Financial Controller

🕒 August 20

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

⛔️ Financial Controller

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HyperGrowth Recruitment

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1 - 10 employees

Founded 2020

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

🎯 Recruiter

Consulting • Marketing • Recruitment

HyperGrowth Recruitment is a dedicated search firm specializing in the e-commerce and consumer goods sectors. They work closely with clients in a retained partnership model to attract high-performing talent tailored to their partners’ needs. With expertise in headhunting, they focus on understanding the intricacies of each business to deliver candidates from C-Suite to entry-level positions, ensuring a successful and effective recruitment process.

📋 Description

• Own financial reporting, commercial strategy, controls, multi-entity consolidations and compliance across Legend London’s international business • Lead migration from Xero to a fully integrated ERP platform • Define finance system requirements with key stakeholders • Drive automation, standardisation and AI adoption across finance • Own the monthly close process across all entities • Produce monthly management accounts, board reporting, KPI dashboards and commercial commentary • Ensure balance sheet accounts are reconciled and supported • Develop and maintain the financial control environment • Lead annual audit preparation and manage external auditor relationships • Maintain accounting policies and standards compliance • Lead monthly consolidation across the UK, UAE, Netherlands and US businesses • Manage intercompany accounting, reconciliations, eliminations, foreign currency accounting and multi-currency reporting • Coordinate statutory accounts and international tax adviser relationships • Ensure VAT, corporation tax and other statutory filings are completed across jurisdictions • Analyse performance, profitability and margins and provide commercial insights • Support budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning • Build financial models and scenario analysis • Identify profitability and cash-generation improvements • Partner with operational leaders and challenge spending • Monitor and optimise cash flow and working capital • Own cash forecasting and liquidity planning • Oversee inventory accounting and stock reconciliations • Support credit control and supplier payment processes • Build, develop and lead a scalable finance function • Recruit and develop team members and manage and coach the overseas bookkeeper

🎯 Requirements

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified • 5+ years’ post-qualified experience as a Financial Controller or in a similar senior finance role • Experience within eCommerce, retail, consumer goods, FMCG or another fast-growing, multi-entity business • Strong technical accounting knowledge • Proven experience preparing consolidated management accounts across international, multi-currency group structures • Proven experience improving financial reporting, controls and processes • Experience managing audits, statutory reporting and tax compliance • Strong commercial acumen and business-partnering skills • Confidence influencing both finance and non-finance stakeholders • Advanced Excel skills and experience analysing large data sets • Experience managing and developing finance team members

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary + bonus • Remote-first working with a future London office • Direct exposure to the Founder/CEO, Fractional CFO and senior leadership team • Opportunity to lead high-impact ERP, automation and business intelligence projects • Genuine ownership over the development of the finance function • International exposure across the UK, US, Europe and other global markets • Strong career progression within a rapidly scaling business • Diverse and inclusive workplace • Support for adjustments during the recruitment process