Manager, Financial Controller, UK Finance

Deloitte LLP; Milton Keynes, Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Financial Controller in the Enabling Functions Finance team. You will oversee financial control, ensuring accuracy in financial statements and collaborating with senior stakeholders. This hybrid role offers flexibility and requires strong communication and analytical skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in a large, complex organization or professional services firm.
• Ability to convey financial information to senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for financial control of enabling functions.
• Ensure accuracy of financial statements at month end and year end.
• Manage a permanent staff member and an indirect resource.

Skills

Communication

Analysis

Excel

Education

Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent)

Job description

We currently have an opportunity available for someone to join the Enabling Functions Finance team as a Financial controller supporting a number of our internal functions.

The suitable candidate will be an experienced accountant with a background of a large, complex organisation or a professional services firm.

They will be required to work closely with senior stakeholders within the functions and be responsible for the accuracy of the financial statements at month end close and year end. They should be comfortable conveying financial information to stakeholders across the firm outside the Enabling Functions leadership team.

This Manager role would suit an individual with strong communication, excel and analysis skills.

The role will predominantly a Hybrid role with some travel to London required. However, there maybe occasions to travel to other locations when required.

Connect to your career at Deloitte

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients' become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte?It’show we approach the thousands of decisions we make everyday. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, whereverwe arein the world, welead the way,serve with integrity, take care of each other ,fosterinclusion, andcollaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision wemake and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it mattersmost .

Connect to your opportunity

The role will be responsible for financial control of a number of enabling functions, notably Quality & Risk Services, Office of General Council, Firms Leadership and the central accounting area. All of these areas have differing cost drivers, and impact all of our UK offices.

Enabling Functions are Deloitte’s engine room and is made up of all the parts that are necessary in order to keep the firm running. The department is split into a number of key areas: People & Purpose, Technology & Digital Services, Clients & Industries, Finance, Real Estate, Central Business Services, Legal Services, Quality & Risk Services and Leadership.

Enabling Functions employees play a critical role by helping their internal stakeholders to be more efficient and focused on delivering a distinctive experience to their individual client groups.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maximise usage of Global Delivery Centre (GFS) - including management of their performance
• Drive self service through operational management teams - utilising Service now and Deloitte’s global delivery network
• Month end close on time with a high degree of accuracy to include:
  • Liaising with Business Finance team to ensure accuracy and challenge of Accruals / Prepayments
  • Work with Business finance on in month results reporting
  • Production of Estimates for Business Finance to use in Monthly reports
• Balance sheet reconciliations (including review and approval of Excel templates and Blackline) providing full insight on balances and any risks
• Management of 1 permanent member of staff and 1 indirect resource from the global delivery network
• Liaise with other member firms to ensure that net balances are reconciled and fully agreed
• Ensure that all financials are accounted for under appropriate accounting standards
• Ensure that the firms control environment is fully adhered to
• Standardisation of accounting processes where possible
• Review and challenge all cost transfers as appropriate
• Driving a strong Financial Control environment to comply with internal and external best practice

Connect to your skills and professional experience

We would expect a successful candidate to have the following experience and qualifications:

• Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent) with relevant experience.
• Strong commercial experience with the ability to see beyond the confines of the traditional Finance area.
• Demonstrates relationship management skills and ability to challenge and influence decision making among senior stakeholders.
• Significant experience managing a large and complex set of stakeholders.
• Excellent oral & written communication, interpersonal and problem-solving skills.

Connect to your business - Enabling Functions

Collaboration is central to everything we do at Deloitte. From IT to HR, marketing and more, our teams help to support the wider business in everything they do. Bringing your individual skills and specialist knowledge, you can make a far-reaching impact. Come join us.

Finance and Legal

We provide financial management and accounting support that is aligned to each area of Deloitte’s business as well as the leadership team. We prepare the statutory and regulatory reporting required for Deloitte LLP and several other areas, whilst our General Counsel provides legal advice to the Board, the Executive and the Managing Partners.

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

Connect with your colleagues

"Deloitte’s a large, complex and fast-paced organisation but it’s open to new ideas. Everyone is encouraged to show initiative and challenge the norm." - Lisa, Enabling Functions

Our hybrid working policy

You’ll be based in Birmingham or Milton Keynes with hybrid working.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That’s why we’ll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You’ll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it’s why we’re here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we’re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we’ll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it’s only when you’re comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we’ll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it’s from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you’ll learn every day. Through world-class development, you’ll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you’ll learn how to lead.

Connect to your next step

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you’ll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You’ll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you’ll never stop growing, whatever your level.

Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers