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Financial Controller
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Financial Controller - Reports to Finance Director
About the Business
Our client is one of Europe's leading mid-market private equity and credit investment platforms, with a multi-decade track record of building stronger, more resilient businesses across a range of sectors. Operating from a network of offices across Europe, the firm runs multiple complementary strategies spanning private equity and private credit, and is backed by one of the industry's largest dedicated in-house value creation teams.
The platform has continued to grow assets under management year on year, recently closing new strategies and expanding its credit franchise, which has been independently recognised as a top performer in its category. This is a genuinely exciting time to join: the finance function is scaling alongside the wider business, and this role has been created to add further strength and depth to that team.
The Role
This is a fantastic opportunity for a technically strong, recently qualified ACA (circa 3-4 years post-qualified) to join a top-tier, growing investment platform in a broad Financial Controller role. You will take ownership of financial reporting, regulatory compliance and financial control across the group's management entities, working closely with senior finance leadership and gaining direct exposure to a fast-paced, commercially-minded business.
The role offers genuine scope to make an impact quickly, with real ownership of process improvement and control enhancement, alongside close partnership with fund operations, external administrators, auditors and advisers.
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Key Responsibilities
- Own the preparation of monthly financial and management accounts across a number of group entities, ensuring accuracy, consistency and timely delivery to senior stakeholders.
- Manage intercompany reconciliations and eliminations in line with the group's transfer pricing framework, supporting clean and accurate consolidated reporting.
- Take the lead on corporation tax compliance, working alongside external advisers on partnership tax matters, deferred tax positions and related compliance requirements.
- Prepare annual statutory financial statements in accordance with relevant accounting standards, and produce technical accounting papers assessing the impact of new and evolving standards.
- Lead regulatory reporting to relevant regulators, including regulatory capital and liquidity monitoring.
- Monitor group cash positions and produce treasury forecasts to support funding and investment decision-making.
- Prepare departmental budgets, forecasts and variance analysis for review by senior management.
- Reconcile management and performance fee calculations against fund valuations, liaising closely with third-party fund administrators.
- Drive improvements in finance systems and process automation, strengthening controls and reporting efficiency across the function.
- Coordinate the annual external audit process, manage auditor requests directly, and implement agreed control recommendations.
- Oversee core transactional finance processes, including accounts payable, accounts receivable and VAT compliance.
- Act as the key liaison with external payroll providers, reviewing outputs for accuracy and compliance.
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What We're Looking For
- ACA qualified, circa 3-4 years post-qualified experience.
- Background in financial services, ideally with exposure to asset management, private equity, private credit or a related alternatives environment (practice-trained candidates with relevant sector exposure are equally welcome).
- Strong technical accounting knowledge across IFRS and/or FRS 102, with a genuine interest in staying current on evolving standards.
- Comfortable operating in a hands-on role covering both technical reporting and day-to-day financial control.
- A natural process-improver, confident challenging existing ways of working and implementing better controls.
- Strong communication skills, with the confidence to partner effectively with senior stakeholders, auditors and external advisers.
Why Join
- Join a genuinely top-tier, growing investment platform at a pivotal point in its growth trajectory.
- Broad, hands-on remit offering exposure well beyond a typical Financial Controller role, from regulatory reporting through to fund economics and treasury.
- Direct visibility to senior finance leadership and the wider investment team.
- A collaborative, high-performing finance function that invests in developing its people.
- Competitive compensation and benefits package reflective of the platform's scale and ambition.
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