Senior Finance Manager – Financial Control

Blair West are supporting a leading financial services organisation to find a Senior Finance Manager – Financial Control on a 12-month fixed-term basis.

The organisation operates within a highly regulated financial services environment and is responsible for the stewardship and administration of significant long-term assets. This position sits within the senior finance leadership team and has been created to ensure robust financial control, statutory compliance, and continuous improvement across finance operations.

The opportunity:

• Act as the senior point of contact for statutory and regulatory financial reporting, including externally audited financial statements and tax submissions.
• Coordinate the end-to-end financial reporting cycle, managing external audit relationships and delivery to agreed timelines.
• Maintain, oversee, and enhance a robust financial controls framework in line with regulatory and governance requirements.
• Interpret, assess, and implement changes to company law, accounting standards, and UK GAAP.
• Lead and deliver continuous improvement initiatives across financial control processes, driving both efficiency and quality.
• Champion automation and systems improvements where feasible.
• Develop and oversee management information and reporting, applying a clear risk-based mindset.
• Take ownership of financial control issues, ensuring timely resolution and appropriate escalation.

You’ll be the ideal candidate for this position if you have:

• A recognised professional accounting qualification with several years’ post-qualification experience.
• Proven experience leading financial control or statutory reporting teams within a financial services or similarly regulated environment.
• Strong technical accounting expertise, including UK GAAP and statutory reporting requirements.
• Demonstrable experience coordinating external audits and regulatory deliverables to tight deadlines.
• A track record of designing, implementing, or enhancing financial control policies and frameworks.
• Previous experience managing, developing, and coaching team members.
• The confidence and credibility to constructively challenge and support senior finance leadership.
• A structured and organised approach, with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.

The benefits included with this opportunity:

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata).
• Defined contribution pension scheme.
• Health cash plan and employee assistance programme.
• Eye care vouchers and annual flu vaccination.
• Paid volunteering days and a give-as-you-earn scheme.

Our commitment

Blair West is an equal-opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and inclusion at every stage of the recruitment process. We are committed to fairness, equality, and ongoing diversity training for our team to give our candidates and clients a feeling of belonging during their experience with us. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during their experience with us, please speak to their consultant.