Financial Controller - Qualified. Mission-Led Education Brand

Are you ready to crunch numbers while making a real impact?
At Real Group, we're more than just spreadsheets and financial reports. We're a passionate team dedicated to transforming lives through psychology, education, and cutting-edge e-learning. As our Financial Controller, you won't just manage the numbers—you'll help shape our journey as we grow, innovate, and make a difference in education worldwide.
If you're a detail-loving, strategy-focused financial whiz with a heart for meaningful work, we want to hear from you. Let's work together to make Real Group's mission a reality - one budget, forecast, and balance sheet at a time!

Role Info:

Financial Controller - Fully Qualified
Canterbury 3 days / Home 2 days Plus Occasional Visits to Other Offices and Team Events
£60,000 - £65,000 dependent on experience
Full Time and Part Time - 4 Days Will Be Considered

Values:

Inclusivity, Positivity, Curiosity, Integrity, Growth, Sustainability

Awards:

2022 Education Investor Award for 'Exporting Excellence” and Several Courses Shortlisted for the 2023 and 2024 Teach Awards

Product / Service:

Innovative fusion of psychology, education and technology

Your Skills:

Fully Qualified - CIMA, ACA or ACCA Plus extension PQE.

About Us:

At Real Group, we're all about empowering educators and changing lives. Whether it's teachers, education professionals, or psychologists, we deliver cutting-edge development and training courses that inspire and transform. Delivered face-to-face, online, or blended, our innovative approach fuses psychology, education, and technology to push boundaries and make a real difference across the globe.
Globally recognised as trailblazers in our field, we're on an exciting growth journey—expanding our existing courses and creating new products and services to help shape the future of education.
Founded by educational psychologists, we pride ourselves on a positive, people-first culture where our values drive everything we do. Diversity, inclusion, and ethical practice aren't just words to us—they're our foundation, as we aim for B-Corp status and work to make education more inclusive worldwide.
Every day, we focus on what matters most: empowering educators, promoting inclusive practices, and positively impacting children's lives. If you're ready to join a forward-thinking, values-driven company making waves in education, let's talk!

Step Into the Spotlight as Our Financial Controller:

As Financial Controller, you will be the financial mastermind with a knack for turning data into clarity. You'll play a central role in overseeing all financial ledger operations across every corner of our organisation. With a focus on maintaining the integrity of our financial activities and records, you'll develop, implement, and nurture efficient and accurate processes to ensure everything runs smoothly. From producing timely monthly management accounts to providing meaningful commentary and analysis, your work will help us stay financially sound and strategically informed.

Where you'll add value:

1. Get Strategic: Take the lead on month-end tasks, rolling forecasts, and management accounts, making sure our financial reporting is timely and razor-sharp.
2. Shape the Future: Work with our Finance Director to bring our financial operations in-house and create efficient, effective processes that make life easier for everyone.
3. Be an Investigator: Analyse financial performance, uncover insights, and provide resolutions that help drive smarter decisions across the group.
4. Lead the Charge: Guide the finance analyst team to keep credit control in check and ensure cash flow keeps us going strong.
5. Make a Difference: Support strategic decisions with meaningful analysis and help us transform lives through your financial expertise.

If you love balance sheets, relish a good reconciliation, and thrive on translating numbers into strategies, we want you. Join us on our mission to combine numbers and impact in a way that's truly transformative. Ready to take the leap? Let's make a difference together!

About you:

You're a number powerhouse with the qualifications to prove it—CIMA, ACA, or ACCA certified, with plenty of experience under your belt. But that's just the start:

1. Controls & Governance Pro: You know your way around technical accounting like it's second nature, and you're all about keeping things watertight and squeaky clean.
2. Data Dynamo: Consolidating data? You've got it mastered. Bringing the big picture into focus is your specialty.
3. Excel Extraordinaire: Pivot tables, macros, or mind-boggling formulas—whatever Excel throws at you, you ace it every time.
4. Detail Detective: Nothing gets past your sharp eye—you spot the tiniest discrepancies and make them right in no time.

If this sounds like you, we can't wait to meet our new financial whizz.

You'll be looked after:

We build our team with talented, positive-thinking and experienced individuals from diverse backgrounds. Working with us brings many benefits including:

1. Flexible working within a friendly, supportive team
2. Competitive salary and benefits package
3. Hybrid work environment (60% in office / 40% at home) with flexibility
4. Opportunity to work in a dynamic and growing organization
5. Make a significant impact on the financial success of the company

We are an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from all.

Interested? Apply here for a fast-track path to our Finance Director.

Your Background / Previous Roles May Include:

Finance Manager, Financial Operations Manager, Accountant, Senior Accountant, Senior Finance Officer.

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