Group Financial Controller, Finance No.1, £50,000 to £70,000 Loughborough, full time, permanent, office basedIf you are at your best when you have full ownership, pace, and genuine influence, this is a Finance No.1 role where you can steady the ship and build a finance function that keeps up with rapid growth.This is a lean, high performing, project led SME with a hands on culture, no top heavy structure, and a track record of adding around £1m of turnover year on year. The MD is now hiring a senior finance lead to take full ownership of the finance function and give the leadership team complete confidence that reporting, controls, and cash are in safe hands.The opportunityYou will run finance end to end, manage a small team of two, and report directly to the MD for top line numbers and work closely with senior operational leadership, ensuring finance supports decisions, planning, and growth rather than simply reporting history.Scope will cover management accounts, budgeting, forecasting, cashflow, statutory compliance, VAT, and oversight of payroll, with the focus on building a value adding finance function, not just producing numbers.What you will be owningThis is a hands on leadership role with meaningful autonomy, your focus is clarity, control, and commercial support, including:Stabilising and strengthening the finance function as the business scalesLeading and developing the finance teamOwning month end close, producing a board pack, and delivering clear insight to ..... full job details .....