Group Financial Controller

We Do Group; Woking; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

We Do Group seeks a skilled Financial Controller for their growing team in Woking. This hybrid role will involve leading a high-performing team, managing financial processes across international entities, and driving efficiency improvements. Suitable candidates will have a strong accounting background and a proactive approach to leadership.

Benefits

Highly competitive salary

Bonus and benefits

Stunning office location

Parking and public transport links

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with practice training and significant PQE.
• Experience leading teams in an international environment.
• Strong technical accounting background.

Responsibilities

• Manage the production and analysis of monthly management accounts for multiple entities.
• Oversee tax compliance and submissions internationally.
• Lead budgeting processes and maintain cash flow forecasts.

Skills

Attention to detail

Leadership

Process improvement

Education

Degree educated

Qualified accountant (ideally 8+ years PQE)

Job description

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Highly competitive salary + bonus and benefits

We Do Group is supporting a highly successful, international business services group with a critical hire that will lead a high performing team.

This role offers the opportunity to be part of an established growth journey, underpinned by sound systems and processes, but with the remit to drive continued improvements across the function.

We are looking for an ambitious Financial Controller who has the ability to be both hands on and take a high level view across an international organisation.

This position works closely with the Group FD as well as accounting service providers and colleagues internationally.

If you are looking for a broad role where you can add value, get involved in wider business projects, build out a world class team and make an impact then please apply.

Wish List

• Degree educated
• Practice trained, qualified accountant (ideally 8+ years PQE)
• Experience managing international entities in a global organisation
• Experience leading/ teams of mixed levels (transactional and qualified)
• Experience of leading and improving cost centre budgeting/forecasting
• Experience with US GAAP and necessary adjustments

The Role

The successful Group Financial Controller will lead the following:

• Ensure timely production, consolidation, review and analysis of monthly management accounts for 10+ international entities
• Work with the Finance Managers on the annual audits for UK and selected international entities.
• Responsible for tax submissions and compliance across international entities, including VAT, Corporation Tax and Transfer Pricing in collaboration with the external tax consultants.
• Maintenance of Cash Flow forecasts
• Ownership of the budgeting process for all cost centres.
• Prepare and maintain US GAAP to local international GAAP analysis and US GAAP and local international GAAP to tax analysis.
• Cash Management for the international entities including review of bank statements and preparing monthly cash requirements for the Treasury team.
• Management of the Financial Reporting and Accounts Payables teams including oversight of their day-to-day activities and review of work.
• Assist in the design and implementation of corporate accounting policies and procedures.
• Participate in business process improvement initiatives and related implementations.
• Perform special purpose and/or ad hoc analyses as required.
• Be the main point of contact for external accounting providers internationally as well as queries in the wider international finance and operations team.

Your Profile

We are looking for a diligent, practice trained, finance leader who has a strong technical accounting background in complex international organisations.

We need someone detail orientated who seeks to improve processes and procedures wherever possible.

The business culture is agile and collaborative so you'll need to have the ability to challenge internal and stakeholders when appropriate while pro-actively seeking to make improvements wherever possible.

This could be an excellent step up from a role as a Financial Controller, Group Finance Manager, Financial Reporting Manager or similar but equally would be an interesting step with significant for someone already in a Group Financial Controller role in a smaller organisation

Salary & Benefits

Highly competitive salary + bonus and benefits. This role is based in stunning offices near Woking with parking and public transport links.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Accounting/Auditing

• Industries

  Business Consulting and Services

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