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Role: Financial Controller
Salary: £75k - £82k
Location: Solihull (Hybrid)
About the Business
A fantastic opportunity to join a fast-growing, acquisitive professional services business based in Solihull as a Financial Controller, paying £75,000 – £82,000 per annum. Leading the Management Accounts team, you’ll take real ownership of financial reporting across a range of products and services, working closely with a supportive Finance Director in a business that continues to scale quickly through acquisition.
Main Duties:
As a Financial Controller, your main duties include:
- Leading, coaching, and developing a team of Finance Managers and Assistant Management Accountants, building capability and supporting succession planning
- Owning the month-end and year-end close process, setting the reporting timetable, and coordinating deliverables across the team
- Reviewing monthly management accounts across multiple product lines and business units, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and on-time delivery
- Partnering with the FP&A team on monthly variance analysis against budget and prior periods, proactively investigating and resolving issues with department heads
- Reviewing balance sheet reconciliations prepared by the team, ensuring risks and issues are identified and cleared down
- Documenting and continuously improving accounting processes, procedures, and controls
- Supporting the integration of newly acquired businesses into group reporting and finance processes
- Contributing to statutory and financial accounting activity, including supporting the year-end external audit
- Assisting with corporation tax submissions and R&D tax credit claims
- Supporting budgeting, forecasting, and ad-hoc financial analysis alongside the FP&A team
- Championing the effective use of finance systems, including driving ERP and process improvements and the adoption of AI within the team
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Location / Office / Culture
The role is hybrid, based at the company’s head office in Solihull, with the flexibility to work from home part of the week. This is a rapidly expanding, forward-thinking business that genuinely invests in its people and champions agile working.
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What We Are Looking For
The ideal candidate will have:
- ACCA/ACA/CIMA qualified accountant — essential
- Proven experience managing, developing, and motivating a finance team — essential
- Previous experience in a Financial Controller, Finance Manager, or senior Management Accounts role
- Strong Excel skills and confidence working with finance systems
- Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage senior stakeholders
- Experience working with acquisitions is beneficial but not essential
Why Join the Business
- Private healthcare
- Excellent manager and genuine progression opportunities
- Join a growing, acquisitive business on a strong growth trajectory
- Permanent role with real influence over reporting and controls
- Supportive, forward-thinking culture that invests in its people
About Us
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