Trace | Expert Accountancy & Finance Recruitment
Financial Controller – Media Network – Central London, Paying £70,000 – £75,000
We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic Financial Controller to join a leading Media Network in Central London. Our client is looking for a real team player with strong controller and analytical skills.
The role is to ensure monthly, quarterly and yearly financial reporting is completed and delivered accurately by the given deadlines for a number of UK corporate entities and to lead in delivering the results and reporting for the consolidated UK Group
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for delivery of the monthly forecasts and annual budgets for selected entities
- Ownership for submission of the forecasts and budgets produced by the agencies to Group
- Overseeing delivery of the management accounts for multiple entities
- Technical lead on more complex areas of accounting and reporting
- Review and sign off the financial reporting packs on a monthly basis
- Approve journals to be posted onto the finance system
- Responsible for payroll reconciliation and reporting for selected entities
- Be the primary contact for external auditors
- Overseeing delivery of the management reporting to deadlines for the network entities
- Work with agency teams to resolve issues which may prevent meeting deadlines or impact accuracy of
- reporting for the group
- Overseeing intercompany matching process at month end
- Coordinate and review other quarterly reporting requirements
- Be the first point of contact for the agency
- Training and team development including interns
- Ad hoc projects
Requirements:
- ACA or ACCA qualified with relevant post qualified experience
- Strong double entry bookkeeping knowledge is essential in this role
- Good working knowledge of Excel
- Strong interpersonal skills; able to communicate at all levels
- Strong analytical skills are essential for this role
- Team management skills are essential for this role
- Highly organised with good attention to detail
- Takes pride in great work, able to prioritise workload and delivers results
- Taking responsibility of timely delivering to the deadline
- Quick to learn and adaptable to changing work allocation and environment
- Pro-active and with a can do attitude and able to handle tasks and drive results without close supervision
- A team player who actively supports others around them but also with ability to work independently
If this sounds like you please do get in touch here or via my email .
Trace is an innovative recruitment consultancy. Our person organisation fit profiling tool the Predictive Fit Profiler is helping us fit our candidates with our clients from a personality behaviours motivations and cultural compatibility perspective.
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