Job Description

The role is to act as a bridge between the Controllership and Finance Business Partnering teams; ensuring that underlying controls & processes are running smoothly and efficiently for the whole Finance function. This role entails close working collaboration with many support teams: HR, Legal & Compliance, Procurement, Tax, and the Shared Services Centre. You will manage a team of five people comprised of qualified accountants and trainees.
Responsibilities will also include: -

• Liaise with auditors and external advisors
• Supervise the statutory account process covering 50 entities
• Ensure group VAT compliance within multiple accounting systems and a complex partial exemption method
• Review other tax compliance matters with Tax, HR and compliance teams
• Deliver monthly & quarterly reporting within a global reporting matrix
• Liaise with global and regional teams as a primary UK contact
• Develop month end processes & ensure SOX compliance
• Control owner of payroll and bonus reporting
• Team training & updates
• Monitor balance sheet risks and opportunities
• Monitor & develop performance of the Shared Service Centre’s
• Ad hoc duties – assist / lead on projects as they may arise e.g. Entity rationalization / acquisitions
• Decision support / modelling for executive
• Co-ordination with other finance teams

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

You will come from an audit background, have strong technical knowledge, and have managed a small team. Preferably qualified as an ACA or ACCA, with a minimum of 5 years PQE. Ideally some experience outside of audit and also of reporting as part of a large, listed group.