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Location: London (Hybrid working – 3 days in office)
Employment Type: Permanent
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Strong attention to detail and being hands on where necessary.
- Owning the monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting calendar, managing the team to ensure consistent, timely and accurate reporting across regions.
- Overseeing the month end process including preparation of Balance Sheet reconciliations.
- Working closely with the FD and Group to develop strategies for robust internal controls, processes, procedures, and to document Account policy to ensure the accuracy and integrity of financial data and reporting.
- Providing accurate cash forecast and execute treasury strategies to optimize working capital, mitigate financial risks, and maximize investment returns.
- Managing all group company tax-related matters (VAT, Income, and Corporation tax) and ensuring compliance with HMRC requirements
- Supporting private equity investor portfolio reporting whilst also ensuring compliance with financial regulations and bank/private equity investor covenants.
- Managing the annual audit, liaising with external auditors to ensure in time completion.
- Working closely with the Head of FP&A to ensure a full understanding of the financials.
- Leading and developing a team of finance professionals, provide mentorship, guidance and support as needed.
- Ensuring that the knowledge and experience required to carry out the respective functions is adequately represented across the team/region to minimise dependency on individual team members and ensure continuity in the performance of the designated activities.
- Support ad hoc and on-going M&A activities.
Requirements
Skills and experience required for this role:
- Strong communication and collaboration abilities.
- Excellent organisation and planning skills with the ability to work to strict deadlines whilst maintaining quality and accuracy.
- Can-do attutiude with a hands-on approach.
- Experience producing management and statutory financial statements (P&L, BS, CF).
- Advanced Excel skills and NetSuite experience.
- System implementation experience would be highly advantageous.
- Experience of working in practice desirable.