Role requirement
Vacancy type
Contract
Sector
Accounting & Finance
Specialisim
Financial Reporting (UK)
Location
Edinburgh
Language skills
English
Job reference No.
16265
Salary
Competitive
Data Published
22/10/2025
Closing date
12/11/2025
Job Description:
Our client, a leading global asset management firm, is seeking a Financial Controller to support them on a 3-6 month contract whilst they work through their year end process. The role will be based in Edinburgh (hybrid working).
This is a fantastic opportunity for a qualified accountant with significant financial reporting experience to collaborate across global teams, and play a pivotal role during a peak busy period.
Skills/Experience:
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA).
- Experience within the asset management or broader financial services sector preferred.
- Strong understanding of financial and regulatory reporting requirements.
- Highly detail oriented with a commitment to producing accurate, timely outputs.
- Proactive, self-motivated, and eager to embrace new challenges.
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to interpret trends and provide valuable insight.
- Excellent communication skills and credibility when engaging with senior stakeholders.
- Highly organised, with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively.
- Analytical mindset with strong IT and Excel skills; experience with financial systems advantageous.
- Team-oriented, collaborative, and committed to continuous improvement.
Core Responsibilities:
- Coordinate and deliver all board, regulatory, and group reporting outputs, ensuring high-quality analytics and clear communication to senior stakeholders.
- Support the preparation of statutory financial statements and group reporting submissions, including coordination with external auditors.
- Maintain and improve financial controls and process documentation, ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and compliance across reporting activities.
- Build strong working relationships across finance and wider business units to deliver meaningful insights and promote collaboration.
Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.
Job reference: 16265
To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
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Ian is an experienced Business Manager at Core-Asset Solutions, a division of Core-Asset Consulting, specialising in recruitment for interim, temporary, and contract positions across the UK and Ireland. With over eight years in the recruitment industry, Ian has developed extensive expertise in the accountancy and finance sectors, consistently delivering high-quality service to his clients.
With his strategic mindset, calm approach, and sharp eye for detail, Ian contributes significantly to the Solutions team’s consistent ranking at the top of supplier lists for key accounts. Ian is passionate about providing exceptional service to both clients and candidates, ensuring that every placement is a perfect fit for long-term success. Outside of work, Ian enjoys spending quality time with his young family and their dog. He is also an avid sports enthusiast, with a keen interest in watching rugby and football, as well as playing golf and running.
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