Finance Manager - Europe

Fleming Executive Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services firm in Greater London is seeking a qualified accountant to support the financial control environment across the region. This role includes maintaining compliance with financial policies, close coordination with the Financial Controller, and managing reporting deadlines. The ideal candidate will have strong technical skills, proven ability to communicate risks, and a self-motivated attitude. This position offers an opportunity to contribute to improving financial controls in a dynamic business environment.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with practical operational experience.
• Ability to identify and communicate risks effectively.
• Experience in evaluating and mitigating financial risks.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a sound financial control environment.
• Support the Financial Controller Finance.
• Monitor compliance with Corporate Governance.
• Coordinate periodic cashflow projections.
• Support the Financial Controller Finance to improve financial controls across Europe.
• Ensure proper implementation of all financial controls and policies.
• Manage activities with treasury, fiscal and internal audit and external audit parties.
• Monitor and maintain compliance with Corporate Governance and Finance manual across all businesses.
• Ensure statutory requirements are met by the regions (financial, fiscal, transfer pricing).
• Perform ad hoc activities and projects.

Skills

Qualified accountant

Strong technical skills

Good communication skills

Experience with evaluating financial risks

Hands-on practical approach

Self-motivated and disciplined

Education

RA, ACA, CIMA, ACCA

Job description

This role is responsible for supporting the financial control environment across all businesses / countries within the region, including the timeliness and accuracy of financial reporting and areas such as treasury, fiscal & internal audit & external parties such as audit. The development of strong working relationships with, amongst others, Financial Controller Europe, the regional finance teams and the Group reporting team is critical.

Main accountabilities include:

• Maintaining sound financial control environment across the region through clear deployment of policy and effective control reviews, such as balance sheet reviews
• Close working relationship and support of SSCs
• Driving & monitoring reporting performance against key reporting deadlines.
• Facilitate coordination of periodic cashflow projections
• Supporting the Financial Controller Finance to improve the financial controls across all businesses within Europe.
• Ensuring proper implementation of all financial controls and policies.
• Managing activities with internal specialist team such as treasury, fiscal & internal audit & external parties such as audit.
• Monitor & maintain compliance with Corporate Governance & Finance manual across all businesses.
• Ensuring all statutory requirements are met by the regions (including financial, fiscal, transfer pricing activities)
• Adhoc activities and projects

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (for example RA, ACA, CIMA, ACCA) with practical operational and technical experience
• Strong technical skills with proven ability to identify, address and communicate risks and correction actions successfully at all levels
• Good communication skills with the ability to build relationships across the region.
• Experience with evaluating and mitigating business and financial risks
• Hands-on practical approach to providing guidance and direction in a challenging and dynamic business environment
• Self-motivated, disciplined and flexible attitude to work.