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Financial Controller
Employment type: Permanent
Salary: 80k/year - 90k/year
London – 3 days in office – Permanent – #2 in finance for the UK
£80,000–£90,000
Are you a Financial Controller who enjoys owning month-end, tightening controls, and using the numbers to drive better decisions? Do you thrive in a PE-backed environment where you can be hands-on and genuinely commercial?
You’ll be joining a private equity-backed media business on a strong growth journey. The UK finance team needs a confident #2 who can take full ownership of the UK close and control environment, while also partnering with budget holders to improve cost discipline and performance.
This is a broad, practical role - you’ll roll up your sleeves when needed, but you’ll also be the person bringing clarity to spend, highlighting what matters, and helping teams make better calls.
WISH LIST
- Strong month-end ownership experience in a hands-on finance role (management accounts, balance sheet control, close discipline)
- Confident working with non-finance teams - able to challenge spend and explain the “why” without finance jargon
- Comfortable in a PE-backed or high-accountability environment (PE exposure beneficial, not essential)
THE ROLE
- Own the UK month-end close end-to-end, ensuring timely, accurate reporting and clean processes
- Take responsibility for balance sheet control, reconciliations, and overall reporting integrity
- Maintain and improve the UK financial control framework
- Produce monthly management reporting packs with clear variance analysis and commentary
- Lead cost control across the UK: track spend, spot trends, and challenge budget assumptions
- Partner with budget holders across multiple cost centres - building credibility and improving decision-making
- Support annual budgeting and periodic reforecasting, consolidating inputs and pushing on assumptions
- Deliver insight on key cost drivers and operational KPIs, highlighting risks and opportunities early
- Work closely with Group finance to align UK reporting with Group standards and consolidation requirements
- Support board reporting and financial presentations (inputs, analysis, and narrative)
- Drive process improvements across reporting, controls, and how the team uses systems/tools
- Provide ad hoc analysis to support growth initiatives and commercial priorities
YOUR PROFILE
- Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CA)
- Effective communicator – written & verbal
- Good working knowledge of MS Excel
- Top-tier practice trained preferred, with solid industry experience thereafter
- Private equity / small cap PLC experience advantageous, not essential
SALARY & BENEFITS
- £80,000–£90,000
- London: 3 days in the office, 2 days from home
- Private healthcare
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