Financial Controller

Location: Watford - 5 days in the office (not hybrid)

Job Summary

Pinpoint Resourcing are partnering with an exciting business based in Watford looking to bring in a Financial Controller, you will take ownership of financial reporting, controls, and processes across the Group. You will be a key member of the finance leadership team, supporting the Group CFO and collaborating closely with executive stakeholders across geographies. This role requires deep expertise in financial governance under UK GAAP, tax strategy, forecasting, and performance management. You will lead a multi-entity finance operation and drive system optimisation to support commercial decision-making and long-term scalability.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Reporting & Control

• Deliver accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidated financial statements in line with UK GAAP.
• Ensure robust accounting practices, reconciliations, and audit readiness across the group.
• Coordinate group-wide financial close and reporting calendars.
• Support the GFC and the external auditors and ensure the successful completion of audits.

Tax and Transfer Pricing

• Support tax compliance and planning strategies across jurisdictions to optimise tax efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with transfer pricing regulations by preparing and implementing relevant documentation and intercompany pricing models.
• VAT submission in various markets

Budgeting and Forecasting

• Support group-wide budgeting, including KPI setting, cost centre alignment, and forecasting.
• Support long-term planning in collaboration with the Group CFO and finance teams.

Performance Management

• Produce timely, accurate management accounts with insightful commentary.
• Monitor financial performance across subsidiaries, including working capital and inventory.
• Identify risks and opportunities and deliver actionable analysis to support strategic decisions.

Process Improvement & Systems Optimisation

• Drive improvements in finance processes and internal controls across the group.
• Lead the implementation and optimisation of ERP systems to meet group reporting and operational needs.

Leadership & Team Development

• Lead and mentor a team of finance professionals at various levels of seniority across all group locations.
• Build team capability, foster continuous learning, and support succession planning.
• Promote cross-functional collaboration and finance as a strategic partner to the business.

Candidate Profile

Qualifications & Experience

• ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualified
• 5+ years in a senior finance role, preferably in a multi-entity, international environment.
• Strong technical accounting background under UK GAAP.
• Hands-on experience with tax and transfer pricing compliance.
• Demonstrated success in improving financial and accounting processes, budgeting, forecasting, and business performance analytics.
• SME working environment, hands on approach

Skills & Attributes

• Commercially astute with strong business partnering skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement ability.
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling proficiency.
• Strong leadership and team management capability.
• Highly organised, with a solutions-focused mindset and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced and high pressure environment.
• Attention to detail, resilient, diligent, able to push back, self starter, energetic and self driven individual

If you are interested in hearing more, please apply today!

Due to the anticipated high volume of applications for this advertisement, it is with regret that we may only be able to contact those applicants successful in being shortlisted. However, your application for this or any further roles, may mean that we are able to contact you when additional vacancies become available. Should you not want this to be the case, please feel free to contact us directly to ensure we are aware of your wishes.

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