Financial Controller

Financial ControllerLocation: Derby (East Midlands)Salary: Circa £90,000 + pension + benefitsReporting to: Chief Financial Officer A large, private-equity-backed multi-site UK group is seeking a senior Financial Controller to play a pivotal role in the next phase of its growth. This is a high-impact leadership role, sitting alongside a Head of Finance, with both positions reporting directly to the CFO. Together, these roles form the senior leadership of the finance function, with a clear separation between technical/statutory finance and commercial/management finance.The OpportunityThe group operates at significant scale, with circa £150m turnover, a large UK footprint and a growing number of legal entities resulting from an active acquisition strategy. The business combines:High-volume, recurring revenuesLabour-intensive operationsMultiple regulatory and funding frameworksOngoing acquisition and integration activityThis creates genuine complexity across statutory reporting, tax, VAT and group consolidation, making the technical finance agenda mission-critical. The successful candidate will take full ownership of the technical, statutory and governance agenda, with a genuine mandate to raise standards, strengthen controls and bring confidence to external reporting in a fast-growing, PE-backed environment.This is not a back-office role. You will work closely with the CFO, investors, auditors and senior stakeholders, helping to underpin continued growth and long-term strategic ..... full job details .....