Job Description
Trafalgar Entertainment, one of the UK’s foremost arts organisations, is currently seeking a Group Financial Controller.
Founded by Sir Howard Panter and Dame Rosemary Squire in 2017, Trafalgar Entertainment is an award-winning global live-entertainment business focussed on new productions, venue operations, live music and comedy, events and hospitality, Performing Arts education, ticketing, the distribution and filming of event cinema and TV live-streaming (from David Tennant in Macbeth to Taylor Swift) and the provision of great spaces where people can come together to share in the experience of live entertainment. With a growing international footprint, we are fast paced and evolving, driven by a desire to deliver world-class experiences to audiences globally.
The Group Financial Controller will lead the Group’s financial control, reporting and compliance in a fast-moving, private equity–backed entertainment business, and will play a key role in developing a best-in-class finance capability to support the group through its next phase of growth.
This is a broad, hands-on leadership position with responsibility for driving financial discipline, enhancing reporting, strengthening controls, and supporting strategic initiatives across the group. The role requires a strong people leader who can inspire, develop, and manage a high-performing finance team, while remaining actively involved in shaping processes, driving change, and embedding transformation across the business.
The role requires a candidate with the following attributes.
* ACA / ACCA qualified with strong technical accounting foundations
* Proven experience as a Group Financial Controller and senior finance leader
* Demonstrable experience delivering finance transformation and change, including systems and process implementation / improvement
* Hands on approach with a willingness to roll up sleeves and drive change forward
* Commercially minded, resilient and comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment
* Experience managing statutory accounts, audits and tax compliance
Interested applicants should email via the button below for a recruitment pack.