Group Financial Controller

Are you an experienced finance leader looking for your next challenge? Do you enjoy partnering with senior stakeholders, driving financial performance, and leading a high-performing team? 

Our client, a successful owner managed SME in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, is looking to appoint a Group Financial Controller to join its senior leadership team. This is a fantastic opportunity to take ownership of the financial reporting function within a dynamic organisation that continues to invest in its people, systems, and future growth. You'll play a pivotal role in ensuring robust financial governance, delivering accurate reporting, supporting strategic decision-making, and driving continuous improvement across the finance function. 

As Group Financial Controller, you'll play a key role in ensuring the financial integrity of a growing business. Working closely with the senior leadership team, you'll be responsible for overseeing the financial reporting function while providing commercial insight to support investment decisions and portfolio growth.

What will you be doing? 

• Leading, mentoring, and developing the finance team to deliver a high-performing finance function.
• Overseeing the preparation of monthly management accounts across a number of entities.
• Managing consolidated group reporting and ensuring accurate financial reporting across multiple group companies.
• Taking ownership of the year-end process, statutory accounts, and coordinating the external audit.
• Maintaining robust financial controls and ensuring compliance with all statutory, tax, and regulatory requirements.
• Overseeing cash flow forecasting, treasury management, and funding requirements across.
• Monitoring performance, income, operating costs, and investment returns, providing meaningful analysis to senior management.
• Supporting acquisitions, disposals, refinancing, and due diligence activities, working alongside internal stakeholders and external advisers.
• Identifying and implementing improvements to finance systems, reporting processes, and internal controls to support the continued growth of the business.
• Supporting budgeting, forecasting, and long-term business planning across the group.
• Providing commercial insight and financial analysis to support strategic decision-making and future investment opportunities. 

What skills are we looking for?

• ACA or ACCA qualification.
• Previous experience in a senior finance leadership role such as Head of Financial Reporting, Financial Controller, Group Financial Controller, or Senior Finance Manager.
• Strong technical accounting and financial reporting expertise.
• Proven experience managing and developing finance teams.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• A proactive approach with a passion for improving processes and adding commercial value.
• Experience working within a multi-site, multi-entity, or growing business would be highly advantageous.  

What's on Offer?

• Salary up to £90,000, depending on experience.
• Hybrid working arrangement.
• A genuine opportunity to influence business strategy and financial performance.
• Senior leadership role with excellent visibility across the organisation.
• Supportive, collaborative, and forward-thinking culture.
• Ongoing career development and progression opportunities.
• The chance to play a key role in an ambitious business with exciting growth plans.

Apply for this role below or for more information, contact Kayley. 

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.