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SThree are pleased to announce we're recruiting for a Head of Financial Controllership & Reporting to join & guide our excellent team based in our fantastic office space in Cadworks, Glasgow.

Reporting to the Global Finance Director, the Head of Financial Control & Reporting is responsible for ensuring strong financial governance and accurate financial reporting across the business through oversight of Regional Financial Controllers and Group Management Accounting functions. The role is critical in driving consistency, integrity and transparency in financial reporting, ensuring compliance with accounting standards and internal controls.

About us

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What are the day-to-day tasks?

• Lead and develop a high-performing team of Regional Financial Controllers and Group Management Accountants. Fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement and collaboration within the Finance team.
• Co-ordinate team workloads and support career development, succession planning and performance management within the function.
• Oversee the global Record to Report process, ensuring timely and accurate month-end, quarter-end and year-end closings.
• Ensure consistency in reporting processes across regions, adhering to IFRS and internal policies.
• Oversee delivery of monthly analysis and insights of P&L (including Net Fees, Costs, Bad Debt provisioning), Balance sheet (including Working Capital) and Cash Flow. Ensuring these are reviewed and signed off.
• Monitor bad debt provisioning across regions, working closely with the Global Head of Accounts Receivable and business leaders to understand, challenge and report on exposure and mitigation strategies.
• Oversee the assessment and calculation of Expected Credit Losses (ECL) in line with IFRS 9, ensuring methodologies are consistent, accurate and compliant
• Oversee audit readiness and co-ordination, working collaboratively with internal teams and auditors to ensure readiness and alignment throughout the audit cycle, aiming for clean and timely audit outcomes.
• Ensure robust financial controls are implemented and maintained, collaborating closely with the Global Head of Governance and Controls to align on internal control frameworks, risk management and compliance with Group policies.
• Maintain oversight of key control accounts, including receivables, accruals and provisions, ensuring timely reconciliations and robust issue resolution processes.
• Collaborate with internal audit on internal control assessments and any remediation plans.
• Partner with the Head of External Reporting on the interpretation and implementation of new accounting standards, ensuring consistency and technical accuracy across Group entities.
• Provide high quality, insightful reporting, analysis and commentary to the CFO, Global Finance Director and other senior Finance and Business leaders.

What skills and knowledge are we looking for?

• Deep technical accounting knowledge (IFRS)
• Strong ability to work across cultures and influence others remotely (essential)
• Proven finance leadership experience in a multinational or complex matrix environment

• Demonstrable experience of managing and monitoring a tight financial control environment
• Experience working with senior stakeholders across global finance functions
• Proven experience of managing and motivating teams, especially through periods of change
• Experience in the Contract Staffing sector is highly desirable
• Experience with Microsoft D365 and Power BI dashboarding tools is highly desirable

Qualifications

• Fully Qualified Accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA, ICAS)

Benefits for our U.K. teams include:

• The choice to work flexibly from home and the office, in line with our hybrid working principles
• Bonus linked to company and personal performance
• Generous 28 days holiday allowance, plus public holidays
• Annual leave purchase scheme
• Five days paid Caregiver/Dependant leave per annum
• Five paid days off per year for volunteering
• Private healthcare, discounted dental insurance and health care cashback scheme
• Opportunity to participate in the company share scheme
• Access to a range of retail discounts and saving

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