Financial Controller

Media - Financial Controller


A privately owned Media company are experiencing huge growth and as a result are looking to recruit a Group Financial Controller. This is a high profile role as the person would work alongside the Finance Director with dotted line reporting to the Chief Executive.

Key responsibilities:

• Integrating acquisitions including identifying appropriate systems (purchase order, reporting, sales invoicing, CRM, payroll, expenses, purchase invoice approval) and processes and implementing these, migrating data and on-going development.
• Improving existing controls and systems - challenging, reviewing, identifying risks and documenting new controls
• Review of payments and compliance with Company policies
• Commercial review, identification of cost savings & efficiency's
• Managing and developing the finance team (c 30 including 7 direct reports - 2 credit control managers, 1 AP manager, 1 payroll manager, 2 reporting team leaders and in time a group financial accountant)
• Full ownership of all reporting and commercial commentary (P+L & balance sheet, forecasts, budgets, cash-flows, statutory accounts).
• Managing the annual audit, ensuring tax (corporation, PAYE, VAT & other) compliance (both UK and overseas)
• M&A due diligence support

Skills:

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) - minimum 3 years PQE
• Must be able to start in 1 month or less
• Previous management responsibility of a finance team of 15 staff (including indirect and direct reports)
• Degree educated ideally 2.1 or above
• Demonstrable experience of integrating newly acquired businesses, improving financial controls and processes in complex businesses, challenging the status quo and achieving cost savings
• Very strong IT skills including advanced Excel coupled with strong technical accounting skills
• Proactive hard working self-starter ready to go that extra mile
• Analytical, organised, efficient, strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to present financial information in a logical, structured and clear way
• Superb accuracy and attention to detail, calm under pressure with prior experience of working to tight deadlines
• Good team player & easy to get on with

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