Financial Controller | Central London / Hybrid working | PE Backed Environment | £70 - 80k + Bonus
A dynamic and forward-thinking business headquartered in Central London is seeking an experienced and technically strong Financial Controller to join its senior leadership team.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious individual to lead a small finance function within a PE backed environment, playing a key role in driving financial strategy, ensuring compliance, and supporting commercial decision making at board level.
Key Responsibilities:
- Full ownership of financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting
- Overseeing statutory accounts, tax compliance, and audit coordination
- Leading and developing a small, high performing finance team
- Collaborating with stakeholders across the business to provide actionable insights
- Ensuring strong internal controls and process improvements
- Managing payroll oversight and compliance with regulatory requirements
- Driving continuous improvement of systems and reporting tools
About You:
- Professionally qualified (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) with a solid foundation in technical accounting
- Proven experience in a senior finance role, ideally as a Financial Controller
- Background in accounting practice or structured graduate finance program
- Experience within a B2B services environment is preferred
- Comfortable managing P&L responsibility for businesses with £10m+ turnover
- Detail driven and hands-on, with a collaborative approach to team leadership
- Strong communicator, confident engaging with both finance and non-finance stakeholders
- Commercially astute, proactive, and solution focused
- Demonstrates consistency and longevity in previous roles
- Technically adept, with solid systems knowledge - experience with Sage, Xero, or QuickBooks is a plus
- Ideally experienced within a PE backed or high growth business environment
What’s on Offer:
- Competitive base salary: £70,000 - £80,000 + 15% bonus
- Life Insurance cover
- Central London location with hybrid working
- High visibility role with exposure to C-suite and PE stakeholders
- Opportunity to shape the finance function during an exciting growth phase
If you're a hands-on finance professional looking to make an impact in a growing and fast paced environment, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply confidentially today or reach out for more information.