[Hiring] Global Financial Controller @Rook Bristol

Role Description

The Global Financial Controller will play a critical role in scaling Rook's international finance function as the business continues to expand across existing and new markets. Reporting to the Group CFO, you will own financial control, consolidation and reporting across the Group — working closely with finance teams and servicing partners across the UK, Canada and Australia, and building out Rook's own US finance operation.

This is a hands-on role with significant operational responsibility. While local finance teams and servicing partners manage day-to-day activity within their markets, you will be accountable for ensuring outputs are accurate, controls are robust, and reporting is consistent Group-wide. You will be expected to understand the detail, challenge where necessary, and personally step into operational work when required — this is a role for someone who wants to do the doing, not just direct it.

You will lead the Group consolidation process, support foreign exchange management, and help ensure local entities remain compliant with relevant accounting standards, tax requirements and statutory filing obligations.

This position is remote (US-based), with regular international travel to build relationships, support local teams and maintain a strong understanding of operations across the Group.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in finance, accounting or financial control roles
• Professional accounting qualification (CPA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent) required
• A career built primarily through accounting and financial control — the close, statutory accounts, controls — rather than FP&A, Treasury or Investor Relations
• Real experience consolidating financials across more than one legal entity or jurisdiction
• Background in lending, financial services or fintech — ideally some combination of both
• Operating-company experience inside a smaller or scaling business, in addition to any Big 4 or large institutional background
• Comfortable operating in a hands-on environment where leadership and execution are equally important
• Strong understanding of international accounting principles and cross-border finance operations
• Experience managing audits, tax compliance and regulatory reporting requirements across multiple jurisdictions
• Strong commercial judgement, with the ability to challenge assumptions and drive decisions through data
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at all levels of the organisation
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally on a regular basis

Requirements

• Deep technical financial control capability, with the credibility to own the numbers across multiple jurisdictions
• A career built through accounting and financial control — not one spent solely in FP&A, Treasury or Investor Relations
• Meaningful experience in lending, financial services or fintech — ideally a mix of both
• Real operating experience inside a scaling business, alongside (not instead of) any Big 4 or institutional banking background
• The rigour to build and maintain controls that hold up under regulatory and audit scrutiny
• A genuine willingness to do the detailed work yourself, not just direct others who do
• The presence to represent the finance function to external counterparties, auditors and regulators
• Resilience and composure in a high-standards, fast-moving environment
• The ability to travel internationally and engage substantively with teams across multiple geographies

Benefits

• A high-impact finance role in a fast-scaling international fintech
• The opportunity to own and build Rook's Group financial control function across multiple continents
• Direct partnership with the Group CFO
• The chance to shape finance operations as Rook expands into new markets
• A high-performance culture built on pace, ownership and commercial thinking