Financial Controller – ACCA

Profile.

Education / Qualification

ACCA – Chartered Accountant
BA (Hons) Accounting & Finance (2:1) – Manchester Metropolitan University

Systems used

Sage 200, SAP, Excel – x/v/h look ups, pivots, index match

About

Financial Controller with experience leading finance functions in PE-backed and high-growth businesses. Background spans group reporting, statutory accounts, audit, cash flow, and FP&A, with hands-on responsibility for month end, balance sheet control, and compliance. Currently operating as Head of Finance in a smaller group and looking to apply this experience in a, more complex organisation, supporting a Group CFO with reliable reporting, strong governance, and practical commercial insight.

• Monthly group management accounts and MI
• Statutory accounts, audit, and accounting standards
• Balance sheet ownership and cash flow control
• Budgeting, forecasting, and working capital
• VAT and tax compliance
• Team leadership and development
• PE-backed environments, exits, and transactions

Career Summary.

• Initially appointed as Group Financial Controller for a single site, with responsibility for financial control, reporting, and statutory accounts.
• Led system implementation of SAP from Sage 200
• Promoted in July 2025 to Head of UK Finance, expanding scope to include financial leadership across two manufacturing sites.
• Lead a finance team of 7, covering management accounts, reporting, and transactional finance.
• Responsible for monthly group management accounts, cash flow reporting, and balance sheet control.
• Prepare weekly and monthly reporting for the Board and Executive team, including P&L, cash, and forecast updates.
• Own the budgeting and forecasting process, producing short-term re-forecasts and longer-term plans.
• Lead the statutory accounts and external audit process, acting as main contact for auditors and ensuring compliance with accounting standards.
• Review balance sheet reconciliations and key accounting judgements, highlighting risks or issues to the Group CFO.
• Manage working capital and cash flow forecasting, with a focus on cash generation.
• Responsible for VAT returns and related compliance.
• Build and maintain financial models linking budgets, forecasts, management accounts, and statutory reporting.
• Work closely with operational teams on performance reporting, cost control, and margin analysis where required.
• Played a senior role in a private equity exit, supporting Vendor Due Diligence over a 7-month period, completed in July 2024.

• Financial control of a £6bn fixed asset portfolio across multiple territories.
• Direct line management of 7, with oversight of a wider team of 14.
• Acted as audit lead for fixed assets, working with internal and external audit teams across 7 countries.
• Improved documentation, controls, and consistency, reducing audit risk within a short timeframe.
• Led the migration of the UK fixed asset register from Sage into SAP S/4HANA.
• Supported the Group Financial Controller with the implementation of a revised impairment process.

 
Financial Controller – Property Group & Capex | Jan 2022 – Oct 2022
Assistant Financial Controller | Sep 2020 – Dec 2021

• Oversight of a £360m investment property portfolio and £300m loan book, including refinancing accounting.
• Set up finance processes for a newly created Property Group, including systems, reporting packs, and forecasting models.
• Produced monthly management accounts and MI packs presented to the Board and CEO.
• Managed group-level consolidated reporting for group company
• Prepared annual budgets and rolling forecasts covering P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow.
• Produced and maintained a 13-week cash flow forecast reported weekly to the CEO.
• Led statutory accounts preparation and audit liaison, including coordination with overseas accountants.
• Managed the Capex finance function with 3 direct reports and a wider team of 7.
• Responsible for preparation of group statutory fixed asset notes (NBV c.£1.8bn).
• Implemented improved capital planning controls and project-level reporting.

• Managed fixed asset accounting and reporting for an estate with NBV of £360m.
• Prepared capital budgets, forecasts, and cash flow reporting to parent company.
• Ran monthly Investment Committee meetings, presenting project spend and approvals at Exec level.
• Produced management accounts and analysis for strategic digital pharmacy projects.

• Fixed asset accounting, reconciliations, and depreciation.
• Capex budgeting, reforecasting, and variance analysis.
• Site asset verification and reporting.

Finance Administrator / Finance Quality Analyst | Jun 2016 – Aug 2017