Financial Controller

Lancashire (Hybrid) £75,000 – £90,000 + Excellent Benefits + Career Progression This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing professional services group as a Financial Controller, reporting directly to the CEO. This is a brand new, senior leadership role created to add structure and strategic finance capability to a people led, fast growing firm. Taking ownership of the internal finance function within a privately held, PE-backed group, you'll play a pivotal role in driving financial performance, supporting strategic decision making, and influencing the future direction of a business with significant growth and acquisition plans. Key Responsibilities Lead and develop the internal finance team, coaching and supporting performance and professional growth. Own the reporting function, monthly management accounts with associated MI, quarterly reforecasting, and annual budgeting. Act as strategic business partner to the CEO, providing insight, recommendations, and action to support BAU activities and strategic decisions. Be the finance representative at monthly site partner meetings and maintain a visible presence across offices. Communicate finance activities to the wider Partner team with appropriate style and clarity. Drive change and continuous improvement, enhance WIP, debt management, utilisation, and fee analysis. Lead local M&A activity (with external FP&A support) due diligence, integration, and post-acquisition finance setup. Involve yourself in systems implementation and continuous improvement across all finance systems and process adoption. Provide commercial support to the Group, identifying risks and mitigation strategies. Set and measure the Group's KPIs and monitor market and business risks. Review and present monthly Board Pack (including initial reconstruction to level up information quality). Update and distribute flash report (WD4) and own WIP, Utilisation, and Fee analysis for Partners. Own the monthly reforecast model (in conjunction with external FP&A partners). Manage loan notes and liaise with senior stakeholders across the business. About You We're looking for a technically strong, commercially minded qualified accountant (ACA or ACCA) who enjoys operating in a fast-paced, evolving, people focused environment. Experience needed: Strong financial control experience within an internal finance team (practice background preferred but not essential). Proficiency in Xero and Microsoft Applications (Excel, Word, Outlook, Adobe PDF). Hands-on leadership style, comfortable managing, coaching, and pushing team development. Excellent stakeholder management, confident with CEOs, partners, investors, and senior leaders. Strong commercial awareness and the ability to work in a fast growing, acquisition driven environment. Experience in professional services or accountancy practice environments is highly desirable. A proactive, process improvement mindset someone who improves systems, not just maintains them. Friendly, approachable personality that fits a collaborative, supportive culture. Excellent written and oral communication, high personal integrity, and attention to detail. Ability to work both independently and as part of a team, with strong organisational skills. If you're looking for a role that combines technical excellence, commercial influence, and the opportunity to make a real impact in a high-growth, people focused professional services business, then this is the role for you. A pplications are now open via Platinum Recruitment, your contact for more information