Group Financial Controller

Drake Darcy | Horton International - UK; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Drake Darcy | Horton International - UK is seeking a Group Financial Controller for a 12-month Fixed Term Contract in the North-West England region. The role leads the financial control framework, group accounting, consolidation, and statutory reporting, with oversight of transactional finance and stake-holder reporting to the Board and investors.

The successful candidate will guide change control for accounting policies, support due diligence on transactions, and manage a high-performing

Qualifications

• Senior leadership experience in financial control and reporting within a large/complex organisation.
• Strong governance and financial controls expertise with statutory reporting and audit background.
• Experience interfacing with boards, investors, and senior stakeholders.
• Knowledge of ERP systems and shared service environments is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the Group's financial control framework, ensuring robust policies and controls.
• Lead Group accounting, consolidation, and statutory reporting, acting as senior escalation point for complex matters.
• Oversee transactional finance functions, driving process improvements and efficiency.
• Own change control for accounting policies and the wider controls framework.
• Support due diligence activity linked to corporate transactions.
• Coordinate internal and external audit and year-end reporting processes.
• Present financial reporting to senior stakeholders including the Board and investors.
• Lead and develop a team of senior finance managers within the control function.

Skills

Senior leadership

Governance

Financial controls

Consolidation

Statutory reporting

Audit coordination

ERP system experience

Tools

Major finance ERP system

Job description

North-West England (predominantly office-based)

Well-established, private-equity backed, mid-to-large-cap UK business with significant scale and operational complexity.

Our client is a well-established, private-equity backed, mid-to-large-cap UK business with significant scale and operational complexity. The organisation is going through a period of change and transformation and is looking for an experienced Group Financial Controller to join on a 12-month Fixed Term Contract.

This is a senior, high-visibility leadership role reporting into the Group CFO, with responsibility for the financial control and reporting framework across the Group during an important period of change.

The Role

• Own and evolve the Group's financial control framework, ensuring policies and controls remain robust and fit for a large, complex organisation
• Lead Group accounting, consolidation, and statutory reporting, acting as senior escalation point for complex accounting and control matters
• Oversee transactional finance functions, driving process improvement and efficiency
• Own change control for accounting policies and the wider financial risk and controls framework
• Support due diligence activity linked to corporate transactions
• Coordinate internal and external audit and year-end reporting processes
• Present financial reporting and updates to senior stakeholders, including the Board and investors
• Lead and develop a team of senior finance managers within the financial control function

About You

• Significant, senior-level experience leading financial control, reporting, or finance operations within a large or complex organisation
• Strong technical accounting, governance, and financial controls expertise
• Track record overseeing statutory reporting, audit, and compliance
• Comfortable working with institutional or private capital ownership structures
• Experience with a major finance/ERP system
• Background in a business services, infrastructure, or energy-related environment would suit this role well
• Desirable: exposure to corporate transaction due diligence, shared service environments, and non-financial/ESG reporting

Why Apply

This is a great opportunity to take on a business-critical financial control leadership role within a substantial, well-backed organisation at an important point in its development. You'll have real influence over the control environment and reporting standards of a large Group, with direct exposure to the Board, the Audit Committee and the investor community.