Growth-Stage Financial Controller for Marketplace & Tech

Talentedge; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Talentedge is partnering with a high-growth consumer marketplace to appoint a hands-on Financial Controller. You will own the core finance function, drive month-end close, and deliver insightful reporting to the CFO and leadership team.

You will build strong controls, lead budgeting/forecasting, and partner with commercial/operational teams to enable data-driven decisions as the business scales in the UK and beyond.

Qualifications

• Strong Financial Controller or Finance Manager experience
• Experience in a marketplace/high-growth business
• Strong technical accounting and financial control foundations
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, evolving environment
• Experience improving processes and structure in scaling finance
• Commercially minded with ability to understand operational drivers
• Marketplace experience with transactions, payments, commissions or multi-sided revenue

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly management accounts and month-end close process
• Deliver accurate and timely financial reporting to the CFO and leadership team
• Manage budgeting, forecasting and cash-flow planning
• Maintain a robust financial control environment as the business scales
• Manage balance-sheet reconciliations, working capital and cash management
• Support statutory reporting, audit, tax and compliance requirements
• Develop reporting around marketplace economics (revenue, take rate, contribution margin)
• Partner with commercial/operational teams to improve visibility and decision-making
• Improve and automate finance processes, systems and reporting
• Support the CFO with Board and investor reporting
• Help build a finance function capable of supporting UK and international growth

Skills

Financial control

Commercial awareness

Technical accounting

Process improvement

Commercially minded

Marketplace experience

Job description

Talentedge is partnering with a high-growth consumer marketplace to appoint a hands-on Financial Controller. You will own the core finance function, drive month-end close, and deliver insightful reporting to the CFO and leadership team.

You will build strong controls, lead budgeting/forecasting, and partner with commercial/operational teams to enable data-driven decisions as the business scales in the UK and beyond.