Financial Controller

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Financial Controller to join a large, internationally operating organisation with a presence across more than 35 countries and annual revenues of approximately £150m.

Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, this is a senior leadership position offering the opportunity to take ownership of financial control, technical accounting and central finance operations within a complex, high-volume, multi-currency environment.

This is an excellent opportunity for a technically strong finance professional who enjoys operating at scale, improving financial processes and providing financial assurance across an international organisation.

The Role

As Financial Controller, you will lead the central finance and financial control function, ensuring the integrity of financial reporting, robust internal controls and effective accounting operations across the organisation.

You will take ownership of the general ledger, month-end and year-end close, statutory reporting, external audit, treasury, payments and payroll, providing technical accounting expertise and ensuring consistency across multiple entities and international locations.

Working closely with the CFO and wider finance leadership team, you will also play a key role in strengthening the organisation's financial control environment, improving processes and making better use of existing financial systems and technology.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Leading the month-end and year-end financial close, ensuring accurate reporting, reconciliations and balance sheet integrity.
• Acting as the organisation's technical accounting lead, providing guidance on complex accounting matters and international financial reporting requirements.
• Overseeing the preparation of statutory accounts and managing the annual external audit process.
• Maintaining and strengthening financial controls across a complex, multi-entity and multi-currency environment.
• Overseeing treasury, cash management, banking, payments and payroll operations.
• Working with operational and programme finance teams to ensure financial compliance is embedded into new international programmes from the outset.
• Driving improvements in finance processes, systems and reporting, maximising the use of the existing ERP platform.
• Leading and developing an established corporate finance team, creating clear accountability and high standards of delivery.
• Providing financial assurance and reporting to senior leadership and governance committees.

About You

You will be a qualified accountant (ACA or ACCA) with substantial post-qualification experience in a senior financial control or technical accounting position.

You will bring:

• A strong technical accounting background, with demonstrable experience leading financial control and statutory reporting.
• Significant experience of multi-currency accounting, including foreign exchange accounting and revaluation.
• Experience operating within a complex, international organisation with multiple entities, locations and regulatory requirements.
• A track record of managing month-end and year-end processes, balance sheet control, consolidations and external audits.
• Experience overseeing high-volume finance operations and maintaining robust internal controls.
• The ability to lead change, improve processes and make effective use of financial systems and technology.
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to develop capable teams while maintaining high standards and accountability.

The Opportunity

This is an opportunity to join a substantial international organisation in a newly established senior finance position, with direct exposure to the CFO and the opportunity to shape the future direction of its financial control function.

You will inherit an established and capable team, with the scope to build on existing processes, drive practical improvements and strengthen financial governance across a genuinely international operation.

Location and Travel

The role offers UK-based working, with a requirement to spend 2-3 days fortnightly at the organisation's finance hub in southern Scotland. There will also be occasional UK travel and approximately 2-3 short international trips per year.

To find out more about this opportunity, please get in touch for a confidential discussion.