UK Entity Controller

You will manage the close and statutory accounts for UK entities, lead a small accounting team, build scalable credit accounting, oversee safeguarding, and strengthen financial controls. You will also support forecasts, capital adequacy, regulatory reporting, and finance-process automation.

Responsibilities

• Own monthly, quarterly, and year-end close for UK entities
• Prepare and file FRS 102 statutory accounts and manage UK audit activities
• Build and own consumer-credit accounting
• Sign off safeguarding calculations and reconcile safeguarded funds and customer balances
• Account for multi-currency transactions, FX revaluation, processor balances, and intercompany positions
• Support forecasts, capital adequacy, and FCA reporting
• Document controls, develop the accounting team, and automate close tasks

Requirements

• ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualification
• 10+ years of post-qualification experience
• Entity or financial-controller experience
• Lending or consumer-credit accounting experience, including IFRS 9 ECL modelling and loan-book accounting
• Experience at an FCA-regulated firm
• FRS 102 and IFRS knowledge
• Experience with multi-currency transactions, payment processor data, and NetSuite or comparable ERP
• Experience leading a small accounting team