Group Financial Controller - Cyber Security | Technology Services
Posted on 24 April 2026
£100,000
Permanent
Remote
Private Equity
31728
Opportunity description
Job Title:
Group Financial Controller - Cyber Security | Technology Services
Group Financial Controller
Reporting to: CFO
Ownership: Private Equity-backed
Sector: Cyber Security | Technology Services
Job Reference: 31728
About the Group
We are working with a private equity–backed cyber security buy-and-build platform focused on building a market-leading group of specialist cyber security and technology services businesses through targeted acquisitions and operational excellence.
The platform is executing an ambitious consolidation strategy across a fragmented cyber security services market, bringing together high-quality businesses to create an integrated, scalable, and differentiated offering. The Group is focused on becoming a trusted partner to organisations requiring robust, end-to-end cyber security solutions.
By combining deep technical expertise with strategic investment, the Group is building a high-growth platform with strong recurring revenues, high client retention, and significant long-term value creation potential.
As the platform scales, the business is seeking a Group Financial Controller to build and enhance a robust, scalable finance function to support a fast-paced, acquisition-led environment.
The Role
The Group Financial Controller will play a critical role in establishing and managing the financial control, reporting, and governance framework across a rapidly growing, multi-entity platform.
Operating in a fast-paced, PE-backed environment, this is a hands-on and commercially minded role requiring a strong technical finance leader with experience in acquisition accounting, leveraged structures, and integration of multiple businesses.
This is a broad, high-impact position with close exposure to the CFO, senior leadership team, investors, and lenders.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Control & Reporting
Reporting to: CFO
Ownership: Private Equity-backed
Sector: Cyber Security | Technology Services
Job Reference: 31728
About the Group
We are working with a private equity–backed cyber security buy-and-build platform focused on building a market-leading group of specialist cyber security and technology services businesses through targeted acquisitions and operational excellence.
The platform is executing an ambitious consolidation strategy across a fragmented cyber security services market, bringing together high-quality businesses to create an integrated, scalable, and differentiated offering. The Group is focused on becoming a trusted partner to organisations requiring robust, end-to-end cyber security solutions.
By combining deep technical expertise with strategic investment, the Group is building a high-growth platform with strong recurring revenues, high client retention, and significant long-term value creation potential.
As the platform scales, the business is seeking a Group Financial Controller to build and enhance a robust, scalable finance function to support a fast-paced, acquisition-led environment.
The Role
The Group Financial Controller will play a critical role in establishing and managing the financial control, reporting, and governance framework across a rapidly growing, multi-entity platform.
Operating in a fast-paced, PE-backed environment, this is a hands-on and commercially minded role requiring a strong technical finance leader with experience in acquisition accounting, leveraged structures, and integration of multiple businesses.
This is a broad, high-impact position with close exposure to the CFO, senior leadership team, investors, and lenders.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Control & Reporting
- Own the Group month-end close and consolidation process across all entities
- Prepare and review management accounts, including variance analysis and performance insights
- Establish and maintain robust financial controls, governance, and reporting frameworks
- Oversee balance sheet integrity, working capital, and cash flow management
- Lead finance integration of acquired businesses into the Group
- Own acquisition accounting, including purchase price allocations and opening balance sheet alignment
- Align finance systems, reporting structures, and controls across acquired entities
- Implement standardised charts of accounts and reporting frameworks
- Support financial due diligence and transaction execution
- Operate effectively within a PE-backed environment, aligned to investor expectations
- Support lender reporting, including covenant calculations and monitoring within a leveraged structure
- Assist the CFO in delivering board packs, investor reporting, and financial insights
- Engage with banking partners and support financing relationships
- Support year-end statutory reporting (UK GAAP / IFRS)
- Act as key contact for auditors and external advisors
- Oversee tax, VAT, payroll, and wider regulatory compliance
- Drive improvements in finance systems, automation, and reporting quality
- Build scalable processes to support acquisition-led growth
- Implement best practices across the finance function
- Lead and develop a growing finance team
- Partner closely with operational leaders across acquired businesses
- Provide mentorship and support ongoing team development
- Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA)
- Proven experience as a Financial Controller or senior finance leader in a PE-backed environment
- Strong understanding of private equity operating models, including value creation and cash management
- Experience with multi-entity consolidation and acquisition integration
- Strong technical accounting knowledge (UK GAAP / IFRS) with commercial application
- Hands-on, adaptable, and comfortable in a high-growth, fast-moving environment
- Experience supporting M&A activity and post-deal integration
- Strong stakeholder management skills with exposure to investors and senior leadership
- Experience within cyber security, technology services, or broader SaaS/tech-enabled services advantageous
- Opportunity to join a high-growth cyber security platform backed by private equity
- Play a key role in building a leading, acquisition-driven business in a critical and fast-growing sector
- Significant exposure to M&A activity, investors, and strategic decision-making
- Opportunity to shape and scale a finance function in a dynamic environment
- Clear progression opportunities as the platform grows
