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Company Description
Lexington is a leading independent strategic consultancy focused on delivering positive change for global businesses, organizations, and society. The firm advises clients on complex challenges, helping them navigate shifting markets, regulatory environments, and stakeholder expectations. Team members collaborate across disciplines to shape long-term strategies and practical solutions. Joining Lexington means working in a dynamic, mission-driven environment where analytical thinking and innovative approaches are highly valued.
Financial Controller | London (Holborn) | Hybrid | Reporting to the CFO
Lexington is hiring a Financial Controller to take ownership of financial control and reporting across our group — working directly with the CFO, CEO and leadership team on the numbers that shape the business.
If you want a role that's equal parts hands-on finance and genuine commercial influence, this is it.
Key Responsibilities
- Financial control: Monitor and reconcile accounts in Deltek across multiple companies, keeping financial information accurate, complete and current.
- Month-end reporting: Support the CFO in producing monthly management accounts, reporting packs and financial analysis for leadership and the parent company.
- Budgeting & forecasting: Support the CFO with budgeting, forecasting and financial insight to drive business performance.
- Cash & banking: Monitor and reconcile bank accounts, manage cashflow, credit control, authorise payments and report to key stakeholders.
- Payroll & benefits: Manage payroll - (Sage), pensions and employee benefits, ensuring accurate and timely salary payments, HMRC submissions and pension contributions.
- Tax & compliance: Prepare, reconcile and submit VAT returns, maintaining ongoing statutory compliance.
- Audit & external relationships: Liaise with auditors, tax advisers and other professional bodies to support annual audits and statutory reporting.
- Financial operations: Maintain journals, accruals, prepayments, depreciation schedules and fixed asset registers while upholding strong financial controls.
- Business partnering: Work with senior stakeholders across the business, providing financial insight to support commercial decisions.
- Team support: Guide and support junior finance team members, collaborating across the wider finance function.
- Continuous improvement: Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, controls and reporting as the business grows.
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What You'll Bring:
- ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified, with 5+ years PQE
- Strong background in financial control, management accounting and reporting
- Commercial, analytical and confident with senior stakeholders
- Advanced Excel skills and strong financial systems experience
- Deltek Vantagepoint experience a plus, not essential
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