Group Financial Controller

Acqhired; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A multi-entity group in the healthcare sector is seeking a hands-on Group Financial Controller to drive financial operations and statutory compliance across international entities. This role requires strong technical accounting skills, experience with multi-currency consolidation, and stakeholder management. The successful candidate will oversee the group reporting process, manage cash flow and working capital, and lead a high-performing finance team to enhance financial discipline. The ideal candidate will possess relevant finance qualifications and demonstrate capability in audit and internal control management.

Qualifications

• Strong technical accounting skills required.
• Ability to consolidate multi-currency finances across countries.
• Experience in managing statutory compliance and audits.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly group close and consolidation.
• Lead the financial control framework and internal controls.
• Manage year-end processes for statutory accounts and audits.
• Monitor and improve cashflow forecasting and working capital.
• Lead a high-performing finance team across countries.

Skills

Technical accounting

Multi-currency consolidation

Financial control

Stakeholder management

Cashflow forecasting

Education

Relevant finance qualification

Job description

Sector: Healthcare, Property, Recruitment (Multi-entity group)

Scope: International operations across 6 countries

Direct reports: (Country FCs, Management Accountants, AP/AR Leads)

The Group Financial Controller is the financial “engine room” of the Group—owning consolidation, group reporting, financial control, statutory compliance, and the operating rhythm that keeps multiple entities, sectors, and countries aligned. You’ll bring clarity to performance, strengthen controls, improve the close and reporting cycle, and support growth (including new entities, acquisitions, and scaling operations).

This is a hands-on leadership role requiring strong technical accounting, multi-currency consolidation capability, and the ability to influence across countries and non-finance stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

Group reporting, consolidation, and close

• Own the monthly group close, ensuring timely, accurate results across all entities and countries.
• Produce the group consolidation (multi-entity, multi-currency) including intercompany eliminations and group adjustments.
• Deliver the monthly board pack and performance reporting with clear analysis and commentary.
• Maintain consistent accounting policies and reporting standards across healthcare, property, and recruitment.

Financial control and governance

• Lead the group’s financial control framework: policies, approvals, delegations, reconciliations, and evidence standards.
• Ensure balance sheet integrity through robust reconciliations and review routines.
• Improve and maintain internal controls, reducing risk while keeping processes practical and scalable.
• Drive process standardisation across AP/AR, payroll oversight, billing, and expense management.

Statutory, audit, and compliance

• Manage the year-end process for all entities: statutory accounts, audit delivery, and audit relationship management.
• Ensure compliance with local statutory requirements in each country (working with local advisors where needed).
• Oversee tax and regulatory inputs: VAT/GST, corporation tax, payroll taxes (with specialists as required).
• Support transfer pricing/intercompany policy integrity where applicable.

Cash, working capital, and performance visibility

• Monitor and improve cashflow forecasting, working capital, and liquidity across the group.
• Strengthen credit control / collections discipline (particularly relevant for healthcare/recruitment debtor profiles).
• Oversee key financial KPIs: DSO, aged debt, WIP, utilisation (recruitment), property yield/voids (property), margin and cost-to-serve.

Commercial support and strategic projects

• Partner with the CFO/FD on budgets, forecasts, and scenario planning.
• Support M&A / new country/entity set-up from a finance integration perspective: due diligence support, opening balances, reporting alignment, controls implementation.
• Drive finance transformation initiatives: systems improvements, automation, reporting tools, and data quality.

Team leadership and stakeholder management

• Lead and develop a high-performing finance team, setting standards and accountability across countries.
• Work closely with operational leaders to improve financial discipline and decision-making.
• Build strong relationships with external partners: auditors, tax advisors, banks, legal counsel, and local finance support.