quality work — we’d love to hear from you.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Accounting/Auditing and Finance

• Industries

  Accounting

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