Job Description
Financial Controller Overall Objective:
To implement the day-to-day financial control and assist with the production of monthly management accounts, statistics, regulatory returns and financial reporting.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
*Closure of financial statements *Ensures that management results are in line with accounting results and report in case of anomalies or inconsistencies in data *Forwards any management information necessary for the preparation of the company and/or consolidated financial statements *Calculates, analyses and posts accrued income on a monthly basis in consultation with the client invoicing teams and prepares intra-Group invoicing *Management of client invoices *Collects and studies fee schedule agreed and commercial contracts *Calculate accruals by client and business line *Work with Client Relationship Manager on delayed payments for aged debtors *Prepare Provision Committees reports on aged debtors *Preparation of budgets, estimates, and periodic reports In particular, for the local part: *Participates in the development, according to standards, of budgets and estimates by establishing forecasts of income and/or expenses.
Collection and control of information from the departments, projections, and review of assumptions and calculations (locally) *Analyses revenues by client and by major type of activity (in relation to the indicators, where applicable) to understand deviations from forecasts *Analyses expenses in view the associated indicators (FTE, person-days etc.)
In particular:
*Collects and verifies information from the entities *Ensures cohesion with information received from cross-functional units *Analyses changes in the main income items of the entities that he/she monitors *Collects information from local management control or cross-functional departments to explain changes or assumptions during budget/estimate processes Taxation and Regulatory *Prepares tax statements for VAT & corporate taxes *Prepare and/or control statements + track enquiries to be filed with oversight bodies *Calculate and communicate the amount of the reserve requirement.
*Ensure coherence between various outputs: regulatory, statutory, etc.
Others *Participate in writing operational procedures and operating methods *Contribute to the optimisation of the regulatory report production process *Respond to enquiries from other units that come under the scope of activity
Job Attributes:
Job Knowledge / Technical Skills / Qualifications *Minimum qualification in an Accounting (ACCA, ACA, CIMA) *Experience within a similar position ideal, at least 3 years *Experience or an interest in the development and training of more junior employees *Must have excellent Excel skills and to be proficient in Power Point and Word.
*Must have excellent communication skills, both oral and written English.*Exposure to SAS (Statistical Analysis System), One Sum X (a regulatory reporting tool) is advantageous, but not essential.
Personal Skills *To be accurate and able to self-check numerical and descriptive output.
*To be able to adapt and learn new accounting software applications and be comfortable working in an evolving financial environment.
*To be a self-starter and enjoy working with and analysing numbers in detail.
*To be enthusiastic and motivated to learn and develop as the department evolves.
*To be a team player and have an interest in the development and training of others.
*Good communication skills and an ability to work on their own initiative are essential.
*To be able to work effectively and be competent at communicating in English in a business environment.
#LI-MM1 Skills:
aca ACCA financial reporting