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Financial Controller
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Financial Controller
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A leading and highly respected banking organisation with a strong market presence and a clear long-term growth strategy. The business is known for its innovation, customer focus, and commitment to continuous improvement. With a high-performing leadership team and a culture that embraces change, this organisation offers an exceptional platform for an ambitious finance professional to make a meaningful impact.
Your new role
As Financial Controller, you will play a pivotal role at the heart of the finance function, balancing strong technical accounting leadership with forward-looking commercial insight. You will act as a key business partner to the senior leadership team, providing strategic financial guidance, driving performance, and supporting decision-making across the organisation.
This is an incredibly future-facing role, with significant involvement in finance transformation, business change, and process improvement. You will lead the development of robust financial controls, enhance reporting capabilities, and help shape the financial operating model of the future. Alongside this, you will oversee statutory reporting, regulatory compliance, and financial governance, ensuring the organisation maintains the highest standards of accuracy and integrity.
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What you'll need to succeed
- A fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with extensive experience in the banking sector
- Strong technical accounting expertise, ideally gained in a regulated environment
- A proven track record of finance transformation, process improvement, and systems change
- Experience partnering with senior leadership teams and influencing strategic decisions
- A proactive, commercially minded approach with the ability to operate in a fast-paced, evolving environment
- Excellent communication skills and the confidence to challenge, support, and guide stakeholders at all levels
What you'll get in return
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- You'll join a forward-thinking organisation that is investing heavily in its people, systems, and future growth.
- The role offers a highly competitive basic salary and an unrivalled benefits package, alongside genuine opportunities for career progression.
- You will be part of a collaborative leadership team where your ideas will be heard, your expertise valued, and your impact visible.
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