Location
London - Oxford Street (Hybrid)

Hours
Full-time

Salary
Competitive salary offered

About the Role
The Financial Controller will support and oversee the Group's accounting and financial operations, ensuring robust processes, strong financial control, accurate accounting records, and full regulatory compliance across international entities. This hands-on role requires personally executing a broad range of accounting and finance activities daily. The successful candidate will work directly within SAP, preparing reconciliations, posting journals, analysing financial data, and managing detailed accounting processes without reliance on large support teams. A significant part of the role involves using advanced Excel models and workbooks to support reconciliations, accounting analyses, month-end activities, and financial controls. The candidate will maintain and enhance these processes while driving the gradual migration of manual and Excel-based activities into SAP to improve efficiency, automation, and scalability over time.

Experience
- 5–10 years of Accounting & Finance experience
- Strong knowledge of UK accounting standards and compliance
- Proven experience managing month-end, quarter-end, and year-end financial close processes
- Experience with intercompany accounting across multiple international entities
- Hands-on experience with ERP systems, preferably SAP, including journal postings and transaction management
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills including Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, INDEX/MATCH, data manipulation, reconciliation of large datasets, and financial analysis
- Proven ability to build and maintain complex Excel workbooks and accounting schedules

About you
- Highly organised and detail-oriented with strong analytical skills
- Comfortable working independently and taking ownership of accounting processes
- Ability to collaborate effectively with internal stakeholders and support junior finance team members
- Proactive in identifying process improvements and automation opportunities
- Reliable finance point of contact within the business

Qualifications
- ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualification (or equivalent) preferred
- Background in Audit (Big4 or similar) combined with industry experience is highly valued
- Exposure to both technical accounting and operational finance is advantageous