Join us as a Financial Controller, Director
- This key role will see you leading a team with responsibility for the delivery of end-to-end financial control activity
- Will be responsible for overseeing the entire Financial Control function
- We'll look to you to proactively establish and maintain strong working relationships with key customers and stakeholders, and the wider Finance team
- Shape and execute the strategy for Financial Control
- As a key member of our team, you'll enjoy extensive collaboration and can expect great visibility for you and your work
- We're offering the role ay Director level
What you'll do
As Financial Controller, you'll ensure the integrity, accuracy, and robustness of all financial, statutory, regulatory, and management reporting The role requires a combination of strong stewardship and control discipline, alongside a commercial and business-focused mindset. The Financial Controller is charged with modernising the Financial Control function through technology, automation, advanced analytics, and data-driven assurance.
Through The Course Of Your Work, You'll
- Take ownership for the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of all financial reporting
- Challenge stakeholders constructively while providing commercially viable solutions
- Provide sound analytical reviews, challenges and analysis to customers
- Negotiate the delivery of day-to-day and ad hoc outputs, and deal with non-delivery issues as and when they arise
- Act as the key customer relationship manager between the business area and the offshore team
- Initiate continuous improvement projects to automate and streamline financial control activities
The skills you'll need
To succeed in this role, you'll bring extensive post-qualification experience in a finance environment, preferably the financial services industry. Lead activities such as balance sheet substantiation, variance analysis, and cost analysis You'll have experience of working at a senior management level, with multiple reporting lines across a global matrix environment.
We'll Also Look To You To Bring
- Experience of providing senior management with detailed financial information
- Proven ability in transformation and people leadership, with expertise in analytics, automation, and AI-driven tools
- Foster a culture of accountability, learning, and continuous improvement
- Demonstrate a strong understanding of finance data architecture and operate effectively across both legacy and modern platforms
- The ability to identify, build and enhance key relationships and challenge as needed
- Strong communication skills and the ability to clearly and succinctly articulate issues to senior management
- Strong technical accounting and analytical skills, a control mindset, and comprehensive regulatory knowledge
- The ability to deliver high quality outputs to tight deadlines
- Professional qualification preferred: CA, CPA, ACCA, MBA, or equivalent
