International Finance Manager

International Finance Manager

Big 4 Auditor required.

An International role which would be ideal for a Big 4 Auditor making their first move into Industry and who is looking for a mix of both technical and commercial exposure within a large, global business.

This International Finance Manager role offers excellent scope for development and progression for the right individual and is seen as a great stepping stone to the next level within the organisation.

This is a new role, created to give Group Finance better oversight and assurance over the integrity of its reporting entities’ individual balance sheets. This is a high profile role, both at group and in-country and while no specific foreign language skills are needed there is initially a high degree of overseas travel (50% - 70%) involved.

Your primary purpose as the International Finance Manager will be to perform a programme of balance sheet reviews of individual reporting entities. The balance sheet reviews are expected to include detailed substantive testing of underlying reconciliations and will be targeted at perceived risk areas across the group.

The role will also perform operationally focused reviews and testing, working with the Group Head of Business Controls, who is responsible for internal controls within the business (for example physical security of cash).

The additional responsibilities of this role include:

• Planning the programme of balance sheet review visits and designing testing approach
• Managing the group’s quarterly balance sheet substantiation process and performing quality checks on returns
• Analysing the group’s working capital KPI’s on a monthly basis to identify and investigate variances to expectation.
• Providing analysis of the group’s balance sheet accounts and key variances by country (in particular working capital accounts) at half year and year end (for internal purposes and in response to yearend audit queries)
• Performing spot checks / audits on month end reconciliations of key accounts, with verification to the underlying accounting system
• Deep dives on specific accounts (for example purchasing income receivable which requires a complex calculation)
• Physical verification of cash held at units and stock
• Assessment of segregation of duties and review processes (particularly where the location has not been recently visited by Internal Audit)
• Appropriately assessing potential findings for significance and communicating findings and recommendations to a senior audience.

To apply successfully, you will be a qualified Accountant with a Big 4 background looking to make your first move into Industry and you will be able to demonstrate experience in reviewing complex balance sheet reconciliations.

You will be performing some of the reviews independently and so will need to establish solid relationships with all levels of in-country finance teams. Therefore, a 'hands-on’, proactive approach to finding solutions to problems will be needed along with the confidence to challenge colleagues and the desire to seek further improvements in the group finance process and controls.

Salary range for this role is £55,000 - £62,000 plus £6,000 car allowance, to 30% bonus and excellent benefits.

To be considered for this exciting career opportunity, please contact Ian Hardy at Onyx Recruitment.