Financial Controller | AI Enabled Finance Operations
Overview
Pencil is hiring a Financial Controller to serve as the senior owner of financial controls, cash flow, and day-to-day processes within the finance function. Reporting to the Head of Finance, this newly created role involves building the controls and process layer as the company scales. The position is based in the United Kingdom as a remote work arrangement.
Who can apply
Candidates must be based in the United Kingdom. Applicants need to be qualified accountants holding ACCA, ACA, or CIMA qualifications with UK experience. The background requirement includes 5 years of finance experience, with 2 years of industry experience in a fast-paced scaling business, ideally in SaaS or tech. Candidates must also bring experience owning financial controls and processes, managing cash flow independently, making senior judgment calls, working with modern finance tooling like Xero, ApprovalMax, and Maxio, and demonstrating AI skills to optimize workflows.
What you get
The position offers a full-time employment contract with flexible working hours and remote work from home within the United Kingdom. Benefits include 25 days of paid time off plus public holidays operating under a flexible time off scheme, health insurance and private medical cover, a monthly stipend for wellness, fitness, and learning and development, and enhanced parental leave policies covering birth, adoption, or surrogacy. Visa sponsorship may be offered for suitable candidates.
Requirements
The role requires strengthening the internal control framework, running monthly operational hygiene reviews, providing final reviews on management accounts, revenue recognition, and accounts payable runs, and giving first reviews of monthly payroll. Responsibilities include owning monthly workings for internally developed costs, managing cash flow forecasting and treasury, providing senior judgment and support on revenue recognition and cost management, and overseeing escalation relationships and the finance function AI usage policy.