We are looking for a Senior Financial Controller (with 5+ years' post qualification experience) to join our divisional finance team in a newly created player-manager role.

Reasons to apply

• Defaqto is a double-digit growth company

• Highly respected SME within the UK financial services sector

• Development opportunities

• Great team

• Brilliant company culture
  

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Who we are

Defaqto is one of the UK’s most trusted sources of financial product and market intelligence. By bringing together product data, technology and consumer insight we help everyone make smarter, more informed financial choices now, and in the future. And in doing so we hope to raise industry standards, power consumer choice and help the industry meet evolving customer needs.

Role overview

As Senior Financial Controller, you will be is responsible for the oversight and execution of all financial control, compliance and finance operations activities for the legal entities that comprise the Software & Data division.

You'll play a crucial role that enables accurate and timely group reporting to our parent company and statutory compliance for several entities. You will also lead the continuous improvement of our financial processes and systems, including the integration of the finance functions of recently acquired businesses.

What you'll do

Financial reporting

• Lead the monthly financial close process for the Software & Data division. Oversee timely and accurate period end group financial reporting for all legal entities through the group ERP systems (SAGE Intacct, Xero), in line with IFRS

• Execute and oversee statutory and other compliance-driven deliverables on a timely basis (VAT returns, ONS returns, annual statutory accounts)

• Co-ordinate and lead external audit processes for the division

Finance Operations

• Collaborate with group shared service teams to ensure all financial operations (Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, Tax and Treasury) run smoothly for the Software & Data division

• Ensure a robust control environment, including the alignment of systems and processes with these controls

Business partnering

• Produce monthly management reporting and variance analysis for a selection of business functions, such as Marketing. Track performance against budgets and highlight risks and opportunities to divisional leads.

Continuous process improvement

• Undertake project work as necessary, including the integration of finance systems and processes for newly acquired companies within the group

• Willing to challenge the status quo and always looking to make things better

Team Management

• Lead, mentor, and develop members of the finance team, fostering high standards and accountability

• Act as the senior point of escalation for financial queries within the team and across the business

What you'll need to succeed

Essential Requirements

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CPA preferred) with at least 5 years of post-qualified experience from finance and accounting roles in industry, or qualified through significant industry experience

• Strong knowledge of financial reporting standards under IFRS

• Experience working with ERP systems (we use SAGE Intacct and Xero) to lead the financial close process for the division

• Strong understanding of core finance processes (P2P, O2C, Treasury, Tax, Payroll)

• Comfortable in MS excel

Essential Experience

• Industry experience in a financial controllership role that manages the period end close process, ideally within multi-entity SMEs

• Prior involvement in system implementations or other finance transformation projects

• Experience working with auditors and outside accountants/advisors

• Previously managed small finance and accounting teams

Your approach to work

• Methodical approach with analytical rigour and high attention to detail

• Collaborative team player

• Able to work in a fast-paced environment, and manage multiple priorities

• Thinks critically and isn’t afraid to challenge the status quo

• Commercially astute and able to work with non-finance stakeholders to communicate financial performance in a way that they can understand and action

Work location

This is full-time, permanent position to be worked on a hybrid basis. You'll spend 3 days a week working with the team in our Haddenham office but from time to time may be required to travel to other offices in the group.

Right to Work

Applicants must already hold a legal right to work in the UK without time restrictions. We are currently unable to provide Skilled Worker visa sponsorship.

How we Work

Our values define how we work so that we can achieve our vision, provide a great employee experience, and positively impact our customers.

Think Big | Be Bold | Own it | Team up | Be a Star

We have a vibrant office environment with a hybrid approach to working supported by our flexible working promise. We have a focus on wellbeing, a programme of social, charity and team-building events and free fresh fruit delivered to the office.

Fintel plc and all the businesses within it adopt a zero-tolerance approach to discrimination on any of the protected grounds in the Equality Act 2010.

We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all current and prospective employees regardless of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse workforce because, in our view, diversity enables better business outcomes. We also believe that a more inclusive workplace, where people of different backgrounds work together, ensures better outcomes for all staff. From application to interview, we place inclusion at the heart of all we do.

For these reasons we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds.