Financial Controller
Financial Controller
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Job Description
Our scaling FinTech Client is looking to appoint a Financial Controller.
Job Type: Full time/Permanent
Location: Remote
Requirements
Mandatory Requirements
- Fully professionally qualified CA/ACA/ACCA/ACMA
- 7 years relevant post qualified experience (Group Reporting Controlling)
- 3 years experiencing managing teams
- Strong Oracle Netsuite experience including Consolidation
- Experience working in Group or Regional Finance teams
- Previous experience in FinTech ideally with exposure to Client Money Stored Value Facilities or Custodial Services
Person Specifications
- Excellent technical accounting skills able to teach complex concepts to team members
- Excellent Excel financial reporting and reconciliation skills analytical mindset
- Ability to grasp and navigate complex business problems and apply accounting solutions to them
- High ownership and performance driven able to prioritise multitask and work under pressure in a deadline driven environment
- Ability to summarise complex concepts clearly and concisely to senior internal and external stakeholders
- Self starter confident to ask questions and challenge the status quo
- Natural leader supporting team members with their tasks and development be the future senior finance managers of the organisation.
- Strong attention to detail
- Get things done attitude
- Excellent English communication and presentation skills
- Agile and able to work in a rapidly evolving work environment and industry
- Proactive fast learner upholding the Companys Core Values
- Wellrounded project and people management skills
Desirable Experience
- Previous startup/growth stage company experience
- A financial educational background such as a BA Finance BA Accounting MBA or relevant degree
Responsibilities
- Lead the Corporate Accounting and Financial Reporting teams 5 direct and indirect reports
- Lead the Month End closing process ensuring all finance teams close accurately and on time
- Manage the timely production of accurate monthly quarterly and annual financial reports for internal and external stakeholders
- Ensure financial reports management reports financial records and documentation are accurate up to date and produced on time
- Ensure the Corporate Accounting Team performs financial checks on AP invoices are performed so that GL codes cost centres and amortisation treatments are correctly applied
- Perform the final reviews of TBs by entity by month analysing trends identifying inconsistencies and explaining offtrend movements
- Review monthly balance sheet reconciliations to ensure accuracy identify discrepancies and ensure they are resolved
- Collaborate with the finance teams to prepare for yearend audits ensuring all necessary documentation and records are in order
- Launch monthly Cost Centre Dashboards and ensure department specialists within the Corporate Accounting Team meet with Cost Centre owners monthly to present historical costs and management information and find out about upcoming projects and costs
- Final review of statutory standalone and consolidated Group financial statements under IFRS and other international accounting standards
- Perform analysis and technical accounting research (IFRS and international accounting standards)
- Ensuring appropriate documentation of accounting treatment of complex and judgemental transactions including analysis relevant literature and conclusion
- Ensure compliance with regulatory and statutory accounting and reporting requirements
- Step in to support team members on monthend procedures to ensure monthly closing happens on time
- Continuous maintenance and improvement of templates and standard operating procedures
- Any other tasks and projects assigned by the VP Finance
Management:
- Managing team members monitoring performance and consistently providing feedback.
- Responsible for coaching and developing junior members of staff
- Weekly 1:1 meetings with direct reports and formal quarterly performance reviews
- Fostering a culture of excellence knowledge sharing and continuous improvement at all levels within the Finance team
Employment Type
Full Time
