Stanton House
Financial Controller – Transformation & IPO Readiness
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Financial Controller – Transformation & IPO Readiness
Contract: 2 year Fixed Term Contract
Location: Berkshire (with some travel required)
Start Date: Within 1 month
About the Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Financial Controller to join a business entering a significant phase. This newly created role will play a critical part in strengthening financial reporting, governance, and control frameworks while supporting the organisation’s long-term strategic objectives.
Reporting into the CFO and working alongside an established finance team, the successful candidate will lead a range of finance transformation initiatives, enhancing reporting standards, embedding robust controls, improving planning processes, and delivering a successful transition to IFRS. The role is focused on driving change, coordinating complex workstreams, and preparing the business for increased external scrutiny and future capital market opportunities.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Reporting & Control Enhancement
- Strengthen the quality, integrity, and consistency of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting.
- Enhance balance sheet governance, ownership, reconciliations, and review processes.
- Ensure financial outputs are robust, well-documented, and capable of withstanding external scrutiny.
- Improve documentation of key accounting judgements, estimates, and technical positions.
- Support the development of a best-in-class reporting environment, aligned to the needs of a scaling business.
IPO Readiness & External Reporting
- Lead finance workstreams supporting the organisation’s IPO readiness programme.
- Develop reporting, governance, and control frameworks expected of a publicly listed business.
- Ensure financial information, processes, and documentation are capable of supporting due diligence, investor scrutiny, and regulatory requirements.
- Support the preparation of financial disclosures and reporting structures aligned with capital market expectations.
- Coordinate internal and external stakeholders to deliver key readiness milestones.
- Drive improvements in financial governance, audit preparedness, and reporting transparency.
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IFRS Conversion
- Lead the end-to-end transition from current accounting standards to IFRS.
- Develop accounting policies, technical position papers, and supporting documentation.
- Assess and quantify the impact of key accounting differences across the business.
- Coordinate contributions from finance, operational teams, auditors, and external advisors.
- Ensure a controlled and successful implementation alongside ongoing reporting requirements.
Finance Transformation & Programme Leadership
- Lead delivery of a coordinated finance transformation roadmap across multiple workstreams.
- Develop clear plans, milestones, deliverables, and risk management processes.
- Drive progress through collaboration and influence across finance and the wider business.
- Maintain momentum while ensuring continuity of business-critical reporting activities.
- Act as a catalyst for continuous improvement across reporting, governance, and control processes.
Planning, Performance & Governance
- Introduce greater structure, discipline, and consistency to budgeting and forecasting processes.
- Improve alignment between forecasts, KPIs, and reported financial performance.
- Establish clear governance frameworks and performance review cycles.
- Support the integration of planning processes with statutory and external reporting requirements.
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Reporting Framework & Disclosure Readiness
- Develop reporting structures aligned with best practices in larger, more regulated environments.
- Improve the quality, consistency, and transparency of financial disclosures.
- Establish repeatable, documented processes supported by a strong audit trail.
- Align management reporting and statutory reporting outputs where appropriate.
Controls, Governance & Assurance
- Design and embed a robust financial control framework.
- Define ownership, review, and sign-off responsibilities across finance processes.
- Strengthen month-end close processes, accountability, and reporting discipline.
- Support external audit, financial due diligence, and assurance activities.
Commercial & Corporate Finance Collaboration
- Provide technical accounting expertise to support KPI development and reporting.
- Assist in the creation of IFRS-to-management reporting bridges and reconciliations.
- Ensure adjusted performance measures are clearly defined, consistent, and supporting.
- Partner with commercial and corporate finance teams to enhance reporting quality and decision-making.
Candidate Profile
- Qualified accountant (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
- Experience supporting IPO readiness or supporting an exit process is essential.
- Strong financial reporting and technical accounting expertise.
- Experience leading finance transformation, reporting improvement, or change programmes.
- Proven ability to influence stakeholders and deliver through collaboration.
- Strong project management and organisational skills.
- IFRS implementation or conversion experience is highly desirable.
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