Financial Controller

PE-Backed Business Services Group

Location: Central London | Hybrid (3 days in the office, 2 days from home)
Package: Up to £90,000 + Bonus and Comprehensive Benefits

Nirvana Search is exclusively partnering with a highly successful, Private Equity-backed B2B Services group to recruit a commercially astute and technically robust Financial Controller.

Operating in a fast-paced, contract-led environment, the business is executing an aggressive buy-and-build strategy and undergoing a period of rapid acquisitive and organic growth.

The Opportunity

Reporting directly to the Finance Director, this is a fantastic opportunity for an impactful finance leader to take full ownership of the day-to-day finance function while adding significant strategic value to a highly acquisitive business.

You will be joining a dynamic PE-backed environment where you will not only ensure rigorous financial control and board-level reporting but also partner closely with the Executive team to integrate newly acquired businesses, drive contract profitability, and build a highly scalable finance function.

This role is perfect for a senior finance professional looking to take a pivotal leadership role in a buy-and-build growth story and play a key part in its future exit strategy.

You will be responsible for:

• M&A & Post-Merger Integration: Play a critical role in the financial onboarding of newly acquired entities. Lead the alignment of reporting, systems, and controls, and support the wider executive team with financial due diligence and commercial evaluation of target acquisitions.
• Financial Leadership & Reporting: Lead the end-to-end month-end close process and oversee the finance team, producing accurate, timely management accounts and comprehensive board packs with detailed variance analysis.
• Commercial Analysis: Partner with non-finance stakeholders and the wider leadership team to review operational performance. Drive deep-dive analysis into project profitability and acquisition synergies, ensuring margins are protected and optimised.
• Working Capital & Cash Flow: Direct rigorous cash flow forecasting and working capital management strategy, maintaining tight controls over WIP (Work in Progress), billing, and credit control across the enlarged group.
• Process Optimisation & Scalability: Spearhead continuous improvements across financial systems and workflows to drive efficiency, automate processes, and ensure the finance function can seamlessly scale with ongoing M&A activity.
• Audit & Statutory Compliance: Act as the primary lead for external auditors, managing the year-end audit process, statutory reporting, and ensuring full tax and regulatory compliance for all group entities.