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Group Director of Financial Control
Director of Financial Control
The Director of Financial Control will oversee financial operations, ensuring robust financial management, financial controls, and regulatory compliance. This role is ideal for a strong Financial Controller looking to progress into a Finance Directorship within the next few years.
Role Overview
Our client, a large and highly respected organisation in a period of transformation, investment, and change, seeks an exceptional finance leader to join the executive finance team as Group Head of Financial Control.
This is a high-profile leadership role, reporting directly to the Group Finance Director, covering:
- Financial control
- Reporting
- Governance
- Treasury
- Tax
- Sustainability reporting
The successful candidate will drive financial stewardship, support the organisation’s transformation, and uphold best-in-class financial integrity.
Key Responsibilities
- Strategic leadership for financial integrity, governance, and reporting.
- Lead a multidisciplinary team (approx. 20 professionals) to ensure robust frameworks in accounting, financial reporting, tax, treasury, and controls.
- Trusteed advisor to senior stakeholders, including the executive leadership team and governance committees.
- Focus on continuous improvement across finance processes, controls, and reporting.
- Key tasks:
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- Oversee financial control function across accounting, reporting, consolidation, treasury, tax, and sustainability reporting.
- Maintain integrity, accuracy, and completeness of the balance sheet and profit & loss account.
- Embed governance, risk management, and assurance processes within the group financial controls environment.
- Ensure compliance with statutory reporting, external disclosures, and audit activity.
- Chair financial governance forums to drive transparency and accountability.
- Lead treasury, liquidity management, and tax compliance activities.
- Embed financial controls within wider transformation programs and technology solutions.
- Develop and mentor a high-performing finance team.
Profile
We seek an accomplished finance leader with:
- A professional qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA) gained in audit before progressing into leadership roles.
- Substantial experience in Financial Control, Financial Reporting, Technical Accounting, or Finance Leadership.
- A track record of operating within large-scale transformation environments while maintaining governance and controls.
- Exposure to highly regulated environments, working across complex organisations (e.g., Banking, Insurance, Property, Infrastructure, or Listed businesses).
- Technical expertise spanning reporting, accounting standards, treasury, tax, and financial controls.
- Experience with Executive Teams, Boards, Audit Committees, and senior stakeholders.
- Leadership experience in managing teams and talent development.
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Core abilities:
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Strategic-operational balance to prioritise finance needs.
Job Offer
- Competitive salary: £160,000 – £180,000 per annum.
- Comprehensive benefits package.
- Opportunity to shape a high-impact Transformation programme.
- Permanent position with stability and career growth.
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