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Group Financial Controller
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Group Financial Controller
Group Financial Controller
Location: International (multi-jurisdictional)
Reporting to: Director, Financial Control, Tax & Treasury
Sector: Financial Services
About the Role
A leading international financial services organisation is seeking a Group Financial Controller to take ownership of its group-wide financial control, reporting, and governance framework across a complex multi-entity structure.
This is a senior finance leadership role responsible for ensuring the integrity, consistency, and scalability of financial reporting and control across a regulated, multi-jurisdictional business. The role will also play a key part in supporting wider finance transformation activity, including the implementation of a new group finance platform and the standardisation and automation of core finance processes across the organisation.
Key Responsibilities
Group Financial Control & Reporting
- Lead the group financial control function across all entities
- Oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes across multiple legal entities
- Ensure compliance with IFRS and relevant local statutory and regulatory requirements
- Manage group consolidation, intercompany processes, and balance sheet integrity
- Oversee preparation of statutory accounts and coordinate external audit processes across jurisdictions
- Support internal and external reporting for key stakeholders including lenders and shareholders
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Regulatory & Governance
- Maintain a strong financial control environment appropriate for a regulated financial services group
- Act as a key point of contact for external auditors
- Support governance and committee reporting with clear and accurate financial information
- Identify control gaps and drive remediation and continuous improvement
Finance Transformation
- Support the rollout of a new group finance platform
- Drive standardisation of chart of accounts, reporting structures, and finance processes
- Support data migration, reconciliation, and control embedding within new systems
- Help define and implement scalable, best-practice finance operating models
- Work closely with finance, technology, and external delivery partners
Data, Automation & Process Improvement
- Enhance financial data governance and reporting frameworks
- Identify and deliver opportunities to automate finance processes and reporting
- Utilise available workflow and automation tools to reduce manual processes
- Improve efficiency of close cycles and reporting timelines
- Support development of scalable and standardised finance processes across the group
Team Leadership
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- Lead and develop a geographically dispersed financial control team
- Build capability across financial reporting, systems, and change delivery
- Promote a high-performance, collaborative team culture
- Support talent development and succession planning
Stakeholder Management
- Partner closely with senior finance leadership and key internal stakeholders
- Support executive and board-level reporting requirements
- Collaborate across finance, tax, treasury, legal, and operational teams
- Support strategic initiatives including structural change and growth projects
Skills & Experience
- Strong knowledge of IFRS and multi-entity statutory reporting
- Experience within regulated financial services environments
- Proven track record in group financial control and external audit management
- Experience delivering large-scale finance system or platform implementations
- Strong understanding of consolidation, finance systems, and data structures
- Experience in finance transformation, automation, and process improvement
- Experience leading multi-location or international teams
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
Qualifications
- ICAEW / ICAS / ACA / ACCA / CIMA (or equivalent)
- Significant post-qualification experience in senior group financial control roles
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