Interim Financial Control Manager

This is an great opportunity for a qualified accountant with excellent technical skills to join a household brand name in the South West.

Client Details

My client are a major FMCG business that have an outstanding market reputation.

Description

The main responsibilities within this role are:

• Ensure compliance of financial statements with Group rules for management accounts and local rules for Statutory accounts
• Coordinate with various departments to deliver an accurate and timely monthly closing process, including validation of all closing options.
• Provide all accounting information necessary for local regulations (I.e. tax and legal requirements)
• Act as accounting partner for internal business units and support them in the forecasting process and financial reporting
• Support and develop two more junior accountants
• Support the Head of Financial Controlling in creating harmonised processes and controls across all departments
• Seek opportunities to review processes and drive continuous improvement; be a champion of efficiency and compliance.
• Lead statutory reporting for the UK and Ireland legal entities and work closely with external auditors to provide information in a timely fashion.
• Validate the financial processes implemented in the General Accounting team, review accounts delivered to ensure compliance, and support the team as needed.
• Follow up KPIs to monitor and improve the efficiency of the closing process and other GL activities
• Planning, animation and monitoring of FC activities: pre-closing, closing, reporting, audit
• Balance sheet risks & opportunity identification
• Review and validation of monthly reporting (P&L, BS and cashflow) and bi-annual consolidation packages
• Prepare the financial statements for local / legal requirements
• Validate Corporation Tax Returns Work in conjunction with Tax Manager
• Integrity checks of interfaces to accounting systems, follow up of resolution
• Manage relationship with internal and external auditors
• Perform local GAAP watch and ensure application of Group accounting principles
• Act as lead for finance projects locally or within the regional context

Profile

The successful candidate for this position will have:

• Strong Accounting understanding and a recognised full accountancy qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
• Good Information Systems knowledge (SAP & BI Tool)
• Strong attention to detail and an analytical mindset

• Ability to manage challenging conversations, and influencing behaviours on key stakeholders
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong organisation skills and resilience, with the ability to manage complexity
• Analytical abilities (detail oriented/problem solving)

Job Offer

A highly competitive salary and package is on offer for the successful candidate. This is also a potential temp to perm opportunity if things go well.

Please note this is a fixed term contract and a salaried role, so no day rate is available.