Key Achievements:
- Led group accounting and finance operations, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant financial reporting across multiple subsidiaries.
- Designed and implemented robust month-end, quarter-end, and year-end reporting processes, improving reporting accuracy and timeliness.
- Standardised group accounting policies, procedures, and reporting frameworks, enabling consistent financial consolidation and analysis.
- Strengthened internal controls, governance, and risk management, reducing financial errors and enhancing compliance.
- Oversaw statutory and management reporting, delivering high-quality insights to senior leadership and the board.
- Improved cash flow monitoring, working capital management, and treasury processes, enhancing liquidity and operational efficiency.
- Implemented automation and reporting tools, reducing manual processes and improving data quality.
- Led group consolidation and intercompany reconciliation processes, reducing delays and improving reporting accuracy.
- Introduced management KPIs, dashboards, and variance analysis to support business decision-making.
- Managed audit processes, liaising with external auditors, tax advisors, and regulatory bodies to ensure compliance.
- Delivered cost efficiencies through process improvements, system optimisation, and effective financial controls.
- Supported financial planning and analysis by providing accurate, timely, and actionable financial data to senior leadership.
- Mentored and developed finance teams across the group, fostering a high-performing, skilled, and motivated workforce.
- Oversaw fixed asset accounting, capital expenditure controls, and cost allocation methodologies.
- Enhanced financial reporting frameworks to support scalable growth and corporate governance requirements.
- Partnered closely with operational, commercial, and finance teams to improve financial insight and operational performance.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage group accounting and finance operations, ensuring accurate statutory and management reporting.
- Oversee month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes across multiple subsidiaries.
- Ensure compliance with accounting standards, policies, and regulatory requirements.
- Standardise and streamline reporting, consolidation, and intercompany processes across the group.
- Develop and maintain internal controls, governance frameworks, and risk management processes.
- Provide accurate and timely financial information, analysis, and insights to senior leadership and the board.
- Manage cash flow, working capital, treasury, and capital expenditure processes.
- Lead system implementations, automation initiatives, and process improvements to enhance efficiency.
- Coordinate with external auditors, tax advisors, and regulatory bodies to ensure compliance and successful audits.
- Mentor and develop finance teams across subsidiaries, building capability and succession pipelines.
- Support FP&A and strategic initiatives by delivering high-quality financial data and analysis.
What does a Group Financial Controller do?
A Group Financial Controller oversees financial reporting across multiple entities within an organisation. They manage group consolidations, statutory reporting, financial controls and compliance while ensuring accurate financial information is provided to executive leadership and external stakeholders.
What qualifications do you need to become a Group Financial Controller?
Most employers require ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualifications together with extensive experience in financial reporting, consolidations and senior finance leadership. Experience working within large or multinational organisations is often highly desirable.
What skills are important for a Group Financial Controller?
Group Financial Controllers require exceptional technical accounting knowledge, leadership and analytical skills. Expertise in IFRS, group reporting, financial systems and stakeholder management is also essential.
What are the responsibilities of a Group Financial Controller?
Responsibilities include preparing consolidated financial statements, overseeing statutory reporting, maintaining financial controls, managing finance teams, supporting external audits and ensuring compliance with accounting standards across the group.
What career progression is available for a Group Financial Controller?
Group Financial Controllers commonly progress into Finance Director, Chief Accounting Officer, Chief Financial Officer or broader executive leadership positions.