Group Financial Controller

Human Appeal; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Human Appeal, based in Cheadle, Manchester or Birmingham, seeks a Group Financial Controller to lead financial control, reporting, and governance across the organisation.

You will oversee consolidation, statutory compliance, and external audits, providing strategic financial insights to drive growth and resilience. The role requires senior finance leadership experience and strong ERP proficiency, with a focus on building a high-performing team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Economics, or related discipline.
• Fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CA/CPA) with 7+ years PQE.
• Significant experience in financial control, group reporting, consolidation, and financial management within a complex organisation.
• Proven experience in a senior finance leadership role (Group Controller/Head of Finance).
• Experience managing external audits and regulatory reporting requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Group financial reporting process (monthly, quarterly, annual statements).
• Consolidate results across Group entities and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Develop and maintain financial controls, policies, governance frameworks.
• Oversee statutory/tax/audit requirements across jurisdictions.
• Coordinate external audit and address findings/recommendations.
• Provide financial analysis to support executive decision-making.

Skills

Financial reporting

Consolidation

Budgeting & forecasting

Leadership & team development

Advanced Excel

ERP systems

Financial governance

Data analysis & MI reporting

Board-level reporting

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

Professional accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CA/CPA)

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Microsoft Dynamics

NetSuite

Job description

Who We Are

Human Appeal is a global non-profit humanitarian and development organisation. We deliver life-saving emergency assistance such as food, medical aid, and disaster relief. At the same time, we run sustainable, community-led programmes in healthcare, education, and livelihoods to build resilience and self-reliance. Our experienced local teams work in vulnerable, hard-to-reach areas. Guided by a vision of a just, caring, and sustainable world, our mission is to save lives, alleviate poverty, and empower communities in line with the core humanitarian principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality, and independence.

Position Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Group Financial Controller position within the Finance department based at Cheadle, Manchester or Birmingham. The Group Financial Controller will lead and oversee the Group's financial control, reporting, and governance activities, ensuring the delivery of accurate, timely, and compliant financial information, maintaining a robust control environment, and providing strategic financial insight to support effective decision-making, business performance, and sustainable growth across the organisation.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead the Group financial reporting process, ensuring accurate and timely preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements.
• Manage the consolidation of financial results across all Group entities and ensure compliance with relevant accounting standards and regulations.
• Develop, implement, and maintain effective financial controls, policies, and governance frameworks across the Group.
• Ensure compliance with statutory, tax, audit, and regulatory requirements in all jurisdictions in which the Group operates.
• Oversee the annual external audit process and coordinate the resolution of audit findings and recommendations.
• Provide financial analysis, insights, and recommendations to support executive decision-making and business strategy.
• Lead the budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning processes.
• Monitor financial performance, identify risks and opportunities, and recommend corrective actions where required.
• Manage Group cash flow, balance sheet integrity, and working capital performance.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance financial processes, controls, systems, and reporting capabilities.
• Partner with operational and commercial leaders to support business performance and strategic objectives.
• Ensure the integrity, security, and quality of financial data and management information.
• Lead, develop, and coach the finance team, fostering a high-performance culture and building organisational capability.
• Support mergers, acquisitions, restructures, and other corporate transactions through financial due diligence and integration activities.
• Act as a trusted advisor to the Global Director of Finance on financial governance, risk management, and business performance matters.

NB: Employee duties are not limited only to the above-mentioned responsibilities; they may perform other duties as assigned

Candidate essential criteria

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Economics, or a related discipline.
• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CA, CPA, or equivalent professional accounting qualification), with 7+ years PQE.
• Significant experience in financial control, group reporting, consolidation, and financial management within a complex organisation.
• Proven experience in a senior finance leadership role, preferably within a Group Controller, Financial Controller, or Head of Finance position.
• Experience managing external audits and regulatory reporting requirements.
• Demonstrated success in improving financial processes, controls, and reporting frameworks.
• Experience leading and developing high-performing finance teams.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including complex formulas, pivot tables, financial modelling, data analysis, and reporting.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, particularly Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Experience using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, NetSuite, or similar financial management systems.
• Proficiency in financial consolidation and reporting software.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning tools.
• Strong data analysis and financial reporting capabilities.
• Ability to extract, analyse, and interpret financial and operational data from multiple systems.
• Experience producing management information (MI) and Board-level reports.
• Strong English is required

Candidate desirable criteria

• Additional languages are desirable (e.g. Arabic, Urdu, French, German, Spanish)

If you have any questions about the position, please do contact Human Appeal on [e-mail]

Please note that we will only be contacting the shortlisted candidates. Applying candidates must have the legal authorisation or right to work in the designated work location/duty station.

Disclaimer: Human Appeal is committed to diversity, social inclusion, and gender equality/balance, and strongly encourages applications from underrepresented groups. The organisation maintains a zero-tolerance policy toward Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and sexual Harassment (SEA/SH), with all staff required to comply with Preventing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment (PSEA/SH) standards and safe recruitment procedures.