Group Financial Controller
12 days ago
Derby
Role: Group Financial Controller Location: Derbyshire Working Arrangement: Full-Time | Fully Onsite Salary: Up to £100,000 + Benefits We are recruiting a Group Financial Controller on behalf of a private equity–backed, rapidly scaling, multi-site group. This is a pivotal appointment, reporting directly to the CFO, with responsibility for strengthening financial control, enhancing reporting capability, and building a best-in-class finance function to support an ambitious buy-and-build growth strategy. This role offers a rare opportunity to join a PE-backed business at an exciting stage of expansion, where strong leadership, technical excellence, and commercial insight will be critical to success. Key Responsibilities • Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing finance team across the group, • Deliver timely, accurate consolidated monthly management accounts and MI, • Produce board-level reporting packs with insightful financial commentary, • Oversee cashflow, liquidity, and working capital optimisation, • Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial planning cycles, • Manage covenant reporting and maintain strong lender relationships, • Drive improvements across finance systems, processes, and internal controls, • Strengthen the overall financial control and governance framework, • Lead finance integration for newly acquired entities and sites, • Manage relationships with auditors, banks, tax advisors, and external partners, • Ensure full compliance with UK statutory reporting requirements, • Act as the technical accounting lead, including complex accounting matters and VAT considerations Candidate Profile • Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent), • Proven track record of leading and developing finance teams, • Strong technical accounting expertise, including statutory reporting and complex VAT, • Confident communicator with excellent stakeholder management skills, • Strategic mindset combined with strong attention to detail, • Comfortable operating at both hands-on and board-interaction level, • Experience in a private equity–backed environment is advantageous but not essential The Opportunity This is a high-impact leadership role within a fast-growing PE-backed organisation, offering genuine influence, exposure to strategic decision-making, and clear progression potential as the group continues to scale through acquisition. We welcome diverse applicants and are dedicated to treating all applicants with dignity and respect, regardless of background