Financial Controller

Location: Guildford (3 days per week in office)

Reporting to: CFO

Team: Finance Team Leadership (team management essential)

Our client, a fast-growth, PE-backed B2B technology platform looking for a hands-on, commercially minded Financial Controller. You will be the CFO’s right hand, owning day-to-day financial operations, leading the finance team, and helping to drive the rigour, controls and reporting cadence expected in a private-equity environment.

Financial Management & Reporting

• Lead the month-end close process and deliver accurate, timely management accounts
• Prepare board packs, investor reporting and KPI dashboards in partnership with the CFO
• Oversee statutory accounts, audit activities and compliance requirements
• Manage budgeting, forecasting and cashflow modelling

Controls, Processes & Systems

• Strengthen financial controls, governance and compliance in a scaling PE-backed environment
• Implement and improve financial policies, processes and systems (experience with scaling tech businesses is a plus)
• Ensure accurate revenue recognition, cost control and balance sheet integrity

Business Partnering

• Work closely with the CFO and SLT to support commercial decision-making
• Provide financial insights to product, sales, operations and technology teams
• Support scenario planning, pricing analysis and investment cases

Team Leadership

• Lead, develop and mentor the finance team (experience managing a team is essential)
• Foster a high-performance culture with clear standards and accountability
• Support future team growth as the business scales

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
• Experience as a Financial Controller or senior finance manager preferably in a PE-backed or high-growth tech business
• Strong technical accounting skills with excellent attention to detail
• Proven experience managing and developing a team
• Confident communicator able to work closely with a CFO and senior leadership
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, scaling environment with evolving processes
• Able to work in the Guildford office 3 days per week

• Be part of a high-growth, PE-backed tech platform at a pivotal stage
• Work directly with an experienced CFO and have genuine influence over scaling finance
• Opportunity to shape processes, systems and team development as the business expands