Financial Controller

Location
London (Central), London (Greater)
Salary
£140,000 - £160,000 + benefits
Posted
23 Oct 2014
Closes
30 Oct 2014
Ref
1410-1
Experience Levels
Qualified Accountant
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

A Group Financial Controller is required for a rapidly growing international telecoms group based in London. In this high profile and highly visible role you will take ownership of a variety of aspects of financial and statutory accounting, consolidations, systems and group costing and will be tasked with driving improvements through them.

Key responsibilities will include:

  • Managing the maintenance of central Group costs and implementing robust controls over these, including monitoring and reporting on special project costs
  • Assisting in the Group consolidation process for both monthly internal management and statutory purposes
  • Ensuring that central Group costs are appropriately accounted for and controlled, including monitoring of special projects
  • Providing support for the implementation of a group consolidation system and assisting with its maintenance once implemented
  • Identifying process and controls improvements within the financial reporting process and then implementing the identified changes

The successful candidate will be a technically astute qualified accountant, who can demonstrate leadership at Board level. Prior experience of operating in a telecoms / technology / software businesses is highly desirable. You will have the ability to interact with and develop working relationships internally and externally, with a proactive, forward looking and challenging mindset.