Silktide

Financial Controller

Silktide

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Birmingham • United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £75,000 - £95,000 per year

About the role

  • Own the finance function end to end, including systems, processes, controls, and outputs
  • Take responsibility for the current state of the books and lead a full clean-up to audit-ready standards
  • Treat finance as a core business function, not a support service
  • Personally lead the month-end close process until it is operating smoothly and predictably
  • Deliver accurate, timely management accounts with clear explanations of performance versus budget and prior periods
  • Ensure all balance sheet accounts, intercompany balances, and cash movements are fully understood and reconciled
  • Build and maintain GAAP-compliant accounting across all entities
  • Own and rebuild finance processes in Xero, ensuring it is set up correctly and used rigorously
  • Define and implement best-practice controls, workflows, and documentation
  • Establish audit-ready standards across all entities, at all times
  • Improve reporting, automation, and data quality as the business scales
  • Own cash flow forecasting with a high degree of accuracy
  • Manage treasury activities, including FX exposure and international cash movement
  • Provide forward-looking insight to support hiring, investment, and growth decisions
  • Ensure smooth delivery of statutory accounts, audits, and tax filings across regions
  • Oversee VAT, corporation tax inputs, and R&D tax credit processes
  • Ensure compliance with UK, US, and international financial regulations and standards
  • Act as the primary point of contact for auditors and external advisors
  • Lead, mentor, and develop the Finance Coordinator
  • Work side by side with the Coordinator during the clean-up and stabilisation phase
  • Set clear expectations, standards, and accountability within the finance function
  • Act as a trusted finance partner to the leadership team
  • Translate financial data into clear, actionable insight for non-finance stakeholders
  • Support strategic decision-making as the company continues to grow rapidly

Requirements

  • You are a resident of the UK and fluent in English
  • You are professionally qualified (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA)
  • You have strong, hands-on experience as a Financial Controller or senior finance lead
  • You are comfortable owning messy books and rebuilding them properly
  • You have deep, working knowledge of GAAP accounting rules and apply them confidently
  • You have strong, hands-on experience with Xero and expect to be in it daily
  • You have experience working with or within US-based businesses and handling US finance requirements
  • You are equally comfortable doing the work and setting the direction
  • You take real ownership and accountability for outcomes, not just oversight.
Benefits
  • 20 days paid vacation plus public holidays, increasing with tenure
  • Private Insurance, Health, Dental and Vision, plus Wellness Allowance
  • Company Sponsored Pension and Enhanced Paternity or Maternity
  • Casual Dress Code, Flexible Schedule, Weekly Paid Lunches, and Monthly Company Outings
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Hard Skills & Tools
GAAP accountingfinancial reportingcash flow forecastingaudit preparationfinancial controlsfinancial analysistax compliancetreasury managementdata quality improvementfinancial reconciliation
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringaccountabilitystrategic decision-makingcommunicationproblem-solvingcollaborationownershipinsight translationprocess improvement
Certifications
ACAACCACIMA