Financial Controller – Shared Services
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Europe, United Kingdom, England, Wantage
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Salary
Rank
SVP
Responsibility
Site Lead
Scope
Regional
Workplace
100% in office
Functions
Finance
Reports to
Director of European Shared Services
Level
N-1
Travel Max:
0%
Posting Date
05-08-2026
Description
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.
Key Responsibilities
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 and 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
Qualification & Requirements
- 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)
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
Company Profile
Unspecified
Industry
Unspecified
Revenue
Employees
Fortune 500 Rank
NA
Global 500 Rank
NA
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