Group Financial Controller

Accountable Recruitment Limited; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 97,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a Group Financial Controller to oversee financial operations in Liverpool. This role involves managing the finance team, ensuring compliance with financial regulations, and providing strategic insights to senior management. The ideal candidate is a fully qualified CIMA, ACA, or ACCA professional with strong leadership skills and experience in financial governance.

Benefits

Company pension with salary sacrifice scheme

Generous holiday entitlements

Employee recognition scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Help at hand app for personal well-being

Qualifications

• Fully qualified CIMA, ACA, or ACCA professional.
• Strong understanding of IFRS, FRS 102, and UK tax regulations.
• Proven ability to provide financial insight and strategic recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee the preparation of financial statements in compliance with IFRS.
• Manage the year-end audit process and liaise with external auditors.
• Provide financial insights to support strategic decision-making.

Skills

Financial insight

Strategic recommendations

Financial modelling

Budgeting

Cash flow management

Team leadership

Education

CIMA

ACA

ACCA

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Business Director at Accountable Recruitment

Accountable Recruitment are delighted to be working with a PE packed innovative business based in Liverpool to recruit a Group Financial Controller.

Reporting to the CFO you will be responsible for overseeing financial operations, ensuring strong financial governance, compliance, and reporting. You will manage the finance team, drive financial strategy, process improvements and support the CFO in decision-making.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and oversee the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements in compliance with IFRS, FRS 102, and UK GAAP.
• Ensure timely and accurate group consolidation of financial reports across all subsidiaries.
• Maintain robust financial controls, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies.
• Manage the year-end audit process, liaising with external auditors and ensuring compliance with statutory requirements.
• Provide financial insights and analysis to support strategic decision-making by senior management.
• Ownership of Group P&L, cashflow & balance sheet performance including cashflow forecasting and working capital management
• Ensure robust cost accountability and embed a cost to serve developing tools to identify cost drivers and ensure clear actions to track, measure and reduce costs where appropriate
• Lead the preparation of annual budgets and quarterly forecasts.
• Analyse financial performance, identifying risks and opportunities, and recommending corrective actions.
• Ensure effective cash flow management, liquidity planning, and working capital optimisation.
• Develop and monitor financial KPIs to track business performance.
• Oversee tax compliance, including VAT, corporation tax, and other statutory filings.
• Ensure compliance with financial regulations and accounting standards across the group.
• Implement and enhance internal financial controls to mitigate risk and improve efficiency.
• Maintain relationships with external financial institutions, banks, PE investors, tax authorities, and auditors.
• Lead and develop the finance team, ensuring strong performance and continuous development.
• Support the CFO in finance transformation projects, process automation, and system improvements.
• Company pension with salary sacrifice scheme.
• Hybrid working available.
• Company charity events.
• Generous holiday entitlements, plus buy and sell scheme of up to 5 days.
• Employee recognition scheme and long service awards.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
• Help at hand app, a platform on offer for personal well-being needs.

Experience Required

• Fully qualified CIMA, ACA, or ACCA professional
• Strong understanding of IFRS, FRS 102, and UK tax regulations.
• Proven ability to provide financial insight and strategic recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of financial modelling, forecasting, and business analysis
• Experience managing group reporting, consolidations, and external audits.
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, and financial planning.
• Previous experience of leading and developing finance teams.
• Experience dealing with private equity ownership structures and board-level financial reporting is highly desirable.
• Experience working in a multi-entity or global business structure is beneficial.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Accounting/Auditing

• Industries

  Staffing and Recruiting

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