Deputy Group Financial Controller (Fixed-term Contract - 6 months)

Deputy Group Financial Controller for our Group Finance team on Fixed-term Contract basis for a duration of 6 months .

The Deputy Group Financial Controller, reports to the Group Financial Controller, manages a team of four individuals, and is a key member of the high-profile Group Reporting Team.

The role allows for some balance of working from the office (5 Howick Place, Victoria) and from home.

Key Responsibilities

o Delivery of a robust, monthly group consolidation to support internal reporting through theGroup consolidation system (SAP FC) whilst formalising deliverables

o Key leader within the Group Reporting Team who are responsible for the accurate and timely preparation, internal approval and delivery ofthe financial sections of the Half Year and Year-end external reporting

o Key individual liaising and coordinating with theexternal auditors

o Responsible for leading the financial accounting aspects ofM&A transactions, involving co-ordinating the work of shared service centre (SSC) teams and leading and co-ordinatingacquisition accounting activities

o Responsible for leading the Group Finance accounting aspects oflegal entity restructuringswithin the group, involving planning and co-ordinating work activities involving the Group Tax team and SSCs

o Supporting the application of IFRS across the Group, involving providing technical accounting guidance to Divisions, SSCs and other Group functions accounting undertaken across the Group

o Key team member involved in pro-actively ensuring the Group's financial accounting and reporting remains compliant with IFRS and related FRC guidance

o Supporting the development of the Group Accounting Policy manual and for providing technical accounting guidance to SSCs and Divisional Finance teams

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Recognised professional accounting qualification (e.g. ACA or ACCA), ideally from a big 4 firm
• Strong IFRS technical accounting experience, including M&A accounting
• Multiple years of experience gained across audit and large-listed company environments
• Managing and directing teams in a highly dynamic environment
• Project management experience

Skills & Abilities

This position is viewed as role for an aspirational, high achieving, individual

• Experience of managing teams of technically strong accountants
• Flexible and comfortable in a changing, growing environment
• Self-starter with ability to work on their own initiative and deliver change
• Results, product and achievement oriented to high standards
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to multi-task and prioritise work tasks
• Fast and responsive - working to tight deadlines
• Proven communication and interpersonal skills and ability to interact at all levels
• Team player, maintaining close working relationships with relevant employees of the business in order to achieve objectives
• Ability to listen and willingness to take on new ideas
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong influencing skills, including the ability to communicate complex financial technical matters to non-technical people
• Knowledge of various planning and consolidation systems and ability to extract data
• IT confident with good spreadsheet skills.
• Ability to listen and willingness to take on new ideas
• Keen to self-develop and take on new opportunities

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