Financial Controller – Buckingham (3–4 days onsite) – Salary circa GBP90,000 to GBP95,000 A Private Equity–backed, high–growth business services group is seeking a Financial Controller to play a critical role in scaling and professionalising the finance function. The business is executing an ambitious buy–and–build strategy, creating an exciting opportunity to shape finance operations, strengthen controls, and build a best–in–class finance team to support rapid growth and future exit. This is a senior leadership role with broad ownership across financial control, reporting, governance and business partnering, alongside a key mandate to build and develop transactional and management accounting teams as the group continues to expand. A bit more about the role As Financial Controller, you will take end–to–end ownership of financial control and reporting across a growing multi–entity group. You will ensure robust processes, strong governance and high–quality financial information to support senior leadership and PE stakeholders. A core element of the role will be designing, building and leading your own finance team, covering transactional finance (AP & AR) as well as management accounting, creating scalable structures and processes fit for a PE environment. Key Responsibilities;
Financial Control & Accounting
* Identify and resolve accounting, control and process issues across the group
* Oversee finance transactions, consolidations and intercompany processes to ensure accuracy and compliance
* Lead the development and continuous improvement of accounting processes, controls and reporting standards
* Act as system owner for financial software, maintaining data integrity and scalable structures
* Manage internal and external audit relationships, acting as the primary point of contact
* Own robust month–end and period–end processes, including reconciliations, reviews and control sign–off
Reporting & Business Partnering
* Lead internal and external reporting, including statutory accounts and group reporting
* Own overhead budgeting, rolling forecasts and cashflow forecasting
* Translate complex financial information into meaningful insight for non–finance stakeholders
Leadership, Team Build & Wider Support
* Build, lead and develop a transactional finance function (AP & AR) and a management accounting team
* Design scalable team structures to support organic growth and acquisitions
* Assist with finance resourcing strategy and succession planning
A little bit about you
* Fully qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA)
* Strong post–qualification experience within a PE–backed, high–growth or multi–entity environment
* Proven experience across statutory reporting, financial control, forecasting and governance
* Demonstrated ability to build, manage and develop finance teams
* Confident communicator, able to influence senior stakeholders and non–finance leaders
* Detail–oriented, with a track record of improving processes and controls in scaling businesses
Financial Controller – Buckingham (3–4 days onsite) – Salary circa GBP90,000 to GBP95,000