Job Description

As a manager in the Legal Entity Control team, you will play a key role in the overall management of legal entity’s life cycle. You will have a solid understanding of the businesses operating within the Legal Entity.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• ensure a strong business understanding and use it to provide context to accounting and financial matters
• regular compliance activities which form part of ongoing monitoring and control, monthly financial review of entity balances, supporting preparation of financial reports for Board Meetings and meetings with regulators
• detailed understanding of the balance sheet and its underlying transactions
• analytical assessment and challenge of the regulated entity P&L based upon the balance sheet and market drivers
• understanding IFRS based financial and statutory reporting, including support of board reporting, and audited financial statements
• engagement with business teams and other internal and external stakeholders (Auditors, Directors) and well demonstrated communication and presentation skills; along with the ability to independently deal with and resolve issues with appropriate escalation
• close partnering with Financial Control teams based in London, Jacksonville, Gurugram and Sydney to bring together end to end understanding of the various booking models and tax transfer pricing arrangements affecting the entities
• linkage with the Regulatory and Statistical Reporting teams in London, Dublin, and Jacksonville to support them with their regulatory reporting
• review of the financial performance of the entity on a regular basis (especially during the year end process) and presenting to the senior leaders in the finance and tax team
• reviewing and improving processes, controls and systems that impact the financial information related to legal entities
• identify and proactively resolve issues that could result in financial misstatements and classification errors
• undertaking and delivering projects, improvement initiatives and standardization approaches
• taking responsibility and ownership over the work performed within the team, ensuring adherence to the timetable and work plan and maintaining high quality deliverables.

You will hold a postgraduate or professional accounting qualification, preferably CPA as well as the following:

• 5 plus years relevant post qualification experience with a strong focus on the technical, specialist skills mentioned above
• prior experience in Audit, Financial Reporting, Financial Control, Regulatory Reporting and IFRS exposure is a key preference.

In addition to the above you will be a team player who can work in a methodical manner and accept accountability and ownership of tasks; demonstrate established competency in planning and organizing; you need to be a well-organized self-starter who can manage a range of competing priorities and projects; and have strong attention to detail and be able to identify issues. You will also be expected to prioritize competing demands and manage stakeholder expectations as well as build relationships with peers in other functions and locations.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

5 plus years relevant post qualification experience with a strong focus on the technical, specialist skills mentioned above prior experience in Audit, Financial Reporting, Financial Control, Regulatory Reporting and IFRS exposure is a key preference.