Group Financial Controller

About Arbolus

Arbolus is the next-generation customer diligence platform, redefining how private equity investors and consultants access real, actionable, and differentiated customer insight on SaaS and technology companies.

Arbolus is the next-generation customer diligence platform, redefining how private equity investors and consultants access real, actionable, and differentiated customer insight on SaaS and technology companies. At the core of our platform is the world's largest database of attributable B2B customer reviews, giving investment and origination teams direct access to unique customer sentiment, and a true strategic advantage to run faster, more confident diligence on the world's leading software assets.

Since 2018, we've redefined the traditional expert network model with a tech-driven approach that delivers high-impact insight at the speed of modern dealmaking. Arbolus stands out through its unique database of customer reviews accessible via the Arbolus Customer Review Library, Canopy, our market-first automated Q&A tool, and our unmatched standard of client service, because great technology should always be backed by great people.

Headquartered in London, Arbolus is a venture-backed scale-up with 170+ employees across four global hubs, including Barcelona, New York, and Gurgaon. Following a $20M Series B, we are rapidly expanding our U.S. presence as we execute our mission: to digitize human knowledge and make it instantly accessible and actionable.

About The Role

We are seeking an experienced Group Financial Controller to be the operational backbone of our Finance team. Our Finance function today is a lean team of three: VP Finance, Group Financial Controller, and Financial Analyst.

As our Group Financial Controller, you will keep finance operations running smoothly, from Accounts Payable, treasury, and the full sales cycle through to tax, payroll, and statutory compliance. You will lead month-end reporting, drive budgeting and cost control, and coordinate our annual audit. You will also play a key role in modernising the function by bringing automation and AI agents into our finance processes.

As the business grows, you will manage and develop both internal and external finance teams.

Key Responsibilities You Will Be In Charge Of

• Own the day-to-day running of finance operations: Accounts Payable (including expert self-billing and supplier payments), treasury management, tax and payroll
• Own the full sales cycle: customer invoicing, usage reporting, deferred revenue, credit control (through Chaser) and revenue reconciliation
• Oversee Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable bookkeeping across our multi-entity, multi-currency group (Xero / Spendesk)
• Lead the month-end close and monthly management reporting, including KPIs and the Finance Monthly Review Deck
• Drive controlling: budgeting, variance analysis and cost control
• Support the VP Finance on finance strategy, in particular cash forecasting and business planning. This includes working with Account Management and New Business Sales to forecast the timing of renewals and new sales
• Implement automation and "agentification" of finance processes, and keep improving accuracy, efficiency and cost across the function
• Coordinate and lead the annual financial audit, acting as the main point of contact for external auditors
• Ensure statutory compliance across the group
• Provide financial analysis and insights to support management decision-making
• Lead and coach the team

About you

You are a great fit if you have 5–10 years of finance experience, including time in audit ideally at a Big 4 firm, and you are comfortable owning finance processes end-to-end in a lean team. You combine strong technical accounting skills with a hands‐on, practical approach, and you enjoy finding better and more automated ways of working.

Ideally, you have experience in a growing business. You should be adaptable, enjoy tackling new problems, and be a strong problem solver. You communicate clearly with people inside and outside the organisation, learn new software and systems quickly, and are confident building scalable processes and developing people.

Requirements To Succeed In This Role

• Degree in Economics, Finance, Accounting, Commerce, Business Administration (ADE) or equivalent
• A professional qualification such as ACCA (strong plus)
• 5–10 years of total experience, including audit experience ideally at a Big 4 firm
• Proven experience owning month‐end close, management reporting, budgeting, and variance analysis
• Familiarity with multi‐currency and multi‐entity accounting (we have a parent company and three subsidiaries)
• Experience with treasury, tax, payroll, and statutory compliance
• A track record of driving process improvement and automati