A high-impact opportunity has arisen for an exceptional Group Financial Controller to join a multi-entity hotels and residential property group with revenues of circa £70m .This is a pivotal hire for the business and a genuinely career-defining opportunity for a hands-on, technically first-class finance leader who enjoys bringing structure, rigour, and absolute clarity to complex group environments. Following a period where the group was preparing for a potential transaction, the accounting function now requires an experienced finance professional to rebuild control, restore confidence in the numbers, and create a best-in-class group financial position. Reporting directly to the Group Finance Director, this is far more than a traditional FC role. We need someone who can personally get into the detail, work through historic complexity across multiple entities, and transform a finance function. The Opportunity This role will suit a proven Group FC / Senior Financial Controller / Group Financial Accountant who has successfully operated in: hospitality, hotels, residential property, real estate, or asset-heavy groups turnaround, clean-up, transformation, or post-transaction finance environments complex multi-entity group structures We are specifically looking for someone with demonstrable hands-on industry experience, who has personally led accounting clean-up projects, restored balance sheet integrity, and rebuilt group reporting processes. What Youll Be Doing You will take ownership of restoring technical financial control across the entire group, including: Rebuilding the accounting position across the past 18 months Performing detailed entity-by-entity reconciliations Restoring full balance sheet integrity Reviewing and resolving bank reconciliations, control accounts, and historic unreconciled items Reconstructing intercompany and group consolidations Identifying historic posting issues, ledger misclassifications, and technical accounting gaps Ensuring month-end and year-end positions are technically robust Bringing all entities and the consolidated group back to audit-ready standard Tightening controls, governance, and accounting disciplines Improving reporting processes and close timelines Supporting the Group FD with strategic visibility and decision-ready numbers Creating a clear roadmap for ongoing best practice financial control Who Were Looking For We are open to: ACA / ACCA CIMA, provided you can demonstrate exceptional financial accounting and technical control capability What matters most is proven ability in hands-on financial accounting excellence, rather than qualification route alone. Essential Background Significant experience in a Group FC / Financial Controller / senior group reporting role Strong multi-entity consolidation experience Exceptional balance sheet and reconciliation discipline Proven track record in finance turnaround, rebuild, or clean-up assignments Experience in similar sectors highly advantageous: Hotels Hospitality Residential property Real estate Multi-site operations Deep understanding of: UK GAAP / IFRS Consolidations Intercompany accounting Control accounts Historical ledger remediation Audit preparation Comfortable working at both group level and ledger-level detail The Profile The ideal person will be: Highly credible and technically excellent Comfortable rolling up their sleeves Analytical, forensic, and naturally detail-driven Proven in situations where accounting needs to be rebuilt rather than simply maintained Strong enough to challenge historic balances and unresolved positions Able to operate independently in a remote role Commercially aware, but fundamentally a first-class financial accountant Above all, we need someone who can personally restore confidence in the numbers and leave the group in a best-in-class control position. Why This Role Stands Out This is a rare chance to join a substantial group business at a critical point and make a genuinely visible impact. For the right individual, this offers the opportunity to: lead a significant group finance transformation work directly with senior leadership build long-term finance infrastructure create a legacy of control, rigour, and reporting excellence