Job Description

This position will provide the financial expertise to ensure processes, knowledge and advice are in place and operational for maintaining accurate and adequate books and records in accordance with local and US generally accepted accounting principles.
The role is required to ensure not just the fundamentals of financial control are not only maintained but also agile in helping the Financial Controller team focus on both risks and value add advice to commercial Finance and business, distilling complex issues down to simple terms. This role must understand the importance of strong business processes and the interplay between processes and accounting; minimizing manual work around.

• Ensure financial results are accurate and fully compliant and are appropriately supported by adequate documentation
• Working in partnership with the wider finance team, lead the month end close process through to successful, effective, efficient and timely completion
• Lead annual statutory audit and financial statements processes
• Build/ foster/ facilitate strong relationships across the wider finance team and our stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance to all external stakeholder compliance requirements and deadlines 
• Introduce and reinforce standardization across financial accounting and reporting for different legal entities
• Ensure that effective internal controls are in place, documented and reviewed regularly
• Own process narratives and proactively seek process improvements and efficiency gains
• Ensure all month end controls are evidenced appropriately and in accordance with Sarbanes Oxley requirements
• Analyze processes, identify improvement opportunities and propose solutions
• Support the UK’s SAO compliance programme
• Maintain the tax control frameworks, risk matrices and related narratives
• Maintain strong relationships with our internal tax stakeholders
• Support HMRC related enquiries
• Build/ foster/ facilitate strong relationships across our finance team to ensure robust core processes deliver seamless accounting with minimal manual intervention, and high efficiency.
• Support with implementation of local country related projects (amongst others Cost Transformation for Growth program)
• Build and maintain a robust culture of process improvement – drive the understanding of the need for improvement and enthusiasm within the team
• Embrace PowerBI dashboards and big data to drive business performance

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• 3+ years working in a large accounting practice with multinational complex clients.
• Practical experience of advanced use of excel and data management
• Demonstrable ability to drive projects, individually or as part of a team 
• Process improvement experience (i.e. Lean/Six sigma experience) is an advantage
• Professional accounting certification (i.e. ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW)