Financial Controller

Whether deputy to the FD in an SME or leading a complex finance function within a larger business, the Financial Controller owns the technical accuracy and control of the numbers.

Salaries for Financial Controller roles across Coventry, Birmingham and Warwickshire typically sit at £63k – £92.5k. £63k+ attracts a Finance Manager looking for progression in an SME. £75k–£92.5k reflects a Financial Controller in a larger or more technically demanding business.

We recruit Financial Controller positions on both a permanent and temporary basis, depending on what the business and the candidate need — many of our clients also use temp-to-perm as a low-risk way to trial a hire before committing.

Financial Controller roles typically call for ACCA, CIMA or ACA (or being well into your studies towards one), alongside the relevant hands-on experience — exact requirements vary by employer, so it's worth talking to us about what a specific vacancy needs.

A common next step from Financial Controller is group financial controller — technical control, at group level. Many of the candidates we place build exactly this kind of progression over several moves, not just one.

Yes — candidates part-qualified or finalist-level in ACCA, CIMA or ACA are a core part of who we place into Financial Controller roles, alongside those already fully qualified.

Submit your CV and a Market Expert will be in touch to talk through your experience, what you're looking for, and any live Financial Controller opportunities that genuinely fit — free, confidential, and no obligation.

No — there's never a cost to candidates, for this role or any other. Our fee is paid by the employer, and only once a placement is successfully made.

No — nothing about your CV or your situation is shared with any employer without your explicit permission first.

Yes — briefing you properly on the role, the employer and realistic salary expectations before an interview is a standard part of how we support every Financial Controller candidate, not an optional extra.

Yes — you can search live jobs on our careers portal, but we'd always recommend a conversation with a Market Expert too, since not every Financial Controller vacancy we're working on is advertised publicly.

There's no retainer and no ongoing contract — our fee is only payable on a successful placement, whether that's a one-off hire or an ongoing relationship.

Temporary cover can often be arranged within days. Permanent Financial Controller roles vary with seniority, but our shortlists are built from people we already know rather than a fresh keyword search, so they typically move faster than a generalist agency's.

Yes — covering absence, leave or an unexpected gap in a Financial Controller position is one of the most common reasons employers come to us, and we aim for a same-day response.

Our rebate periods and money-back guarantees mean you're covered if a placement doesn't work out as expected — ask your Market Expert for the specifics for your vacancy.

Yes — a working interview means the candidate spends a real day in the Financial Controller role, on your systems, with your actual workload, before either side commits. It's one of the ways we take the risk out of a new hire.

Yes — we work with everyone from internationally recognised brands and shared service centres through to owner-managed SMEs needing a single, sole-charge Financial Controller hire.

Every candidate we put forward has been spoken to and assessed against your specific requirement — not just keyword-matched from a database. That's the difference a Market Expert model makes.

We recruit transactional finance and payroll specifically, not as one line among fifty sectors — that focus means genuinely knowing the Financial Controller market, the going rate, and who's actually looking, rather than running a keyword search against a generic database.