Uxbridge & Windsor Employment Agency
Financial Controller
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Financial Controller
Permanent
Salary: £65,000 - £75,000
Location: Outskirts of Windsor
Hours of work: 9am – 5pm – Part-time hours can also be considered as well as some hybrid working pattern
Our client is looking for an experienced Financial Controller to take responsibility for the day-to-day finance function while also playing an important role in wider financial planning and decision-making.
This is a senior, hands-on position combining team leadership, financial control, reporting, and commercial input. It would suit a qualified finance professional who has previously worked within a legal practice and is confident operating across both strategic and operational finance.
The Role:
Working closely with senior stakeholders, the Financial Controller will help shape financial priorities, improve processes, and ensure the finance function supports the wider objectives of the organisation.
- Leading, supporting, and developing the finance team
- Managing budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow
- Producing accurate internal and external financial reporting
- Overseeing statutory accounts preparation and supporting audit requirements
- Maintaining effective financial controls, procedures, and processes
- Supporting regulatory compliance relating to client accounts and financial procedures
- Monitoring financial performance and identifying opportunities for improvement
- Managing regular finance processes and ensuring deadlines are met
- Overseeing payroll activity
- Liaising with external advisers, banking contacts, and other stakeholders
- Supporting finance-related projects and wider business initiatives as required
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The Ideal Candidate:
- ACA, CIMA, or a comparable professional accountancy qualification
- Previous experience in a similar senior finance position within a legal practice
- Strong working knowledge of the Solicitors Accounts Rules
- Experience covering both operational finance and financial planning
- Previous responsibility for managing or developing a finance team
- Strong commercial awareness alongside sound technical accounting knowledge
- Confident financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and cash-management experience
- Microsoft Excel skills
- Strong numerical, analytical, and organisational ability
- The communication skills to deal confidently with senior stakeholders and external professional bodies
Experience of payroll software and familiarity with finance or case-management systems used within professional-services environments would be advantageous.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Financial Controller who enjoys combining hands-on financial management with broader commercial involvement and team leadership.
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A Little More About Us:
We are Top Flight Recruitment Ltd (trading as Uxbridge Employment Agency and Windsor Employment Agency), and act as an Employment Agency when advertising permanent roles and as an Employment Business when advertising temporary or contract roles.
All vacancies are advertised with written instruction from our clients. Where salaries or rates of pay are quoted, the nature of the work, location, and minimum experience, training, or qualifications required are stated within the advert.
We never charge fees to work-seekers, and all recruitment is carried out in line with the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003.
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