Eton Bridge Partners have been retained on a confidential search to appoint a Group Financial Controller for a dynamic, PE-backed business with international operations and a compelling growth story.
Reporting directly to the CFO and operating as a key member of a lean, high-performing finance function, this is a hands‑on role requiring a commercially aware finance professional who combines rigorous financial control with the flexibility and pragmatism to thrive in a fast‑moving, evolving environment.
This is a pivotal appointment within a business undergoing genuine transformation, where the Group Financial Controller will own the financial control agenda and play a central role in ensuring the integrity and accuracy of financial reporting across a multi‑entity, cross-border structure.
The Role
- Owning and delivering the group budget process, ensuring robust, well‑evidenced financial planning across the business.
- Managing the year‑end audit and statutory accounts process, including liaison with external auditors and tax advisors.
- Ensuring accurate, timely month‑end closing across the group, with a rigorous approach to balance sheet management and bookkeeping integrity.
- Overseeing group consolidation across a multi‑entity structure, including management of currency impacts and cross‑border transactions.
- Handling R&D tax claims working with external advisors to maximise available reliefs.
- Supporting any financing or refinancing activity as required.
- Contributing to the broader development of the finance function, including potential implementation of a group consolidation system.
The Ideal Candidate
- A qualified accountant (ACA or ACCA), ideally trained in a Big Four, larger mid‑tier or reputable mid‑sized practice.
- Solid technical accounting skills, including direct experience of group consolidation, UK GAAP statutory accounts, and multi‑currency reporting.
- Experience gained within a UK‑based manufacturing, industrial or similarly complex business with cross‑border operations.
- A genuinely hands‑on approach: comfortable getting into the detail, rolling up sleeves, and owning processes end to end without reliance on a large team beneath them.
- Sound commercial awareness and the confidence to work closely with senior stakeholders including the CFO, external auditors and tax advisors.
- A collaborative, adaptable working style suited to a business that is growing and changing quickly.
Location: South London (hybrid working available)
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