Group Financial Controller - Healthcare Services

• Financial Operations: Direct the accounting function across the Group, covering general ledger activities, receivables, payables, payroll supervision, billing processes and fixed-asset records.
• Financial Close: Manage monthly and annual closing procedures, ensuring that balances are supported, reconciliations are complete and financial information is produced accurately within the required deadlines.
• Cash and Treasury Management: Monitor liquidity across the Business, prepare forward-looking cash projections and oversee banking activities and relationships.
• Compliance and Statutory Reporting: Ensure that tax submissions, VAT returns, corporate filings and other financial obligations are completed correctly and on time in accordance with Maltese legislation, IFRS and GAPSME requirements.
• Team Leadership: Review the existing finance structure, guide current team members and introduce clear responsibilities, reporting lines and effective ways of working.
• Recruitment and Development: Identify additional staffing requirements as the Group expands and, where necessary, recruit, onboard and coach finance professionals at different levels of experience.
• Performance Management: Define measurable objectives for the department, evaluate individual and team performance, and encourage ownership, professional learning and stronger working practices.
• Management Information: Produce monthly financial packs, business-unit profitability reports, performance comparisons and meaningful commentary for the Managing Director and other senior stakeholders.
• Planning and Forecasting: Coordinate the annual budgeting cycle, maintain regularly updated forecasts and create financial models to assess planned projects, investments and expansion opportunities.
• Commercial Analysis: Examine expenditure relating to employees, distribution, premises, purchasing and other operational areas to highlight savings, improve margins and strengthen working capital.
• Business Partnership: Advise senior leadership on financial performance, resource allocation, commercial risks and the financial implications of proposed business decisions.
• Audit Coordination: Manage the year-end audit process, prepare the required information and work closely with external auditors to support an efficient and satisfactory conclusion.
• Controls and Process Improvement: Introduce practical safeguards, standardise procedures and improve financial systems to support accuracy, accountability and scalable operations across all entities.
• Performance Deliverables: Ensure monthly reporting is completed within ten working days of period-end, statutory obligations are met without penalties and agreed finance-team appointments are completed within established timescales.

Qualifications, Skills and Attributes

• Education: A fully completed ACCA qualification or an equivalent recognised tertiary qualification in Accountancy or Finance is required.
• Experience: At least 5 years of progressive experience in accounting and financial management is necessary. Exposure to a group structure involving several legal entities, particularly within a service-led environment, would be advantageous.
• Language Skills: Excellent command of English is required to succeed in this role. The ability to communicate in Maltese would be an asset.
• Leadership Skills: The ability to guide, develop and hold finance employees accountable, together with either demonstrated management experience or clear readiness to assume responsibility for a growing department.
• Communication Skills: Strong written and verbal abilities, with the confidence to explain financial results, risks and recommendations clearly to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Interpersonal Skills: A cooperative and credible approach that supports productive relationships with senior leaders, employees, banks, auditors, advisers and regulatory contacts.
• Technical Skills: Advanced knowledge of accounting and ERP platforms, Excel, financial modelling and the Maltese rules governing taxation, VAT, payroll and statutory reporting.
• Financial Reporting: Sound working knowledge of IFRS and GAPSME, supported by the ability to prepare accurate accounts for several entities and translate results into useful commercial insight.
• Organisation: Excellent planning and prioritisation abilities, with the capacity to coordinate reporting deadlines, compliance requirements, team workloads and operational finance activities simultaneously.
• Attention to Detail: A thorough and disciplined approach to financial records, reporting, controls and regulatory obligations.
• Self-Motivated: A proactive and adaptable professional who is comfortable taking ownership, introducing improvements and remaining directly involved in operational work when required.
• Commercial Awareness: The ability to evaluate profitability, expenditure, cash requirements and business proposals in the context of the Group’s wider objectives.
• Problem-Solving: A practical and analytical mindset, with the judgement to identify weaknesses, determine their underlying causes and implement sustainable solutions in a changing business environment.

What's on Offer

• Compensation: A competitive remuneration package reflecting the seniority, responsibilities and leadership scope of the appointment.
• Working Hours: This is a permanent, full-time position. Further information regarding working arrangements will be discussed during the recruitment process.
• Other Benefits: Details of any additional benefits will be communicated during the selection process.
• Career Development: Opportunities to shape and expand an internal finance function while supporting the growth of a dynamic group of companies.