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Onform Finance was created to help small and medium-sized businesses—especially in e-commerce and tech—get the financial support they need to grow with confidence. We provide outsourced finance services to businesses doing up to £10M in revenue, including bookkeeping, accounting, financial control, and CFO-level support. We're a small, sharp, hands-on team based across the UK and India and we pride ourselves on being proactive, reliable, and people-focused. If you're into rolling up your sleeves and making a real impact for clients, you'll fit right in.
About the Role
We're looking for a Client-Facing Group Financial Controller who's confident with numbers, curious about performance, and motivated to help small businesses make smart financial decisions. This is a key leadership position within our firm, with a clear path to becoming our future CFO. You'll be the go-to finance leader for a group of our SME clients, bringing advanced accounting experience, strong systems know-how, and a clear sense of ownership. You won't just report the numbers, but help clients understand them and use them to grow.
In this role, you will:
* Oversee end-to-end financial operations for a dedicated portfolio of SME clients.
* Lead regular client calls to review reports, forecasts, and discuss financial priorities.
* Manage and mentor a team of Finance Partners, ensuring high-quality delivery and supporting their growth.
* Develop and execute financial strategies to support the growth of our client portfolio and the firm itself.
* ️ Build and maintain advanced financial tools like dashboards, reporting packs, and KPI models.
* Act as a strategic partner to our company leadership and key clients, providing high-level financial counsel.
* ️ Participate in business development activities, including sales presentations to prospective clients.
This is a full-time role with flexible hours, but most of our clients work on UK (GMT+1) or New York (GMT-4) time.
About You
To excel in this role, you need:
* Financial Expertise: A strong grasp of double-entry and accrual-based accounting. You should have hands-on experience owning end-to-end finance in a small team and a solid progression from bookkeeping to management accounting/control. Experience with complex financial modeling, forecasting, and budgeting is essential.
* Technical Skills: Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills and confidence working across finance software like Xero and Google Workspace.
* Leadership: Proven experience mentoring or managing junior team members. You must be comfortable leading client calls, building trust, and representing the firm's financial expertise.
* Personal Attributes: The ideal person is detail-obsessed but collaborative, curious, and humble. You're someone who asks good questions, doesn’t take the numbers at face value, and genuinely wants to help others make better decisions. You like working in small teams, owning your time, and being someone clients can rely on.
* Qualifications: Fully Qualified ACCA/CIMA/CA or local equivalent with +5 years experience working at a senior level (Finance Manager or above)
What’s in it for you?
* Salary: TBC depending on experience.
* Time Off: 25 days paid holiday, 10 days paid sick leave, local public holidays off and your birthday off.
* Bonus: Annual bonus based on individual and company performance.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Not Applicable
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Accounting/Auditing and Finance
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