About the role

  • Corporate Financial Controller leading financial reporting and governance at Moto, a UK motorway service operator. Managing budgets, forecasts, and team development while ensuring statutory compliance.

Responsibilities

  • Leading the annual budgeting and forecasting process across P&L, balance sheet and cash flow
  • Owning the Group’s monthly cash forecasting, providing insight and challenge to senior stakeholders
  • Overseeing month‑end close and Group reporting, ensuring accuracy, quality and timeliness
  • Leading the statutory accounts process for multiple UK entities, including audit coordination
  • Taking ownership of VAT compliance and supporting wider tax matters with external advisors
  • Acting as a key finance contact for lenders, including covenant reporting and financial modelling
  • Strengthening balance sheet governance, controls and accounting policies
  • Leading technical accounting assessments and supporting complex financial projects
  • Managing, coaching and developing a small high‑performing finance team
  • Driving continuous improvement across finance processes, controls and reporting

Requirements

  • Fully qualified accountant (ACA or ACCA)
  • Strong technical accounting background with solid knowledge of FRS 102 / UK GAAP
  • Experience in a complex, multi‑entity or multi‑site environment
  • Proven experience leading statutory accounts and working with external auditors
  • Working knowledge of VAT and broader UK tax principles
  • Confident leader with excellent communication and stakeholder‑management skills
  • Highly analytical, detail‑focused and commercially minded
  • Comfortable operating in a fast‑paced environment with tight deadlines

Benefits

  • Potential on target bonus of 20%
  • Car allowance
  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
  • Life assurance
  • Up to 60% discount for you, your partner as well as your family and friends
  • Enhanced benefits, including maternity, paternity, pension, sick pay and life assurance
  • Fabulous training and development opportunities including funding qualifications

Job title

Corporate Financial Controller

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Professional Certificate

Location requirements

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