Corporate Controller
- Recruiter
- Microshare Inc.
- Location
- London (Central), London (Greater)
- Salary
- TBD
- Posted
- 12 Feb 2021
- Closes
- 09 Apr 2021
- Job Title
- Financial Controller
- Category
- IT/ Telecoms
- Experience Levels
- Qualified Accountant
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Based in London.
Working closely with the CFO, the commercially oriented Corporate Controller will own the G/L as well as cash management/forecasting, monthly, quarterly and annual group actuals reporting, statutory reporting, and any other reporting requirements.
The role will suit a qualified Chartered Accountant, ideally from a Big 4 Audit background, with a minimum of 5-7 years post-qualified experience and someone who is interested in gaining commercial finance experience and increasing responsibilities over time.
The successful candidate is currently a Corporate Controller, who lives in, or within commuting distance of, central London.
The role will suit someone who is comfortable with the ambiguity, constant change and "building new stuff" aspect of a tech start-up.
Additionally, this role is being created by consolidating (and perhaps eliminating) our outside accounting firms, therefore this person will be doing data-entry into Quickbooks. It is the nature of a start-up environment for our leaders to create a role by creating processes and procedures to define the role... so this is consistent with all of us creating positions as we scale.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage the entire G/L and Financial Accounting process (including inputting journal entries and consolidating the various subsidiaries), ensuring all financial accounting and financial statements are accurate, timely, efficient, and compliant with accounting policy and accounting standards, IFRS/UK/US GAAP.
- Manage day to day cash, including cash collection and making payments. Produce a cash report every week, which includes all bank balances, payments to be made, receipts, and a 3 month rolling forecast. Optimise cash through close management of payables and receivables.
- Ensure AP/AR, including cash/bank recs,/Intercompany Reconciliations/Balance Sheets are reviewed and properly reconciled on a regular basis and that all variances are reviewed and resolved on a timely basis.
- Develop, disseminate, and implement a set of clear, simplified financial policies, procedures, and controls and ensure that they are always consistent/up to-date with accounting standards and adhered to at all times.
- Lead, manage, and deliver all actuals management reporting, P&Ls, B/Ss, key metrics, overhead, and cash, with detailed, insightful, and concise business performance/variance analysis in clear, professional, and graphic power point presentations.
POSITION REQUIREMENTS
- A or B.S. Degree, Qualified Charted Accountant.
- Minimum 5 years post qualified experience, ideally with a big 4 Audit background as well as in a similar in-house Controller role.
- Good working knowledge of IFRS, UK GAAP, US GAAP, and consolidations as well as the ability to understand and interpret accounting treatments for new transactions or policy changes.
- Experience in owning a G/L and delivering consolidated statutory accounts accurately, on time, and through the audit process.
- Financial process reviews/audits experience and the ability to identify and suggest areas for improvement
- Experience in managing cash, collections, and payments.
- Strong oral and written communication skills with a demonstrated ability to write insightful and concise business performance/variance commentary in graphic power-point presentations.
- Proven ability to manage projects from beginning to completion with a 'can-do' attitude and a proven ability to “roll up sleeves” and meet tight deadlines.
- Highest standards of accuracy and precision; highly numerate and organized
- Advanced Microsoft Excel and Power Point skills.
- Previous QuickBooks knowledge and software industry experience would be a plus.
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES AND VALUES
In addition to having a solid professional background and deep domain experience, the successful candidate will possess the following personal qualities to quickly establish credibility and make a positive impact with customers, partners, and colleagues:
- Personal interest in Microshare’s technology, market, and its future – and the willingness to convert that interest into a passion -- strong inner drive to achieve, a will to win
- Commitment to diversity, inclusion and equity
- Superior problem solving ability, balanced between the intellectual and the pragmatic ability to envision the future and think about it strategically, while attending to the details of running day-to-day financial initiatives
- Global market orientation, a sense for diverse markets and customers
- Ability to operate effectively on a team and provide leadership
- Curiosity, creativity and imagination
- Committed to the highest standards of excellence and integrity
COMPENSATION
As an employee, the successful candidate will receive an annual base salary and equity commensurate with the potential of the opportunity and appropriate for an early stage company.
THE COMPANY
Microshare™ (www.microshare.io) and our resellers deliver “Sensing-as-a-Service” and Digital Twin capabilities for our multinational clients in commercial real estate, healthcare, schools, manufacturing and other sectors using carefully curated IoT data to reveal previously hidden insights on the safety, efficiency and sustainability of their facilities. Microshare is a proud member of the LoRa Alliance®, with dual HQs in the US and Europe.
Since our founding in 2013, Microshare has raised just over $20 million, the majority from individual investors, plus a previous investment from Kerlink and a multimillion-dollar stake purchased in 2018 by Motley Fool Ventures. With a recent funding round led by Semtech, Microshare is positioned to meet burgeoning global demand for its IoT data offerings to many industries grappling with the challenges of operating safely amid a persistent global pandemic. Its Universal Contact Tracing solution has become a global category leader since the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak, joining other staples of its Clean=Safe™ smart facilities offerings, including Occupancy and Indoor Air Quality Monitoring and Predictive cleaning. Unlike troublesome and invasive smartphone app approaches, Microshare’s workplace contact tracing solution relies on proven Bluetooth powered wearable wristbands and badges that do not collect Personally Identifiable Information (PII).
The company is moving forward with deployments around the world. View the entire Clean=Safe solution set at www.microshare.io. Read about what the market writes about us: Financial Times, New York Times, Reuters, and Fast Company.
Listen to our podcasts, especially Manifest Density, where our guests are thought-leaders on how the world is dealing with the pandemic. To learn directly about how Microshare is addressing Clean => Safe, listen to Episode 9, CEO Ron Rock with his YE 2020 message, via our website
Please note: Any offer extended is contingent upon acceptable professional references and your agreement for Microshare to conduct a criminal background check, where the results of which produce a “clear” outcome.