Job Description

To accurately prepare and manage the financial accounting and local compliance including statutory accounting, audit and group submission for actuals, budget and forecast results. To manage a team of 1 or more direct reports and ensuring appropriately mentored. To provide leadership and direction for the team to ensure stakeholders’ expectations are continuously met.

Main accountabilities:

• Manage the team to ensure a timely and accurate production of monthly management accounts, financial reports and other required reports within Company guidelines
• Balance Sheet reconciliations to be reviewed timely into Blackline ensuring the balance sheet is clean and no aged / unresolved items are outstanding as well as promoting timeliness of preparation within the team
• Oversee the preparation of statutory accounts for the legal entities in charge and ensure these are filed timely
• Overall responsible for assets in construction to ensure these are timely capitalized - including regular meetings with the team are in place to review the monthly aged and overrun report
• Assist the VAT manager and Tax Manager /Consultants to ensure full tax compliance
• Support the external auditors during interim and year end audit, ensuring information is provided timely
• Work with the internal audit department to ensure that any issue raised by them is actioned and resolved by due date
• Ensure the GRIR account is appropriately managed by the team with no aged balance left unresolved / unexplained
• Responsible for the review and timely submission of weekly cash flow forecast
• Responsible for the preparation and submission of the annual BS budget whilst supporting the budgeting of the P&L process
• Ensure weekly payment runs are timely approved by the team
• Managing a team of qualified accountants and responsible for their development and training
• Assist the Senior Accounting Manager with finance projects and ad-hoc requests
• Ensure compliance by all Accounting personnel with Company and departmental rules, policies, and procedures.
• Contribute to the development, maintenance, and implementation of policies and internal controls and ensure all related process documentation is reviewed and updated continuously
• Assist with preparation of KPI’s for the Accounting function
• Ensure Team job descriptions, performance objectives and appraisals, and career development processes are completed.
• Vast involvement in project work.

This is a unique opportunity to join a large, European focused Finance team for a FTSE 250 company in a Managerial role. Therefore applications will close on the 18th of November, please apply asap to be considered.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to create a culture that fosters process improvement, high performing teams, and excellence in customer service.
• Ability to lead and manage change effectively.
• Extensive experience and judgment in planning and accomplishing goals.
• Ability to lead a Team to achieve best in class results, ensure employee engagement, development and succession planning
• Experience in working cross-functionally and in a matrix environment
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.