An opportunity has arisen for a Head of Financial Control to join a fast-growing Media Business based in Manchester. This role offer hybrid working options and excellent progression opportunities within a dynamic environment.
Responsibilities:
- Manage the accounting team to deliver timely, accurate, compliant management and financial accounting:
- Adherence to strict timeline to produce a robust UK consolidated P&L month-end close (based upon business accounting team inputs), balance sheet and cash flow statement.
- Adherence to Group Accounting policy, UK GAAP and other standards as required.
- Right first-time accounting, with minimal correcting journals.
- Robust, disciplined control framework, including overall responsibility for UK balance sheet controls / reconciliations.
- Act as main point of contact with Group FP&A for Group Consolidation.
- Act as main accounting point of contact for statutory reporting, tax and treasury teams.
- Maintain effective relationship & service management with internal customers, to ensure Finance Reporting Hub service is delivered to service level expectation, and any issues are quickly surfaced and resolved.
- Drive the efficiency and effectiveness of the Finance Reporting Hub service delivery model, through identifying, managing / supporting the delivery of initiatives to simplify, standardise and automate processes, working alongside the business, commercial finance, group finance and IT.
- Maintain a continuous improvement environment by setting performance goals within the team, monitoring progress, and taking corrective action when required.
- Manage master data change requests in line with defined governance processes e.g., in relation to creation and deletion of cost centres, accounts etc.
Requirements:
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
- Sufficient post qualification experience (5-8 PQE)
- Experience in leading a Finance team, in a complex multi business organisation
- Customer service orientation
- Ability to work as part of virtual multi-location team
- Excellent team management skills
- Understanding of what good looks like, and ability to identify improvement opportunities.
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