Group Financial Controller London Permanent£97,166 - £109,699 + Benefits

For a complex global organisation undergoing significant change and transformation, we are recruiting a permanent Group Financial Controller. This role will lead all global financial accounting and statutory reporting. It will support the CFO and Global FD in the leadership and management of all financial accounting, including corporate statutory reporting across the Charity group and 40+ subsidiaries, month-end close and financial compliance, consolidation and balance sheet reporting, audit, short-term cash flow forecasting and working capital management including inter-company. Leading a large multi-disciplined team via 6 direct reports, the Group Financial Controller will also manage the performance of the offshore Managed Service Provider and SAP finance processes.

Main Duties

As part of the Finance Leadership Team, direct and manage finance staff globally

Lead the improvement of the quality of the financial close processes in SAP and the accuracy of data

Lead and deliver monthly reporting and insight on balance sheet for inclusion in MI

Lead delivery of embedding and improving a new weekly 13-week cash-flow forecasts model

Lead improvements to cash forecasting at entity level to the direct method short term 13-week cash flow forecast

Lead and deliver year-end reporting process in accordance with UK GAAP and Charities SORP

Coordinate preparation and audit of statutory accounts for all entities globally

Ensure financial policy framework is robust and clears all accounting and reporting standards

Oversee establishing of new subsidiaries, branches and legal entities globally, working with global colleagues across Tax and Legal

Work with the shared services offshore MSP (TCS) and Head of Global Processes to ensure continuous improvement of delivery

Work with the Director of FPandA to ensure framework is robust to meet all monthly MI and statutory reporting

Act as key change agent for all finance change projects

Develop the Group and Global Finance Team, and ensure duplication of activities across the SSC, regions and countries are reduced

Person Specification

CCAB Qualified with experience working in complex global companies

UK GAAP and statutory reporting both local and group

Group consolidations

Substantial experience of delivering large-scale change

Previous experience of leading multi-location finance teams

Management of short-term cash-flow models and forecasting

Strong intercompany experience and experience of big data

Experience of leading a geographically dispersed and culturally diverse team

SAP experience

Shared Services experience

Treasury Operations and Direct and Indirect Tax experience would be desirable

Charities SORP would be desirable

As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.

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