Financial Controller

  • Gleeson Recruitment Group
  • Islington, London
  • Sep 01, 2025
Full time Accounting

Job Description

This is an on-site role due to the nature of the business (retail)

Seeking a Finance Controller to lead financial operations across retail sites. You'll manage comprehensive financial processes, drive monthly P&L production, and provide strategic business partnering to retail management teams while ensuring accuracy and compliance across all financial activities.

Key Responsibilities

  • Take full ownership of financial processes across retail locations, including monthly profit & loss reporting and month-end procedures
  • Conduct monthly financial reviews with department heads, sales directors, and commercial finance teams
  • Manage finance staff and collaborate across sales, service, parts, and executive leadership
  • Ensure monthly reconciliations of commercial balance sheet accounts and maintain robust processes for financial accuracy
  • Produce budgets and forecasts while building complex models to analyse variances and business impact
  • Oversee internal and external audit processes for retail sites
  • Provide financial information as required by senior management

Key Essentials

  • Qualified accountant or equivalent experience
  • Expertise in financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting
  • Experience with month-end and year-end closing processes

Skills & Attributes

  • Advanced Excel skills and strong IT/finance systems proficiency
  • Excellent analytical and critical-thinking capabilities
  • Outstanding communication skills with ability to present financial data to non-financial audiences
  • Highly organized with proven ability to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines
  • Proactive, solution-oriented mindset with strong work ethic
  • Confident communicator able to engage with all organisational levels

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