Group Financial Controller - Maternity cover
Application Deadline: 3 March 2025
Department: Operations - Finance & Commercial
Employment Type: Fixed Term Contract
Location: London
Reporting To: Mark Chappell
Description
The Group Financial Controller role is a key role at the heart of the finance team. Responsible for oversight of Group reporting as well as systems and key stakeholder relationships, both internal and external.
You will have ownership of the reporting systems and timetable working closely with regional finance teams to manage their input to the group consolidated results.
Other key external stakeholders include Auditors, tax advisors and Bankers.
This is a standalone role that works closely with the Group Chief Finance Officer and global finance teams. It is broad in scope and variety. It would suit a confident self-starter who is equally comfortable operating at a senior level and in the detail required to produce a consolidation and analysis.
You will be comfortable working to tight deadlines and reporting routines. It would suit someone highly organised that is process and systems oriented and insists on seeing a task through to completion. A positive, can-do attitude is essential.
Key Responsibilities
Oversight of finance systems includes:
* Banking
* Reporting
* ERP (for Group co.)
Monthly reporting includes:
* Group consolidation (P&L, BSheet and Cashflow)
* Reforecast consolidation and reporting pack
* Reconciliation and analysis
* Group company P&L + Balance sheet report and analysis
* Review of monthly UK payroll and management of Payroll manager
Lead and Manage Audit includes:
* Liaison between auditors and regions
* Manage audit queries
* Support regional team where necessary
* Prepare Group Statutory Financial statements
* Y/E Tax workings
Budget & forecast includes:
* System maintenance, roll forward, updates
* OPEX budgets for Group
* OPEX budgets from Group to regions
Treasury/Banking includes:
* Liaison point for HSBC / relationship manager
* Quarterly reporting / covenant review
* Manage Group co currency balances, buy & sell currency as required
* Payment approvals as required
Tax responsibilities include:
* Oversight of all tax considerations for Group
* Contact point (with local finance as required) for other tax advisors / requirements
Other responsibilities include:
* Maintain Trial balance of Employee Benefit trust
* Ad hoc tasks as required
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
* ACA Qualified, extensive experience in Group Finance Control
* Marketing Agency experience or people focused operation
* UK Group reporting experience
* Familiar with WIP, % completion, Profit recognition
* Experience of Deltek Maconomy highly advantageous
* Oversight and primary contact for Audit
* Treasury monitoring including multi-site and multi-currency environment
* MS Excel (high level) and MS Access (working knowledge) experience
A broad spectrum of financial accounting experience spanning:
* Financial and management accounting and reporting
* Group accounting and consolidation
* UK and foreign taxes
* Cash flow forecasting
* Treasury management
* Systems design and implementation
* Project accounting
Benefits
What we can offer you:
* Work with a state-of-the-art product and deliver it to exciting and innovative brands.
* Learning and development opportunities that contribute to professional growth.
Wellness
* Private Medical Insurance (including discounted gym options)
* Discounted Healthcare Cash Plan
* Help at hand EAP
* In-Office Gym (London office only)
* Life Insurance 4 x salary
* Dedicated DE&I Board
Benefits
* 25 days annual leave
* Birthday day off and gift
* Discretionary Annual Bonus
* Generous Family Leave policies with New Parent Coaching & Support
* Various learning & development platforms for e-learning
* Enhanced pension contribution
* Cyclescheme
* Discounted Private Dental
* Income Protection (Employee)
* Subsidised Electric Car Scheme
* Home technology tax-free loan
Perks
* Hybrid Working (3 office days)
* Company socials
* Pet friendly office
* Lunch & Learns
* Wellness webinars
* Educational webinars
* Subsidised Cafe (London office only)
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