Group Financial Controller

Fisher German; Smisby; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Car Allowance

Private Healthcare

25–30 days holiday + birthday

Enhanced parental leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Volunteering Leave

Job summary

Fisher German is seeking an experienced Financial Controller to lead the finance function from either Ashby de la Zouch or Birmingham. The role focuses on leadership, continuous improvement, and developing a high-performing team within a transforming finance function.

You will oversee cash flow forecasting, reporting, and working capital while driving process improvements and ensuring robust controls across the partnership.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading a finance function.
• Strong financial reporting and technical expertise.
• Experience managing cash flows.
• Experience improving financial processes and controls.
• Track record of leading and developing high‑performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead, motivate, and develop the finance team, including payroll and credit control.
• Oversee cash flow forecasting and working capital management.
• Maintain robust financial controls and accounting standards.
• Manage external audits and relationships with auditors, banks, insurers, and other advisers.
• Drive finance transformation initiatives and process optimisation.
• Build strong relationships with senior leaders and operational teams.

Skills

Leadership

Cash flow management

Financial reporting

Analytical thinking

Excel

Financial systems

Tools

ERP system

Job description

The Team & Focus of the Role

Due to an upcoming retirement, we have a rare opportunity for an experienced Financial Controller to join our Finance team, based from either our Ashby de la Zouch or Birmingham office.

This is more than a traditional Financial Controller role. While strong technical finance experience is important, the real focus of this opportunity is leadership, influence and continuous improvement. You’ll be leading a capable finance team, supporting and developing colleagues, and building strong relationships across the wider business — including at Partnership level.

You’ll play a key role in ensuring we continue to deliver accurate, insightful financial reporting, robust cash flow forecasting and effective working capital management. Alongside this, we’re looking for someone who can bring fresh thinking to how we work — identifying opportunities to improve processes, enhance reporting, strengthen compliance and support the continued evolution of the finance function.

This is an exciting time to join the team. Finance is going through a period of positive transformation, including the implementation of a new ERP system, the introduction of a business partnering model and a wider focus on raising performance levels across the business. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to help shape that journey, working with a team of 7 direct reports and 13 colleagues overall, while making a visible impact across the organisation.

This is a full-time role, and we can offer flexibility around whether you are primarily based from Ashby de la Zouch or Birmingham, with regular time spent in both offices — ideally at least twice a week in Ashby.

In return, beyond your base salary you will be included in:

• A discretionary bonus scheme
• Car Allowance
• Private Healthcare
• A generous holiday scheme which commences at 25 days with a sliding scale up to 30 days plus an additional day for your birthday, and additional days to cover the festive period!
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave
• An online money saving portal
• Death In Service cover, alongside access to an Employee Assistance Programme which includes health appoints for you and your family
• Volunteering Leave equating to 2 days per year (pro rata if you’re part-time)

Duties will include:

Team Leadership

• Lead, motivate, and develop the finance team, including payroll and credit control
• Support talent development and succession planning within the finance function

Financial Management & Reporting

• Oversee cash flow forecasting and working capital management
• Maintain robust financial controls and accounting standards

Governance, Risk & Compliance

• Manage external audits and relationships with auditors, banks, insurers, and other professional advisers
• Prepare the annual tax computation for the Partnership

Systems & Process Improvement

• Drive finance transformation initiatives and process optimisation
• Identify opportunities for automation and increased efficiency

Stakeholder Management

• Build strong relationships with senior leaders and operational teams
• Collaborate cross-functionally to support business objectives

The successful candidate will have...

Essential Experience

• Proven experience leading a finance function.
• Strong financial reporting and technical expertise
• Experience managing cash flows
• Experience improving financial processes and controls
• Track record of leading and developing high-performing teams

Skills & Competencies

• Excellent leadership and people management skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability
• Highly effective communication and presentation skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and evolving environment
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy
• Advanced Excel and financial systems knowledge

Desirable

• Experience of ERP system implementation or finance transformation.
• Knowledge of mergers, acquisitions, or business integration activities.

Why Fisher German?

• We’ve been around for a while, but it doesn’t mean we are behind the times! Across our office network we offer a hybrid working approach to help our colleagues design their working day to suit their diaries. Some days you might be in the office enjoying a collaborative team day, and other days might see you focussing on project work at home. Wherever you choose to work, you’ll be part of a social and digitally connected workforce with the chance to get involved in a variety of activities, like sports events, pop-up bars, BBQs, CPD days, live leadership updates on Zoom, picnics in the park and lots more.
• What’s not to love? We work hard but we also have lots of fun! If that sounds like something you would enjoy, then please get in touch.
• We have a history going back as far as 1830 but have been Fisher German since 2000. We operate UK wide advising and managing a range of client portfolios with national visibility across all the 12-property market sectors; agriculture, commercial, education, green energy & sustainability, healthcare, minerals & waste, public sector, residential, rural, telecoms, third sector and utilities and infrastructure.

Bring Yourself to Work

It’s simple really, we are passionate about what we do, and we want you to be driven to succeed with us. For this to happen, you need to feel supported and included which is why we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer