Financial Controller

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Overall Objective:

To implement the day-to-day financial control and assist with the production of monthly management accounts, statistics, regulatory returns and financial reporting.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

·      Closure of financial statements

·      Ensures that management results are in line with accounting results and report in case of anomalies or inconsistencies in data

·      Forwards any management information necessary for the preparation of the company and/or consolidated financial statements

·      Calculates, analyses and posts accrued income on a monthly basis in consultation with the client invoicing teams and prepares intra-Group invoicing

·      Management of client invoices

·      Collects and studies fee schedule agreed and commercial contracts

·      Calculate accruals by client and business line

·      Work with Client Relationship Manager on delayed payments for aged debtors

·      Prepare Provision Committees reports on aged debtors

·      Preparation of budgets, estimates, and periodic reports

In particular, for the local part:

·      Participates in the development, according to standards, of budgets and estimates by establishing forecasts of income and/or expenses. Collection and control of information from the departments, projections, and review of assumptions and calculations (locally)

·      Analyses revenues by client and by major type of activity (in relation to the indicators, where applicable) to understand deviations from forecasts

·      Analyses expenses in view the associated indicators (FTE, person-days etc.)

·      Collects information from the units (invoicing, accounting, commercial department)

In particular:

·      Collects and verifies information from the entities

·      Ensures cohesion with information received from cross-functional units

·      Analyses changes in the main income items of the entities that he/she monitors

·      Collects information from local management control or cross-functional departments to explain changes or assumptions during budget/estimate processes

Taxation and Regulatory

·      Prepares tax statements for VAT & corporate taxes

·      Prepare and/or control statements + track enquiries to be filed with oversight bodies

·      Calculate and communicate the amount of the reserve requirement.

·      Ensure coherence between various outputs: regulatory, statutory, etc.

Others

·      Participate in writing operational procedures and operating methods

·      Contribute to the optimisation of the regulatory report production process

·      Respond to enquiries from other units that come under the scope of activity

Job Attributes:

Job Knowledge / Technical Skills / Qualifications

·      Minimum qualification in an Accounting (ACCA,ACA, CIMA)

·      Experience within a similar position ideal, at least 3 years

·      Experience or an interest in the development and training of more junior employees

·      Must have excellent Excel skills and to be proficient in PowerPoint and Word.

·      Must have excellent communication skills, both oral and written English.

·      Exposure to SAS (Statistical Analysis System), OneSumX (a regulatory reporting tool) is advantageous, but not essential.

Personal Skills

·      To be accurate and able to self-check numerical and descriptive output.

·      To be able to adapt and learn new accounting software applications and be comfortable working in an evolving financial environment.

·      To be a self-starter and enjoy working with and analysing numbers in detail.

·      To be enthusiastic and motivated to learn and develop as the department evolves.

·      To be a team player and have an interest in the development and training of others.

·      Good communication skills and an ability to work on their own initiative are essential.

·      To be able to work effectively and be competent at communicating in English in a business environment.

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