Group Financial Controller

Group Financial Controller

Location: London (Hybrid)
Contract: Permanent

About the Role

We're looking for a Group Financial Controller to join our Group Finance team hybrid in London. In this pivotal role, you'll safeguard the integrity of our financial reporting and control environment, taking ownership of the Group close and consolidation process and ensuring compliance with IFRS and our internal accounting policies.

You'll lead the Group consolidation, manage our relationship with the external auditors, strengthen our control framework and provide technical accounting leadership across the business. As a key deputy to the Head of Reporting & Consolidation, you'll work closely with regional finance teams and senior management, and you'll have real visibility and influence across the Group.

What You'll Be Doing

Group Consolidation & Financial Reporting

Leading the monthly, quarterly and annual Group consolidation process
Ensuring consolidated financial statements are accurate and delivered on time
Reviewing consolidation adjustments, elimination entries and foreign exchange impacts
Overseeing Group balance sheet, cash flow and equity reporting
Ensuring the information submitted by regional finance teams is consistent and accurateExternal Audit Management

Acting as the primary contact for our external auditors
Managing audit planning, timelines, deliverables and stakeholder engagement
Coordinating audit requests across Group and regional finance teams
Resolving accounting and reporting issues that arise during the audit
Driving the efficient completion of interim and year-end auditsFinancial Control & Governance

Maintaining a robust Group financial control framework
Reviewing and challenging key balance sheet reconciliations and accounting estimates
Ensuring compliance with corporate accounting policies and reporting standards
Identifying and implementing control improvements and process efficienciesTechnical Accounting

Providing technical accounting guidance on complex transactions and business initiatives
Reviewing and approving technical accounting papers and treatments
Supporting acquisitions, restructuring activities and financing transactions
Overseeing the implementation of new accounting standards and regulatory requirementsLeadership & Stakeholder Management

Building strong relationships with regional finance teams and senior management
Supporting the development of finance team capabilities and succession planning
Deputising for the Head of Reporting & ConsolidationAbout You

Essential

ACA, ACCA or equivalent professional qualification
Significant post-qualification experience within Group Finance, Financial Control or External Audit
Strong IFRS knowledge
Experience leading Group consolidations in a multinational environment
Experience managing external audits and statutory reporting processes
Excellent analytical, communication and stakeholder management skills
Able to work hybrid into London and travel to Luton and additional offices for meetings and training as required
Experience with consolidation and reporting systems (e.g. DEPM, Workday) desirableAbout Us

Vertage is the global brand uniting the former Impellam Group and HeadFirst Group, bringing together a portfolio of specialist talent and workforce solutions companies.

At Vertage, you help reshape the way work gets done. You combine specialised expertise with the power of AI, helping people and organisations move faster, think bigger, and stay ahead in the age of intelligence.

Sound like you? Apply today to join Vertage.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy or maternity or age