Group Financial Controller

Investigo are recruiting for a Group Financial Controller for an exciting 10-month FTC, for a multinational FTSE 250 business based in Central London. The role is paying from £75,000 - £90,000 pro rata, commensurate with experience.

Responsibilities

• Full accountability for the group accounting and statutory financial reporting
• Management of the month end close process for the global Group ensuring that all monthly processes are completed within the Group's timetable and that the accounting ledgers are accurately maintained
• Management of the six-monthly Group consolidation process including delivery of six-monthly statutory consolidated accounts prepared under IFRS
• Management of the annual and interim accounts process for the company, including management of the external audit function and delivery of accounts to the timetable
• Direct responsibility for the accounting and statutory financial reporting for one other UK entity in the group prepared under UK GAAP (FRS102)
• Responsibility for two direct reports, with overall management of a medium sized team, will have oversight management of regional finance teams responsible for the accounting and statutory financial reporting of the UK entities
• Expected to contribute to ensuring the Group statutory reporting meets all current accounting standards/reporting frameworks through keeping technical knowledge up to date and liaison with the auditor
• Work closely with Group tax, treasury and pension to help ensure departments are working together consistently and efficiently
• Ensuring a robust control framework is in place to support the integrity of the data produced by the Financial Accounting Team

Role requirements

• Qualified CA, ACA, with 5 years PQE
• Experience with group consolidations and preparing annual and interim financial statements in a listed company is essential
• Experience of financial reporting/accounting of investment companies with an understanding of fair value accounting (discounted cash flow methodology) is desirable
• A good and up-to-date technical knowledge of IFRS is important
• Proven technical and business partner skills with the ability to remain effective under pressure
• Strong leader with experience ensuring team delivery when working to tight deadlines

If this role is of interest to you and you would like further information, then please send your CV to Liam Stubbs at Investigo on liam.stubbs@investigo.co.uk.