A high-impact opportunity has arisen for an exceptionalGroup Financial Controllerto join a multi-entityhotels and residential property groupwith revenues of circa£70m.This is a pivotal hire for the business and a genuinely career-defining opportunity for ahands-on, technically first-class finance leaderwho 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 torebuild control, restore confidence in the numbers, and create a best-in-class group financial position.
Reporting directly to theGroup Finance Director, this is far more than a traditional FC role. We need someone who canpersonally get into the detail, work through historic complexity across multiple entities, and transform a finance function.
The Opportunity
This role will suit a provenGroup FC / Senior Financial Controller / Group Financial Accountantwho has successfully operated in:
* hospitality, hotels, residential property, real estate, or asset-heavy groups
* turnaround, clean-up, transformation, or post-transaction finance environments
* complexmulti-entity group structures
We are specifically looking for someone withdemonstrable 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
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You will take ownership of restoring technical financial control across the entire group, including:
* Rebuilding the accounting position across the past18 months
* Performing detailedentity-by-entity reconciliations
* Restoringfull balance sheet integrity
* Reviewing and resolvingbank reconciliations, control accounts, and historic unreconciled items
* Reconstructingintercompany 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 toaudit-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 inhands-on financial accounting excellence, rather than qualification route alone.
Essential Background
* Significant experience in aGroup FC / Financial Controller / senior group reporting role
* Strong multi-entity consolidation experience
* Exceptional balance sheet and reconciliation discipline
* Proven track record infinance turnaround, rebuild, or clean-up assignments
* Experience in similar sectors highly advantageous:
o Hotels
o Hospitality
o Residential property
o Real estate
o Multi-site operations
* Deep understanding of:
o UK GAAP / IFRS
o Consolidations
o Intercompany accounting
o Control accounts
o Historical ledger remediation
o Audit preparation
* Comfortable working at bothgroup 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 berebuilt 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 afirst-class financial accountant
Above all, we need someone who canpersonally restore confidence in the numbers and leave the group in a best-in-class control position. xsngvjr
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 significantgroup finance transformation
* work directly with senior leadership
* build long-term finance infrastructure
* create a legacy of control, rigour, and reporting excellence