Finatal
Financial Controller
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Financial Controller | Private Equity, Consulting.
Remuneration | £90-£100k + bonus/incentives.
Location | West Yorkshire, Permanent Full-Time position (Office 3-4x days per week).
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The Opportunity:
Finatal is exclusively partnering with a highly successful private equity-backed consulting business based in West Yorkshire to appoint a Financial Controller.
With revenues of approximately £60m, EBITDA exceeding 10% and continuing to strengthen, and a clear value creation agenda in place, the business has established itself as a market leader within its sector. Backed by an ambitious investor group, the company continues to experience strong organic growth alongside an active acquisition strategy, with a long-term objective of delivering a successful exit.
This appointment represents an opportunity for an ambitious and technically strong finance leader to become the CFO's trusted number two and play a key role in the next phase of growth.
The Role:
The Financial Controller will take ownership of the day-to-day finance function, ensuring robust financial controls, reporting accuracy and continual process improvement across the business.
Operating at the centre of the organisation, the successful candidate will act as a genuine business partner to both the CFO and wider leadership team, helping drive commercial decision-making, supporting growth initiatives and ensuring the finance function can scale alongside the business.
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This is a highly visible position offering significant exposure to strategic projects, acquisitions, operational improvement programmes and investor requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and develop the finance team, driving performance, accountability and continuous improvement.
- Own the month-end close process and ensure accurate, timely management reporting.
- Maintain strong financial controls, governance and compliance across the organisation.
- Support budgeting, forecasting and cash flow management processes.
- Partner closely with operational and commercial stakeholders across the business.
- Provide insight and analysis to support strategic decision-making and value creation initiatives.
- Support acquisition activity, integrations and wider finance transformation projects as required.
- Act as a trusted deputy to the CFO and help shape the future direction of the finance function.
The Requirements:
The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with a strong technical finance background and experience operating within a fast-paced, evolving environment.
Whilst sector experience is not essential, candidates will ideally have exposure to private equity-backed, high-growth, acquisitive or change-driven organisations where commerciality, pace and adaptability are critical.
The successful individual will demonstrate:
- A recognised professional finance qualification.
- Strong financial control and technical accounting expertise.
- Proven leadership and team development experience.
- The ability to operate as both a hands-on finance leader and strategic business partner.
- Strong communication skills and credibility with senior stakeholders.
- A proactive, commercially minded approach with a desire to drive improvement and challenge the status quo.
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Why Join?
This is an excellent opportunity to join a high-quality private equity-backed business at an exciting stage of its journey. The role offers significant exposure to strategic decision-making, acquisition activity and value creation initiatives, whilst providing a genuine pathway to broaden responsibility and influence as the company continues its growth trajectory.
This role would suit an ambitious Financial Controller seeking a genuine number two position and the opportunity to play a key role in the growth and eventual exit of a successful private equity-backed business.
Key Improvements
- Emphasised PE value creation themes including growth, acquisitions, EBITDA expansion and exit readiness.
- Positioned the role as a true CFO partner rather than a traditional reporting-focused controller.
- Added leadership, commercial partnering and transformation responsibilities to attract high-calibre candidates.
- Kept the tone concise, professional and aligned to PE-backed mid-market businesses.
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