Group Financial Controller

We are looking for a Group Financial Controller to join a fast-growing, international software company backed by Private Equity. This is a senior, hands-on leadership role, acting as a key business partner to the CFO and playing a critical role in strengthening financial control, governance, and scalability across the group.

The successful candidate will lead the group finance function, ensuring best-in-class financial reporting, compliance, and control in a multi-entity, multi-jurisdictional environment.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Control & Reporting

• Own and lead group financial control and reporting, ensuring accuracy, consistency and timeliness.
• Oversee monthly, quarterly and annual closes, including consolidated financial statements.
• Manage multi-jurisdictional statutory accounts, audits and compliance, acting as main point of contact with external auditors.
• Ensure strong accounting, tax and regulatory compliance across all entities.

Accounting, Tax & Compliance

• Act as the group expert on technical accounting, tax and consolidation matters.
• Coordinate group audits, leveraging Big 4 standards and best practices.
• Ensure compliance with local GAAP/IFRS and evolving regulatory requirements.

Cash, Treasury & Working Capital

• Oversee cash management, treasury operations and liquidity planning.
• Actively manage working capital, optimizing cash conversion and financial discipline.
• Partner with the CFO on cash forecasting and funding requirements.

Systems, Processes & Scalability

• Lead the optimization and automation of finance systems, tools and processes.
• Play a key role in system implementations and upgrades, ideally across multiple entities.
• Act as Finance owner of NetSuite, ensuring robust use and continuous improvement.
• Drive standardization and efficiency to support growth and scale.

Leadership & Team Management

• Lead, develop and motivate a team of 15–20 finance professionals across accounting, control and reporting.
• Set high standards around detail, accuracy, ownership and pace.
• Build a strong finance culture aligned with a high-growth, performance-driven environment.

Business Partnering

• Act as a trusted business partner to the CFO, supporting strategic and operational decision-making.
• Provide clear financial insights to support growth initiatives and scalability.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Operations, Legal, HR and Technology teams.

Required Background & Experience

Professional Experience

• 10+ years of experience in senior finance roles with strong accounting and controlling exposure.
• Previous experience as Finance VP or Finance Director (not Group CFO) in large, profitable organizations (minimum 5 years).
• Big 4 audit background.
• Proven experience in Private Equity / VC-backed environments.
• Strong experience in software businesses, ideally SaaS.
• Demonstrated experience in growth and scale-up contexts.
• Solid international exposure within multi-entity groups.

Technical Expertise

• Deep technical knowledge of accounting, tax, consolidation and compliance.
• Strong background in financial control and group reporting.
• Hands-on experience with NetSuite.
• Proven track record of financial system implementation and process optimization, ideally across multiple jurisdictions.

Personal Attributes

• Highly hands-on with strong ownership mentality.
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
• High energy, fast-paced, resilient and results-driven.
• Strong hunger, drive and ambition to build and scale.
• Comfortable operating in complex, demanding environments.