Head of Financial Control

Why PayNet / Why Now

• PayNet operates national‑scale financial infrastructure where financial integrity, regulatory confidence, and capital stewardship are non‑negotiable.
• Increased platform complexity, subsidiaries, and regulatory scrutiny require stronger group‑level financial judgment.
• This role exists to anchor trust in PayNet’s numbers while enabling informed, confident executive decisions.
• Getting this role right protects PayNet’s credibility with regulators, auditors, and industry stakeholders.

TL; DR

• Own financial integrity across PayNet Group, accounting, reporting, tax, and treasury.
• Act as the CFO’s right hand on financial reporting discipline, compliance, tax planning and capital stewardship.
• Lead senior finance teams that safeguard trust while enabling strategic decisions.
• Shape how PayNet presents, defends, and stands behind its financial position.

Why This Role Matters

• PayNet’s financial statements underpin regulatory confidence and Board decisions.
• Weak control or judgment creates outsized reputational and compliance risk.
• Strong leadership in this role enables speed without sacrificing discipline.
• This role requires judgment over process, especially when standards meet ambiguity.

What You Will Actually Do

• Own group‑wide financial reporting, consolidation, and balance sheet integrity across entities.
• Shape accounting policy treatment decisions and judgments in complex or non‑standard transactions.
• Lead PayNet’s tax strategy, compliance posture, and engagement with tax authorities and advisors.
• Own treasury strategy covering liquidity, cash flow, and safeguarding of financial assets.
• Act as the primary counterpart to auditors, regulators, and the Board on financial matters.
• Build and lead senior finance leaders across accounting, tax, and treasury.

Examples of This Role in Practice

• Taking a clear accounting position on a complex transaction where guidance is not explicit.
• Defending PayNet’s financial treatment to auditors or regulators under scrutiny.
• Re‑framing a capital or liquidity concern into a clear executive decision with trade‑offs.
• Identifying balance‑sheet risks early and escalating before they become control issues.
• Coaching finance leaders to move from compliance executors to trusted advisors.

What Will Help You Succeed

• Strong technical grounding paired with the confidence to exercise judgment.
• Comfort being accountable for group‑level financial positions and disclosures.
• Credibility with auditors, regulators, and senior executives.
• Experience leading senior finance teams through complexity and change.
• Commercial awareness to balance prudence with organisational agility.