Financial Controller

Our client is a private equity backed $500m international food business, in search of a qualified financial reporting Accountant to represent the UK plus smaller EMEA subsidiaries at the leadership table. The remit is simple; reporting to the international Finance VP, based in the USA, as ‘co-pilot’ of the business, you will own the financial reporting agenda for a growing and profitable $90m geographic region with a portfolio of well-known confectionery brands.

You will step into a challenging brief, positioning you to lead a team. The ambition is to further raise standards of financial control by building ‘best in class’ disciplines that will ensure robust transparency and reporting. Beyond the day-to-day, you will also pioneer a programme of evolutionary change, enhancing current reporting systems and ways of working to realise the company’s aim for more efficient and contemporary approaches to the role of Finance across the company. This will include various short and long...