Group Financial Controller

Group Financial Controller

£85-90K + Bonus

Fully Remote (once a month travel to head office in London)

Halliday Marx have exclusively partnered with an international management consultancy and are looking for a Group Finance Controller to join the team.

Duties:

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• Oversee Group consolidation and preparation of monthly and annual financial statements across multiple legal entities globally, including commentary on key variances.
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• Manage group audit and coordinate all local audits.
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• Manage a global team of finance professionals focused on local statutory accounting and compliance.
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• Work with relevant external parties such as tax consultants, tax authorities and auditors.
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• Lead process simplification and optimisation through greater reliance on systems.
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• This role will require creation of global accounting practices and procedures to bring all legal entities to one accounting standard.
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• This role will also drive continuous improvement of relevant accounting and operational finance processes to shorten the monthly closing cycle and streamline reporting.
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• Monthly consolidation and preparation of financial statements, including full P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow
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• Coordinate monthly closing activities across all legal entities to achieve 3 day close
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• Prepare monthly analysis of results, commenting on key variances against prior periods and Budgets
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• Annual statutory audit, including coordination of all local audits
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• Management of IFRS16 (leases) accounting for all legal entities
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• Oversee calculation of Transfer Pricing revenue and cost for all legal entities
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• Oversee monthly payroll posting and reconciliation for all legal entities
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• Support wider business with relevant process changes such as billing and collection practices
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Requirements:

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• Available to start within 1 month (No 3 month notices)
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• ACA/ACCA qualified or equivalent
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• Familiar with IFRS
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• Prior experience with Microsoft Dynamics
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• Prior experience managing multiple legal entities, including understanding of FX revaluations and translations
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• Prior experience with transfer pricing practices
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• Ability to work in a diverse international team
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• Lead a team of finance professionals across 7 jurisdictions (UK, Thailand, India, Japan, Jersey, Canada and Australia)
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• Detailed oriented
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• Self motivated and curious
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• Ambitious
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