Deputy Group Financial Controller

The Deputy Group Financial Controller, reports to the Group Financial Controller, manages a team of four individuals, and is a key member of the high-profile Group Reporting Team.
The role allows for some balance of working from the office (5 Howick Place, Victoria) and from home.
Key Responsibilities
o Delivery of a robust, monthly group consolidation to support internal reporting through the Group consolidation system (SAP FC) whilst formalising deliverables
o Key leader within the Group Reporting Team who are responsible for the accurate and timely preparation, internal approval and delivery of the financial sections of the Half Year and Year-end external reporting
o Key individual liaising and coordinating with the external auditors
o Responsible for leading the financial accounting aspects of M&A transactions, involving co-ordinating the work of shared service centre (SSC) teams and leading and co-ordinating acquisition accounting activities
o Responsible for leading the Group Finance accounting aspects of legal entity restructurings within the group, involving planning and co-ordinating work activities involving the Group Tax team and SSCs
o Supporting the application of IFRS across the Group, involving providing technical accounting guidance to Divisions, SSCs and other Group functions accounting undertaken across the Group
o Key team member involved in pro-actively ensuring the Groups financial accounting and reporting remains compliant with IFRS and related FRC guidance
o Supporting the development of the Group Accounting Policy manual and for providing technical accounting guidance to SSCs and Divisional Finance teams
Qualifications

Job Requirements
* Recognised professional accounting qualification (e.g. ACA or ACCA), ideally from a big 4 firm
* Strong IFRS technical accounting experience, including M&A accounting
* Multiple years of experience gained across audit and large-listed company environments
* Managing and directing teams in a highly dynamic environment
* Project management experience

Skills & Abilities
This position is viewed as role for an aspirational, high achieving, individual
* Experience of managing teams of technically strong accountants
* Flexible and comfortable in a changing, growing environment
* Self-starter with ability to work on their own initiative and deliver change
* Results, product and achievement oriented to high standards
* Strong organisational skills, with the ability to multi-task and prioritise work tasks
* Fast and responsive - working to tight deadlines
* Proven communication and interpersonal skills and ability to interact at all levels
* Team player, maintaining close working relationships with relevant employees of the business in order to achieve objectives
* Ability to listen and willingness to take on new ideas
* Strong verbal and written communication skills
* Strong influencing skills, including the ability to communicate complex financial technical matters to non-technical people
* Knowledge of various planning and consolidation systems and ability to extract data
* IT confident with good spreadsheet skills.
* Ability to listen and willingness to take on new ideas
* Keen to self-develop and take on new opportunities

Guidant Global (BH4SF) is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.