Group Financial Controller
Group Financial Controller£75,000 – £85,000 + Bonus + 26 Days Holiday + 5% Matched PensionLeicester Hybrid (2 days onsite)PE-Backed | Buy-and-Build | SaaSThere aren’t many opportunities where you step into a role that’s genuinely still being shaped. Where the business is growing fast, the finance team is evolving, and you can walk in and make an immediate impact — without the firefighting environment that so often comes with it.This is one of those rare ones.You’ll be joining a modern, PE-backed, buy-and-build SaaS group that operates across the UK. They’re scaling quickly, both organically and through acquisition. Think strong recurring revenue, real investment in systems, and a leadership team that wants finance at the centre of decision-making.The roleThis is the number-two seat in Group Finance — broad, hands-on and influential. You’ll lead a team of five, bring structure to a multi-currency environment and drive the month-end, year-end, tax and statutory processes across multiple entities.Financial control matters here. Governance matters.But so does curiosity, improvement and ambition.Alongside the BAU, you’ll be right in the mix on projects:– Supporting ongoing acquisitions and integration– Strengthening controls and building scalable processes– Improving reporting, insight and cash visibility– Helping shape the finance function as the group growsIt’s not a turnaround. It’s not chaos.It’s a profitable, well-run business investing heavily in capability and infrastructure.The teamYou’ll work closely with a CFO who genuinely cares about developing people — someone who’ll give you time, space and real ownership. The wider team is strong, low-ego and quality-driven. It’s the type of environment where you’re trusted to get on with things but supported when you need it.What they’re looking forA qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with solid post-qualification experience. Someone comfortable in a multi-entity, multi-currency group setting. Strong on controls, strong technically, but also commercially aware.If you enjoy modernising finance, improving processes and building something better than you found it — you’ll fit in well.Why this one Because it blends the best bits of a senior finance role:Stability. Growth. Autonomy. Exposure.Plus genuine involvement in M&A — something many finance professionals want but rarely get.If you’d like to explore this further, drop me a message and I’ll happily share the full brief.
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