Manager, Business Financial Controller, Strategy, Risk & Transactions Advisory, UK Finance

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Job description

Connect to your Industry

Financial Control is a key function within our Enabling Functions Finance team. The team is split to support the different businesses within Deloitte. The primary function of the team is to ensure our reported figures have integrity and are a true and fair reflection of the financial position of the business. Accordingly, the team is responsible for the coordination and successful completion of the month end and year end close, and ensuring appropriate financial controls being in place. The team provide advice to the business on the application and implementation of accounting policies, procedures, standards, and controls.

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's how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other , foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most .

Connect to your opportunity

We are looking for a highly skilled Finance professional to join our team of Financial Controllers.

Working closely with the Business and our Business Finance team, you will gain a high level of understanding of opportunities and challenges within the business in order to deliver effective financial controls and technical advice, to strengthen the internal financial control environment and enable better decision making. For the role to be effective you will need to build strong relationships with all stakeholders based on trust and impact.

• Manage all aspects of the month-end close process for the designated Business Area, ensuring all deadlines and/or reporting requirements are met.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to ensure ongoing compliance with technical accounting standards (e.g., IFRS 15 revenue recognition) and internal control frameworks. Provide guidance and support to embed best practices within daily operations.
• Lead and continuously improve assigned key financial control processes and standards, ensuring alignment with best practices and promoting consistency.
• Proactively identify, investigate, and resolve balance sheet discrepancies and accounting issues. Challenge business assumptions and provide recommendations to strengthen the robustness and accuracy of financial reporting.
• Take a lead on Balance Sheet reporting, reconciliations, and issue resolution.
• Develop trust and build strong relationships with practitioners. Become a key point of contact on all financial control matters.
• Assess and mitigate financial risk to promote a risk intelligent culture.

Work effectively in diverse teams with an inclusive team culture, where people are recognised for their contribution.

Connect to your skills and professional experience

You will be able to build solid relationships with different stakeholders and possess strong financial controls experience, your questioning mind will offer the opportunity to assess existing processes and look for efficiencies and improvements.

• Qualified in a recognised accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
• Demonstrates a strong attention to detail and high level of accuracy in their work
• Ability to work calmly and efficiently under deadline pressures, e.g. month end, year-end
• Strong technical, problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to work cross-functionally in a team environment as well as work independently with self-direction
• Experience in a financial controller role or similar is preferred but not essential
• Experience of working in a professional services organisation is preferred but not essential
• Ability to build collaborative working relationships with stakeholders
• Proactive and has a continuous process improvement mindset
• Experience of using SAP preferred but not essential

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 Milton Keynes or Birmingham 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.

Connect to your return to work opportunity

Are you looking to return to the workplace after an extended career break?

For this role we can offer coaching and support designed for returners to refresh your knowledge and skills, and help your transition back into the workplace after a career break of two years or more. If this is relevant for you, just let your recruiter know when you make your application.

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

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