Motorway
Head of Financial Control
London, Remote. Posted a month ago
The role
The Head of Financial Control will own financial control, statutory and tax compliance, treasury, and finance operations. You will report to the VP Finance and manage the integrity of numbers, control frameworks, and finance systems.
What you will do
- Own month-end and year-end close, management accounts and IFRS statutory accounts
- Set and own the control environment, policies and delegated authorities
- Own tax and regulatory compliance including corporation tax, VAT, PAYE, R&D relief and Companies House filings
- Manage relationships with auditors, tax advisers and HMRC
- Plan and run the annual audit and manage external advisers
- Own treasury and cash including cash flow forecasting, working capital and banking relationships
- Be accountable for the end-to-end payments, receivables and payroll cycle
- Own NetSuite and the finance systems stack and lead the move to an automated, AI-native finance function
- Lead and develop the team through hiring, coaching, performance and succession
Required qualifications
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with substantial post-qualification experience
- Experience in a technology, marketplace or high-growth business
- Experience leading an AI or automation change in a finance function
- Record of leading finance teams through growth and change
- Experience of both operational finance and strategic or transformation roles
- Solid grounding in project management
- Hands-on experience of month-end close, reconciliations, and management and statutory reporting under IFRS or UK GAAP
- Working knowledge of UK tax compliance (VAT, PAYE, R&D relief)
- Experience managing advisers and HMRC correspondence
- Experience owning a cloud ERP such as NetSuite
- Experience automating manual finance processes and using data and AI tools
- Strong grasp of working capital and cash flow forecasting
About the company
Motorway is the UK's largest online car-selling platform. It connects private sellers directly with over 8,000 dealers nationwide.