Group Financial Controller

Your new company

Our client is a well established privately owned media group with bold ambitions for growth. They offer an open, friendly and creative environment.

Your new role

The Group Financial Controller is a newly created role reporting to the CFO. You will define, develop, propose and implement a best in class Financial Control function (team of 10). You will lead and enhance Financial Control disciplines of management accounting, financial reporting, technical accounting, tax and financial controls to large private business and full listed company standards. You will be accountable for key statutory, regulatory, tax and other external reporting and stakeholder relationship management to ensure that the business is meeting its external obligations.

This role is all about transforming a finance function and readying it for future growth. You will lead the financial integration (systems and process) change programme to significantly enhance the Financial Control function including all aspects of management and financial reporting. This will require significant change leadership for a major programme including communication and stakeholder management as well as technical leadership.

Working with the FP&A team, you will support them in the development of proposed business planning scenarios with guidance on profit, capital and risk considerations and together with other senior finance members, define and develop finance strategic projects and gain support at the executive level.

What you'll need to succeed

The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant with extensive senior level financial control experience. You will have comprehensive experience and expert technical knowledge of key accounting standards and policies including IFRS and UK GAAP as well as regulatory reporting experience and strong leadership skills and experience of managing teams. You will have a proactive approach, with the ability to identify issues before they impact the business. You will be analytical by nature and experience and have an ability to handle and interpret large amounts of data in a meaningful way.

What you'll get in return

This is a unique opportunity to join a truly inclusive company which recognises a healthy work/life balance.

What you need to do now
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