Financial Controller

Job description / Role

About the job

Hoxton Wealth is hiring a senior, hands-on Financial Controller to lead the controllership agenda across financial reporting, controls, tax, and regulatory compliance, while steering post-merger integration (PMI) and finance systems integration. Reporting directly to the CFO, the Financial Controller will own the monthly close and statutory reporting, strengthen internal controls, optimize the finance tech stack (ERP and portfolio systems), and partner with the CFO on integration modelling and value-capture tracking.

Key responsibilities

Core controllership (wealth/asset management)

• Own the month-end close, consolidation, and internal/external financial statements under IFRS; ensure timeliness, accuracy, and audit readiness.
• Maintain a robust internal control framework across accounts payable/accounts receivable, revenue recognition, payroll, and treasury/banking.
• Lead annual audits; manage external auditors and technical accounting papers.
• Oversee budgeting and forecasting cycles, incorporating cash flow projections and variance analysis; translate insights into actions for the CFO and leadership team in partnership with FP&A teams.
• Oversee regulatory and tax compliance across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring accurate filings, timely payments, and adherence to disclosure and capital adequacy requirements.

Post-merger integration (PMI) and finance modelling

• Co-lead the finance workstream for PMI: design Day-1/Day-100 plans, define target operating model, and establish integration governance with clear milestones and value-capture KPIs.
• Build integration models (P&L, cash, balance-sheet bridge, synergy realisation, one-off costs) and track delivery versus deal thesis.
• Align policies (IFRS accounting, revenue recognition, expense capitalization), charts of accounts, and entity structures; manage opening balance sheet and purchase accounting hand-offs.

Systems and data integration

• Lead finance's role in ERP and finance system upgrades (system integration, testing, UAT, role-based access, segregation of duties, audit trails).
• Implement straight-through processing and data controls between the in-house CRM and the general ledger.
• Define reporting architecture (management packs, board KPIs, regulatory and tax packs) with reproducible, auditable datasets.

Leadership and stakeholder management

• Build and mentor a lean accounting team; develop and manage relationships with external partners (auditors, tax advisors, system integrators) and internal stakeholders.

Ideal candidate profile

Must-have

• 8 to 10+ years experience including controllership in financial services, wealth or asset management; prior Big-4 audit or transaction/PMI exposure advantageous.
• Demonstrated leadership of month-end close, audit, and regulatory reporting in a regulated environment.
• IFRS technical depth and policy standardisation (purchase accounting, revenue recognition, impairments).
• ERP and finance systems (Sage is a plus) and finance data integration; strong Excel and Power BI skills; experience with UAT and change control.
• Familiarity with wealth and asset management tooling and data flows (e.g., PMS/portfolio accounting, custodian feeds, fee engines), and reconciliation processes into the general ledger.
• Demonstrated experience in leading process improvement and streamlining initiatives.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance; professional qualification (ACCA, ACA/CPA, CA is a huge plus).