Group Financial Controller

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of financial accounting for both the UK and US operations.

• Manage the month-end closing process, including journals, accruals, prepayments, and balance sheet reconciliations.

• Serve as the primary contact for auditors and oversee audit requests.

• Prepare supporting schedules in accordance with UK GAAP and IFRS.

• Lead technical accounting initiatives, including IFRS 15 revenue recognition, capitalization policy, and intercompany transactions.

• Assist with reporting functions for UK and US entities.

• Conduct intercompany reconciliations and aid in group consolidation using NetSuite.

• Oversee the relationship with the UK outsourced accounting firm and review their deliverables.

• Engage directly with NetSuite and comprehend data flows across various systems.

• Review and manage automated and AI-generated financial outputs.

• Identify opportunities for increased automation.

• Enhance systems and controls, collection cycles, DSO, revenue recognition, R&D capitalization, and consolidation processes.

• Resolve technical challenges and take responsibility for the monthly and quarterly closing processes.

• Strengthen reporting, oversight of outsourced work, and financial controls as the company expands.

⛳️ Requirements

• Qualified or nearly qualified accountant: ACA, ACCA, or CIMA.

• Strong foundational knowledge in technical accounting.

• Proven experience maximizing the use of NetSuite.

• Background working within a finance team to generate accounting information.

• Ability to work independently and diligently to meet deadlines.

• In-depth understanding of UK GAAP and IFRS.

• Clear comprehension of how a set of accounts is constructed.

• Comfortable navigating across different systems.

• Genuine interest in the impact of AI on the finance sector.

• Practical curiosity about reconciliation processes.

• Motivation to embrace responsibility and breadth in a growing organization.

• Enthusiasm for technology, software, robotics, and physical manufacturing.

• Likely to have trained at a Big 4 or a top 20 firm, or possess relevant industry experience as a qualified or nearly qualified accountant.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity.

• Option to work remotely from anywhere, or from our London or Cambridge offices.

• Exposure to revenue recognition, capitalization, intercompany transactions, audits, and reporting within a UK and US group.

• Opportunity to engage with AI, automation, and integrated systems.

• Potential for professional growth as CircuitHub expands.