Irbis Vektra
Financial Controller
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Financial Controller Irbis Vektra Group · UK Operations
Reports to: Group Chief Financial Officer
Location: UK, hybrid — office attendance combined with home working. Some travel to other Group entities may be required.
Contract: Permanent, full-time
Salary: Circa £60,000 per annum, dependent on experience.
About the Company
Irbis Vektra is a European investment and operating group specialising in industrial logistics and supply chain. The thesis: owning the operations of asset-backed businesses delivers higher returns at lower risk than owning the assets alone. The Group applies this discipline across a portfolio of operating entities in multiple jurisdictions. The finance function sits at the centre of that discipline. It is run to a Swiss standard — precise, evidenced, and current — across every entity in the Group.
The Role
The Financial Controller supports the Group CFO with the day-to-day operation of the finance function across the Group's entities and jurisdictions. The role is hands on: it combines bookkeeping and transactional control with the accounting discipline needed to keep multiple entities current, reconciled, and audit-ready. This is a Group-wide role. The successful candidate will work across entities with different currencies, reporting requirements, and local obligations, and will be a primary point of contact for day-to-day finance matters in the UK operation.
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Key Responsibilities
- Maintain day-to-day bookkeeping for Group entities, including purchase and sales ledgers, bank postings, and general ledger maintenance.
- Process and control payments across entities and currencies, including supplier payments, intercompany transfers, and payment approvals.
- Prepare and review monthly management accounts for individual entities and in consolidation, to a timetable set by the Group CFO.
- Perform bank, balance sheet, and intercompany reconciliations, and clear reconciling items promptly.
- Maintain the fixed asset register, prepayments, and accruals; post month-end journals with supporting schedules.
- Support statutory accounts preparation and liaise with local accountants, auditors, and tax advisers across jurisdictions.
- Assist with VAT and other indirect tax filings across the entities in scope, and with corporate tax compliance where required.
- Monitor cash positions across entities and support short-term cash flow forecasting for the Group CFO.
- Maintain and strengthen financial controls and processes as the Group's entity structure grows.
- Support payroll administration and expense processing for UK operations.
- Assist the Group CFO with ad hoc financial analysis, board reporting, and audit preparation.
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What We're Looking For
- Qualified accountant — ACCA, CIMA, or ACA (or equivalent).
- Proven experience in a controller, senior finance, or multi-entity bookkeeping role, ideally spanning more than one jurisdiction or currency.
- Strong working knowledge of double-entry bookkeeping, month-end close, and balance sheet reconciliation.
- Comfortable working across entities with different reporting requirements and no single house style to fall back on.
- Confident with accounting software and payment platforms; able to set up and improve processes, not just follow them.
- Precise and evidence-led — comfortable being asked to show the numbers behind a figure, not just state it.
- Able to work independently, prioritise across several entities at once, and flag issues to the Group CFO before they become problems.
Package
Circa £60,000 per annum, dependent on experience. Permanent, full-time. Hybrid working, UK-based.
How to Apply
Please send a CV and a short covering note setting out relevant multi-entity or multi-jurisdiction finance experience to the Group CFO.
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