Group Financial Controller

Group Financial Controller - Professional Services

We are currently supporting a large, renowned, UK professional services firm as they look to hire a new Group Financial Controller. The Group Financial Controller will lead a team comprised of both on site UK financial professionals as well as offshore resources and will own all statutory reporting for a business with multiple operating companies.

Reporting into the Group CFO, you will drive strong accounting standards and reporting capability throughout the Group of the client, acting as the companies lead accountant and ensuring accurate financial statements, regulatory compliance and efficient accounting processes are embedded and developed.

In addition, the Group Financial Controller will act as a trusted advisor to the client and partner to the business, supporting the Group CFO on ensuring the financial integrity of commercial contracts is accurate and timely.

The successful Group Financial Controller will have the following skills/experience:

-Demonstrable in-house experience of acting as a Senior Financial Controller or Accountant Head for a large, complex professional services business, ideally with multiple operating companies
-Ideally a background in practice with a recognised accountancy firm
-Demonstrable experience of managing, developing and leading a team of financial professionals, financial controllers, accountants etc
-Significant experience partnering with C-suite Executives of a business, particularly a CFO as a trusted advisor and partner