Financial controller

Compensation: Approximately $2,400 USD per month 

Responsibilities:

Financial Control, Governance & Founder Oversight

• Controls Enforcer: Develop, implement, and rigorously enforce strict expense policies and internal approval processes; strictly monitor and control founder/director spending and maintain meticulously accurate Director’s Loan Account (DLA) records.
• System Ownership: Set up scalable finance processes utilizing QuickBooks and Dext, migrating and automating manual activities where possible.
• Core Accounting: Maintain complete and accurate accounting records across all Group entities. Prepare monthly management accounts, balance sheet reconciliations, and manage month-end/year-end close processes.
• Audit & Compliance: Prepare statutory accounts, support external auditors, and ensure strict compliance with UK GAAP and international regulatory requirements.

Multi-Entity Group Consolidation

• Prepare monthly consolidated management accounts for the global Group (linking P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow).
• Manage intercompany accounting, transfer pricing tracking, and reconciliations across the UK, Australia, and the Serbia manufacturing hub.
• Coordinate with and oversee local finance providers and external overseas accountants.

Forecasting, Modeling & Fundraising Support

• Investor Readiness: Immediately assist the CFO in preparing financial sections of investor presentations, maintaining the fundraising data room, and supporting investor due diligence for the upcoming $4M round.
• Financial Modeling: Build and maintain detailed, integrated 3-statement financial models ($P&L$, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow) for scenario and sensitivity analysis.
• Commercial Finance: Support contract reviews, prepare project profitability/margin analyses, and build financial models for Energy Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and energy invoicing as the business scales.

Treasury & Working Capital

• Manage weekly cash flow reporting and monitor Group liquidity.
• Process supplier payment runs, manage international banking relationships, and optimize working capital.

Requirements:

Essential

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA).
• Minimum 5 years of post-qualification experience with a strong background in financial accounting and consolidation.
• Deep hands-on experience with QuickBooks, Dext, and Advanced Microsoft Excel (complex financial modeling, formulas, and data analysis).
• A unique blend of “roll-up-your-sleeves” bookkeeping grit and high-level strategic commercial acumen.
• Comfortably challenge stakeholders constructively.
• Willingness to provide out-of-hours flexibility during peak transaction, fundraising, or reporting periods (extra hours will be compensated).

Desirable

• Experience in high-growth, venture-backed start-ups or manufacturing environments.
• Experience within the renewable energy, infrastructure, engineering, or technology sectors.
• Familiarity with international group structures, overseas subsidiaries, and project accounting.

Personal Attributes

• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and fiercely protective of financial compliance.
• Proactive self-starter who thrives on building systems and order out of start-up ambiguity.
• Commercially minded and pragmatic, yet capable of enforcing firm boundaries regarding company expenditure.

Success Measures (First 12 Months)

• Establish an institutional-grade, robust month-end reporting and consolidation process.
• Successfully clean up, track, and formalize director loan records and expense policies.
• Deliver accurate integrated forecasts and cash flow models to support the $4M fundraising round.