Financial Controller - Shared Services

We're partnering with a leading international business to recruit a Financial Controller to join the controllership team within their European Shared Service Centre.

This is a high-impact, high-visibility role with a clear mandate: to transform and elevate controllership into a best-in‑class, insight‑led finance function. You'll be instrumental in shaping how finance supports a complex, multi‑entity European operation-moving from efficient delivery to true strategic value.

This is an opportunity to step into a role where your influence will be felt across the business. You'll lead change, enhance control, and develop a team capable of operating at a significantly higher level. If you're motivated by building, improving, and leading from the front, this role offers both challenge and genuine scope.

Financial Controller - Shared Services - Benefits

• 25 days annual leave
• 9:00 am - 17:00 - Office-based position
• Company Car
• Salary Exchange Pension Scheme
• Non-Contributory Life Assurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• Group Income Protection

Financial Controller - Shared Services - About The Role

Reporting to the Director of European Shared Services, you will take ownership of the controllership agenda across multiple European entities, driving both performance and transformation.

• Act as the European lead for R2R, setting the standard for governance, control, and best practice
• Own the integrity, accuracy, and completeness of financial reporting across all entities
• Lead balance sheet governance, ensuring risks are identified, understood, and resolved proactively
• Ensure alignment across management, statutory, and tax reporting frameworks
• Lead the end‑to‑end close process, driving quality, consistency, and reduced cycle times
• Create a "first‑time right" culture across journals, reconciliations, and reporting
• Oversee the delivery of clear, insightful reporting and meaningful performance analysis
• Lead the relationship with external auditors, ensuring smooth and efficient audit cycles
• Own and strengthen the control environment, including SOX compliance
• Lead, develop, and inspire a team of c.10-15, building capability & accountability
• Drive standardisation and optimisation of processes across European operations
• Identify and deliver efficiencies, improving close timelines and reporting quality
• Champion automation and the effective use of systems (SAP S/4HANA, OneStream)
• Act as a key link between Shared Services, local finance teams, and Group Finance

The successful Financial Controller - Shared Services will have:

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent)
• Proven controllership experience within a complex, international environment
• Strong technical accounting knowledge (IFRS / US GAAP) and controls (SOX preferred)
• A track record of driving improvement, transformation, and team development
• Strong systems capability (SAP S/4HANA, OneStream or similar preferred)