Job Description

This position is pivotal in ensuring the financial integrity of the subsidiary and Group accounts. The role oversees strong financial controls and working with a transactional team on timely accounts supporting balance sheet reconciliations produced for all subsidiaries.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Head, the department day to day, running covering: cash flow, reporting, treasury, tax, control environment, statutory and banking relationships and ERP Systems.
• Lead the yearly group Audit across all legal entities.
• Work with the Tax Manager to ensure compliance across all subsidiaries.
• Drive operational excellence with the use of KPIs
• Respond timely to queries from the board and leadership teams across the business.
• Ownership of control and governance documentation working closely with the Finance Managers in the business.
• Managing the team across the month end close for the Disguise Group of Companies for over 15 entities, across 4 geographies.
• Prepare consolidation and review of reconciliations of all material balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis.
• Check Intercompany accounts are reconciled between the group entities
• Ensure SLAs within the team are adhered to and education for the wider business for financial best practices across a rapidly growing business.
• Ownership of the weekly cash flow preparation for the group managing the teams tasks within the process.
• Research technical accounting issues and assist in the preparation of papers to support proposed accounting treatment.
• Overall ownership of VAT/GST Tax reporting to authorities across our geographies.
• Working closely with Operations team to manage the stock accounting and ensure accuracy.
• Working with the Overseas team to ensure monthly numbers are reviewed and reconciled.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Qualified ACCA, CIMA, ACA.
• Strong and demonstrable team leadership of 4-5 direct reports and wider team of 13 with some heads based in New Zealand and USA.
• University Degree Minimum 2.1
• Experience with Microsoft Excel (must be strong on pivot tables, look-up functions and using complex formulas), Word
• Google Suite – Sheets, Docs
• NetSuite and Salesforce experience preferred.
• Strong Analytical and decision-making skills
• Experience working in Private Equity and B2B environment is desirable.
• Minimum of 7+ years working in a global organization preparing group and statutory subsidiary accounts.
• Knowledge of VAT and tax from a UK perspective and US preferred
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with presenting experience.
• Experience of leading a commercial team.
• Excellent negotiating and influencing skills.
• Experience within a Private Equity backed business is highly advantageous
• Able to demonstrate initiative and work to tight deadlines.
• Keen to learn new skills, processes and systems
• Ability to work flexibly within a team, in a faced paced environment
• Results-driven with high attention to detail.