London, England, United Kingdom
At Aptitude we love complexity.
We immerse ourselves in the intricacies of finance digitization, subscription management, compliance, and revenue management which gives us the power to make a real impact. Once we understand how an organization works, we can implement software solutions that provide the clarity, confidence, and control they need to drive growth and achieve their ambitions.
Aptitude has served the offices of finance for over 20 years, delivering financial control and insights to empower our clients to achieve their strategies and ambitions. We are currently serving over 75 CFOs whose organisations generate a combined revenue of over $1 Trillion.
We are proud of our growing team of smart, motivated and passionate people, and believe diverse experiences and perspectives build stronger teams and better solutions.
Headquartered in London, we have seven office locations around the world with clients across four continents.
The role of the Group Financial Controller (FTC) at Aptitude Software is to be accountable for ensuring effective operation and delivery of the Global Finance Department. The Group Financial Controller will be responsible for overseeing all accounting and reporting processes for Aptitude Software (‘Aptitude’).
You will be expected to manage the preparation of the annual and interim reports and other statutory reporting requirements, including being the primary point of contact for the external auditors throughout the process. Other reporting requirements include global corporation tax filings and assistance in the Group’s investor relations reporting.
The Group Financial Controller is also responsible for developing and maintaining internal financial control processes and should continually seek to drive improvements in internal processes, ensuring they are repeatable and establishing best practice.
As part of the overall role, there will be an expectation that you will recognise and mitigate risk, thinking commercially as part of your decision-making process. You will operate at a senior level, providing confidence and leadership and in turn becoming the go-to person in Finance. Always focusing on the important and consistently striving to deliver value to Aptitude Software for greater business efficiency.
You will be responsible for managing finance and accounting operations, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, management accounts, external reporting and manage the Group’s external banking relationships. You will be required to provide support and complete ad hoc projects – implementing Fynapse, US sales taxability etc.
A key part of your role is to proactively continue your own development and actively mentor and develop other team members to aid their career development. Critical to the success of this will be your excellent communication and management skills. You are expected to continually drive and inspire others around you.
You must be mindful of the evolving company culture and always ensure that you are motivating the team, celebrating milestones and ensuring that you contribute towards internal communications, taking your stories and successes out to the wider Aptitude community.
We’ll provide you with the opportunity to grow your expertise in an environment that supports you, your life and your career.
We’ll also offer you a competitive salary, as well as the following benefits:
ShareSave scheme – ability to purchase company shares on preferential terms
Private healthcare
Income protection and group life insurance
Pension Scheme
Company Funded Health Cashplan
Employee Assistance Programme
Access to Private Dental Benefits
Flexible / hybrid working options
Enhanced Family Friendly Leave for adoption, maternity and paternity
Bike 2 Work Scheme
Employee Referral Bonus
Must be ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified
Knowledge and understanding of financial business cycles and ability to design, implement and operate controls to ensure accuracy of accounting and safeguarding of company resources.
Coordinating and directing the preparation of monthly management accounts and report variances against forecast concisely to the business
Preparing and publishing full and half yearly statutory reporting.
Ability to assist in the development of members of the finance team and provide advice and guidance where required
Ability to produce high quality, accurate results under significant time pressure
Advanced Excel skills to be able to complete day to day tasks/financial reporting within the global finance department. PowerBI skills beneficial
Self-driven and able to work with minimal direction, prioritising effectively
Able to quickly identify issues and address them before they build up to a larger problem
Strong management skills.
Concise, meaningful and timely communication skills on all levels is essential.
‘Hands on’ approach.
Applying a risk conscious and commercial mindset to decisions
Please click on the ‘Apply now’ button below, including your CV/resume and any other relevant information that will help us get to know you better.
If you’re interested in working at Aptitude, but don’t feel you meet every single requirement of the role, we’d still like to hear from you! A diverse workforce is an essential part of our culture, and we’re dedicated to ensuring that our staff can show up as their authentic self – safe in the knowledge that their differences will be embraced and respected by all. We’re strong advocates of supporting applicants from a wide variety of backgrounds which include different ages, genders, ethnicities, physical abilities and sexual orientation, and we work hard to build the confidence of our workforce through inclusivity, equity and ongoing training. So, if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement, we’d encourage you to apply anyway. You might be just the candidate we’ve been looking for, whether it’s for this role or another.