EMEA Regional Financial Controller

Yondr Group; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Yondr Group, a global leader in data centers, is seeking a Senior Finance Manager to oversee financial operations within EMEA. This role includes handling budgets, compliance, and team management while interfacing with various stakeholders. Ideal candidates will hold a relevant accounting qualification and have strong leadership and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with experience in finance roles.
• Commercial and business acumen essential.
• Excellent written and oral communication.

Responsibilities

• Overall financial responsibility for all entities within the region.
• Monitor day-to-day activities of the finance function.
• Involvement in annual budgeting and forecasts.

Skills

Commercial acumen

Problem-solving

Communication

Leadership

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA / CA / CPA)

Job description

About Yondr

Yondr is a disruptor. We challenge convention and simplify complexity. A global developer, owner operator and service provider of data centers, we deliver complex data center capacity needs for the world's largest tech companies. Our exponential growth sees us looking for extraordinary people to help accelerate us towards our vision: a tomorrow without constraints.

But we can't do this without you.
The role

A very exciting opportunity for a senior management role within the business working closely with the Global Finance Function based in

EMEA. The candidate will also work closely on a cross matrix basis with various functions in the region.

As the role will be located in EMEA, the candidate should demonstrate a good grasp and understanding of different regulatory, compliance and reporting frameworks of the respective countries Yondr is operating in their region.

The candidate will monitor and control day-to-day activities of the finance function in the region and is the finance contact for internal and external stakeholders on all financial matters.

Main responsibilities

/ Overall financial responsibility for all entities within the region (excluding holding companies)

/ Review and presentation of monthly results

/ Review and presentation of regional and site cash flows

/ Involvement in annual budgeting process and forecasts

/ Debt covenants, monitoring and payment within the AssetCos

/ Liasing with external auditors to ensure completion of regional entity audits on a timely basis

/ Ownership of trial balances

/ Ownership of the regional audit process

/ Manage local stat providers and auditors

/ Fulfil monthly reporting and annual Group Reporting requirements

/ Work with tax team to ensure direct & indirect filings are accurate and done on time

/ Interface with Treasury to ensure all payments are done on time (i.e. tax, payments etc).

/ Ensure all compliance is filled per the statutory deadlines with the region

/ Ownership of budgets/forecasts on an entity level working closely with FP&A.

/ Work with Treasury and FP&A on short term and long term cash flows

/ Work closely with Treasury on debt drawdowns

/ Prepare capital call schedules.

Qualifications and experience

/ Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA / CA / CPA)

/ Experience partnering with senior staff

/ Technically proficient

/ Experience managing staff both local and remote with cross-cultural experience

/ Commercial and business acumen

/ Problem solver, with the ability to work in ambiguity and provide recommendations and solutions to challenges

/ Excellent written and oral communication skills

/ Demonstrated leadership ability, team management, and interpersonal skills

Reporting lines

/ 2 Project Accountant responsible for all SPVs within the region, 1 Finance Analyst and 1 Finance Manager (interim)

All interested parties, regardless of nationality, race, ethnicity, religion, age, sexual orientation, or gender, are welcome to apply and will be considered equally. Diversity is one of Yondr's core values, and we want to enhance the diversity of our workforce to reflect the world we live in.