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Group Financial Controller

Job Posted: 7 hours ago

Salary: £ 51,172 - 66,222 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Buckinghamshire

Expire in: a month

Job Description

Sector: Private Equity-Backed

Morgan Mckinley are supporting a PE backed business in their search for a Group Financial Controller, you will be the backbone of the finance function. We are a fast-paced, PE-backed service business where accuracy, speed, and visibility are paramount. You will lead the core finance team and oversee the FP&A function to ensure that our commercial decisions are backed by "one version of the truth."

This is a high-visibility role, acting as the right hand to the CFO and ensuring the business is audit-ready, scalable, and operationally excellent.

Financial Control & Reporting

Consolidation: Lead the month-end close process for the Group, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of management accounts.

Service-Sector Metrics: Own the reporting of service-specific KPIs, including WIP (Work in Progress), Revenue Recognition, and Staff Utilization.

The "Audit-Ready" Environment: Maintain a robust control framework across the group to satisfy PE-level scrutiny and year-end requirements.

Leadership & FP&A Integration

Team Leadership: Manage and develop a team of [Number], overseeing the transactional and management accounting functions.

FP&A Oversight: While managing the "actuals," you will oversee the FP&A lead to ensure that budgeting, rolling forecasts, and variance analyses are integrated with the core ledger.

System Optimization: Drive the improvement of financial systems to automate manual reporting and enhance data integrity.

Cash & Working Capital

Cash Flow Excellence: Manage the group's cash position, with a focus on optimizing the Order-to-Cash (O2C) cycle within a service-based billing environment.

Debt Management: Monitor banking covenants and provide necessary reporting to lenders and PE investors.

The Candidate Profile

Qualified: ACA / ACCA / CIMA with substantial post-qualified experience (likely 5-8 years+).

Service Industry Background: Experience in a business where "people are the product" is highly desirable (understanding billable hours, project margins, and contract revenue).

PE Experience: You are comfortable with the "weekly/monthly" reporting rhythm required by Private Equity and the focus on EBITDA integrity.

Technical Expert: A strong technician who enjoys "getting under the hood" of the accounts to fix processes and improve accuracy.

Communication: Ability to distill complex technical accounting into clear, commercial summaries for the CFO and the Board

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