Head Of Finance
- Recruiter
- Godfrey North
- Location
- Civic Centre, UK
- Salary
- Competitive salary
- Posted
- 14 Sep 2020
- Closes
- 30 Sep 2020
- Ref
- 1703236584
- Job role
- Head of finance
- Sector
- Accounting - Public practice
- Experience level
- Director
We are working with a well-established international financial services company based in that is looking for a Head of Finance to lead their international finance team, reporting to the Group CFO based in the US. The role will be based in Manchester, UK.
Applicants should possess the following:
- Review & Approval of monthly management accounts and associated sign-off of balance sheet reconciliations for regular submission to the CFO for all entities
- Oversight of management of accounts receivable, bank reconciliation, general ledger and general accounting functions.
- Planning and Budgeting Processes
- Review & Approval of payroll, taxes, and daily cash forecasting.
- Actively engage and drive all external audit and tax engagements for International markets, including any remediation efforts.
- Oversight of UK Payment Posting Manager on accounts payable, invoicing, remittances, refunds, suspense and associated reconciliations.
- Standardize processes and procedures over accounting and internal control processes, including global chart of accounts and potential upgrade or new system implementation.
- Oversee the accounting operations of subsidiary corporations, specifically their control systems, transaction-processing operations, and policies and procedures.
- Oversee and coordinate with the Controller and Accountants the month-end, quarter-end, and annual closing activities including journal entries and monthly accruals.
- Drive business performance cost control and working capital maximization.
- Contribute to planning and onboarding of new clients.
- Assist in driving investment in expansion of international markets
- Cultivate strong managers and leaders through leadership behaviours
- In partnership with the CFO, research, develop and deploy future geographies and actively participate in due diligence processes.
Applicants should possess the following:
- Qualified Chartered Accountant
- At least 8-10 years of relevant finance experience in an international business
- Exposure to professional services and/or business process outsourcing
- Strong technical accounting background as well as a business partner mindset
- Should possess the ability to positively influence the business and effect changes while managing stakeholders across countries and cultures.
- Be comfortable with getting into the details, cleaning up problems as well as project management and working with ambiguity - especially in an environment of international expansion and start-up operations.