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Financial Controller | PE-Backed Consultancy | London
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Financial Controller | PE-Backed Consultancy | London
A genuinely exciting opportunity for a Financial Controller to join a high-growth, PE-backed consultancy at a pivotal stage of its growth journey.
This is not a traditional Financial Controller role focused purely on reporting and month-end. You’ll sit at the heart of the business, partnering closely with the CFO, senior leadership team and PE investors, with genuine influence over how the finance function evolves. The business is an established, people-led consultancy with a strong market position, ambitious growth plans and the backing to continue scaling both organically and through acquisition.
The Role
You’ll take ownership of the core financial control environment while acting as a key commercial partner to the wider business.
You'll be responsible for:
- Leading the month-end close, management accounts and financial reporting
- Owning the balance sheet, cash flow and working capital
- Strengthening financial controls, processes and systems
- Supporting budgeting, forecasting and longer-term planning
- Working closely with the CFO on board and investor reporting
- Providing insightful analysis around revenue, margins, utilisation and profitability
- Supporting M&A, integration and wider transformation projects
- Leading and developing a high-calibre finance team
- Partnering with senior operational leaders across the consultancy
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What We're Looking For:
We're looking for a qualified accountant with strong technical foundations who has moved beyond pure financial reporting and wants a broader, more commercially influential role.
You'll ideally have experience within a consultancy, professional services, agency or another people-led / project-based environment, alongside exposure to a PE-backed or high-growth business.
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More important than sector, we're looking for someone who is:
- Commercially minded and confident with senior stakeholders
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
- Strong technically but equally strong commercially
- Experienced in improving processes rather than simply operating them
- Comfortable working with PE investors and demanding stakeholders
- Ambitious enough to want this role to be a significant step in their career
Why Join?
This is a £100k–£120k Financial Controller opportunity with genuine progression potential. You'll have significant exposure to the CFO, CEO and investors and the opportunity to help shape the finance function as the business continues to scale.
For someone who wants to move towards FD/CFO level within a successful, PE-backed consultancy, this could be an exceptional next move.
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