Hybrid Group Financial Controller

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About the role

  • Financial Controller overseeing group accounting and finance transformation in a high-growth fintech company. Leading a finance team while ensuring best practices and financial insights.

Responsibilities

  • Overseeing group accounting, reporting, and internal controls.
  • Partnering with management to define KPIs and financial goals.
  • Driving financial strategy, forecasting, and commercial insight.
  • Accountable for managing and delivering best in class group accounting, reporting, and internal controls.
  • Strong Partnering with SLT and business management to support delivery of our KPIs and financial goals.
  • Driving commercial insight through quality of reporting and engagement with the Commercial business teams
  • Implement high quality analytics, tracking and monthly reporting against Budget, Forecasts and Projects for all internal and external stakeholders and deliver to critical deadlines
  • Maintain month end close at WD5 at all times
  • Deliver the monthly pre board finance pack
  • Implement new Finance Systems, processes and controls to deliver best in class standards by Dec 26
  • Transform Finance data capabilities from insight to action & driving strong business partnership for value creation
  • Drive ongoing finance system, process and controls development and implementation, ensuring robust internal controls.
  • Work closely with Business Technology to integrate core finance platforms with wider product and operational systems.
  • Champion process improvement, automation, and scalability across the finance function.
  • Contribute to rolling budgets, forecasting, and variance analysis—ensuring consistency across all financial reporting.
  • Elevate the quality, reliability, and tempo of business performance insights.
  • Lead, motivate, and develop a growing finance team, creating a high-ownership, high-accountability culture.
  • Upskill and coach team members as the business and expectations evolve.
  • Finance Team Transformation in accordance with CFO Roadmap & upskilling of end state team
  • Manage and deliver all reporting for Audit Committee
  • Deliver clean External and Internal Audit outcomes and file statutory accounts within 90 days of year end
  • Prepare for PE-driven scrutiny: due diligence, statutory audits, lender reporting, and governance requirements.
  • Manage all tax including tax submissions, payments, projects and compliance timelines.
  • Build strong relationships with banks, auditors, legal advisors, and other external stakeholders.

Requirements

  • Qualified accountant with strong PQE in PE-backed or high-growth environments.
  • Leadership & Communication: Confident, excellent leadership, and stakeholder management.
  • Analytical: Highly analytical, problem-solving, attention to detail.
  • Proactive & Adaptable: Hands-on, proactive, comfortable in dynamic, evolving settings.
  • Ability to handle pressure, meet tight deadlines, and balance multiple priorities.
  • Experience leading finance teams through change, transformation, or rapid scaling.
  • Demonstrable improvements in systems, controls, and processes.
  • International experience (US and Europe a bonus).
  • Fintech exposure or experience with transaction-heavy environments.
  • Strong reconciliation and Excel capability (you know, the kind where people ask *you* for the clever formulas).

Benefits

  • Enhanced annual leave of 26 days per annum (plus an additional day for your birthday 🎂)
  • Private Medical care through Vitality
  • Employee Incentive Scheme
  • Access to Tillo’s Storefront with discounts & gift card vouchers
  • Hybrid Working
  • Top spec equipment including laptop, mouse, keyboard, monitor
  • Anniversary gifts
  • Monthly breakfasts, drinks, snacks and events
  • Team Learning & Development budget

Job title

Group Financial Controller

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Professional Certificate

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