Position Summary:

The Financial Controller provides strategic leadership and oversight of the Controllership function, ensuring a robust financial control environment, accurate and timely financial reporting, and full compliance with statutory, regulatory, and internal governance requirements. This role is accountable for driving technical accounting excellence, safeguarding the integrity of the month end close, and supporting the organisation’s strategic and financial objectives across all jurisdictions.

Location:

London - UK - Fenchurch

What will your job entail?

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Strategy

• Provide overall leadership of the Controllership function, setting strategic direction, objectives, and priorities.
• Establish a strong governance framework covering financial controls, compliance, and accounting policies.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior management on accounting matters, financial risk, and controls.

Financial Control & Close Governance

• Own and maintain the integrity of the financial control environment, ensuring effective design and operation of internal controls.
• Oversee the month‑end close process, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and adherence to reporting timelines.
• Govern financial close procedures, documentation standards, and quality assurance across all entities.

Technical Accounting & High‑Judgement Areas

• Provide expert oversight of complex and high‑judgement accounting areas, including revenue recognition, provisions, and key accruals.
• Lead interpretation and implementation of accounting standards across the organisation, ensuring alignment with US GAAP and applicable local GAAP requirements.
• Partner with US Finance to resolve complex technical accounting matters and ensure consistency of treatment globally.

Statutory Reporting & Compliance

• Oversee the preparation and submission of statutory financial statements under local GAAP for all relevant jurisdictions.
• Ensure compliance with all statutory, regulatory, and internal reporting obligations.
• Lead annual audit cycles, managing relationships and deliverables for both internal and external auditors.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as the primary point of contact for auditors, regulators, and key internal stakeholders on accounting and financial reporting matters.
• Collaborate closely with US Finance, Tax, Treasury, and Operational Finance teams to ensure alignment and proactive issue resolution.

Treasury & Tax Controls

• Own governance of treasury controls, ensuring appropriate oversight of cash management, bank reconciliations, and payment controls.
• Oversee tax controls in partnership with the Tax function, ensuring accurate reporting, compliance, and documentation related to tax processes.

Continuous Improvement

• Drive ongoing improvements to financial processes, systems, controls, and reporting efficiency.
• Champion automation, standardisation, and best‑practice accounting and control methodologies across the organisation.
• Support implementation of new tools, technologies, and reporting capabilities.

Disclaimer

Ryan Specialty is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building and sustaining a diverse workforce throughout the organization. Our vision is an inclusive and equitable workplace where all employees are valued for and evaluated on their performance and contributions. Differences in race, creed, color, religious beliefs, physical or mental capabilities, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, and many other characteristics bring together varied perspectives and add value to the service we provide our clients, trading partners, and communities. This policy extends to all aspects of our employment practices, including but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, discipline, firing, promoting, transferring, compensation, benefits, training, leaves of absence, and other terms, conditions, and benefits of employment.