The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers.
Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion.
That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience.
Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities.
For our business, for clients, and for you
Purpose of the RoleThe Financial Controller based in our shared service center responsible for leading the controllership function and ensuring the integrity of the financial information across our local operations within Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands. You will report to the Jersey Head of Finance and work closely with the broader finance team.
The primary purpose of this role is to ensure high-quality and timely financial information, a robust control environment, and scalable processes that enable leverage of investments in our technology platforms and our Shared Service capabilities.
Key ResponsibilitiesFinancial Reporting & Close
- Local month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes, ensuring accurate and timely reporting of all relevant entities to the parent entity
- Preparation of consolidated financial statements and management reports for the Board, private equity sponsor, and lenders
- Monthly balance sheet reviews, account reconciliations, and variance analyses
- Coordination of external audit processes
Policies, Controls & Compliance
- Develop, implement, and maintain accounting policies in line with IFRS and Group policies
- Design and monitor internal controls over financial reporting; remediate control gaps and drive a culture of control discipline
- Compliance with tax, statutory, and regulatory reporting requirements in partnership with Tax and Legal
- Lead technical accounting assessments for complex transactions
- Post merger integration of accounting systems, policies and procedures
- Finance transformation initiatives, including ERP, process automation, and standardization of local procedures with the wider group and shared services center
Business Partnering & Strategic Support
- Partner with FP&A, Treasury, Tax, and Business Finance Leads to ensure alignment of reported results with forecasts and plans
- Partnership and building strong relationships with our Business Finance Leads is critical to success in this role
Leadership & Culture
- Being a valued Partner to the Business
- Enhance our Culture of High Performing Teams and Accountability
- Lead by example by embodying the ‘Get It Done’ mindset and be willing to ‘Do the Do’ yourself.
- Mentor and coach direct reports
Experience required
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related discipline
- Qualified Chartered Accountant
- 3-5 years post-qualification experience in a Controllership or comparable role
- Strong systems and technical skills, and ability to adapt to new and changing technology
- Private Equity-backed portfolio company experience strongly preferred
- Experience in having owned and led month-end consolidation process, and reporting to a third party or parent entity
- Experience in working closely with distributed international finance teams and shared service centers
- Desire to operate in fast-paced and change-oriented environments
- Strong business partnering skills
- Experience leading external audits, preferably with a Big Four auditor
- Technical expertise in IFRS and internal controls over financial reporting
Disclaimer: Unsolicited CVs sent to Apex (Talent Acquisition Team or Hiring Managers) by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position. Apex operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our exclusive recruitment partners.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related discipline
- Qualified Chartered Accountant
- 3–5 years of post-qualification experience in controllership or a comparable role
- Strong systems and technical skills, with the ability to adapt to changing technology
- Experience owning and leading month-end consolidation and reporting to a third party or parent entity
- Experience working with distributed international finance teams and shared service centers
- Strong business partnering skills
- Experience leading external audits
- Technical expertise in IFRS and internal controls over financial reporting
- Experience in a private equity-backed portfolio company
- Experience with Big Four auditors
Apex Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Apex Group and has not been reviewed or approved by Apex Group.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible benefits are positioned as being tailored by country, with localized packages and perks that can differ by jurisdiction. Mobility options such as the JUMP program add a non-cash element that can increase the perceived total rewards value for those who can access it.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing support is described as including EAPs, mental-health workshops, mentoring support, and local lifestyle perks like gym or cycle-to-work schemes. These offerings broaden the benefits mix beyond purely financial rewards.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is described in at least one jurisdiction as including an employer match structure and an additional automatic contribution after tenure. This can strengthen the non-salary portion of total compensation where offered.
Apex Group Insights
What We Do
We are a single-source financial solutions provider dedicated to driving positive change while supporting the growth and ambitions of asset managers, allocators, financial institutions, and family offices around the world. Established in Bermuda in 2003, we have continually disrupted the industry through our investment in innovation and talent. Today, we set the pace in fund and asset servicing and stand out for our unique single-source solution and unified cross asset-class platform which supports the entire value chain, harnesses leading innovative technology, and benefits from cross-jurisdictional expertise delivered by a long-standing management team and over 13,000 highly integrated professionals. As a pioneering data and fintech-enabled company, we are a disruptor driving digital tools into fund and asset servicing. However, our vision to drive positive change extends beyond the industry. The Apex Foundation, a not-for-profit entity, is our passionate commitment to empower sustainable change
