Group Financial Controller
About the job
Morgan McKinley are currently partnered with a well known International organisation who are looking to hire a Group Finance Controller who will lead on all aspects of financial accounting and statutory reporting and finance policy globally. They will support the CFO and GFD in the leadership and management of financial activities, with responsibility for corporate statutory financial reporting across 40 subsidiaries, financial accounting including month end close and financial compliance.
The post holder will be a forward looking and strategic thinking finance professional with experience of operating in a complex global environment and in delivering large scale change., This is a pivotal role that will be accountable for the effective operation of many aspects of finance across the global organisation. Including:
* Statutory accounting and reporting and UK Group accounting
* Month end close and accuracy of actuals in management information
* Management consolidation and balance sheet reporting
* Finance matters relating to subsidiaries and other entities
* Financial Policy and compliance
* Short term Cash Flow Forecasting and working capital management including intercompany arrangements
The role will work closely with the Director Finance Transformation and Continuous Improvement, in managing performance of the Managed Service Provider and all SAP based finance and business processes. The role will have dotted line accountability for these.
The role holder will need to be comfortable with a highly visible senior role, during a period of significant organisational change, including within Finance.
They will have a broad base of finance experience and have previously led multi-location finance teams in an international setting. The post holder must also display an understanding of the organisations aims and the ability to connect with operational colleagues.
Key relationships include:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Finance Leadership team
- Audit Committee
- Director, Tax and Corporate Treasurer
- UK Finance teams, Regional Finance teams, Country Finance teams and Shared Service Centre
- Managed Service provider
- External & Internal Auditors
- Company Secretariat
- Key colleagues in English and Exams, Cultural Engagement and Professional Services
- Corporate Treasury
Key skills required:
- Highly effective senior leadership and management skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate staff and build and develop high-performing teams.
- High intellectual and analytical capacity; able to assimilate and analyse information quickly, identifying key trends, issues and priorities affecting our customers, businesses, and operations - and act on those trends fast.
- Excellent influencing and negotiating skills plus the ability to challenge colleagues on business and financial matters.
- Outstanding stakeholder management and business partnering skills with the ability to deal with stakeholders in a confident, respectful, and collaborative way that builds confidence and secures credibility quickly.
