The UK Financial Controller is responsible for leading the UK Management Accounts team and overseeing Group Reporting and Cost Control activities. The role entails hands-on responsibility for all aspects of accounting, financial control, and statutory compliance, alongside supporting strategic financial planning initiatives.
Working closely with senior leadership, the UK Financial Controller provides clear, insightful analysis of financial performance, ensures the timely and accurate delivery of management information and regulatory reporting, and maintains a robust financial controls framework to mitigate financial risk. The role plays a key part in ensuring the organisation meets its financial and strategic objectives.
Accounting & Financial Control:
1. Ownership of the accounting and financial control for all trading entities and holding companies including:
* Ensuring all Balance Sheet reconciliations are completed and reviewed on a monthly basis
* Management of the month-end reporting cycle ensuring timely cut-off procedures are in place, transactions and accounted for correctly, journals are appropriately approved and supporting documentation maintained as evidence
2. Overseeing the preparation of the Group's consolidation including any acquisition accounting, impairment reviews, and intercompany eliminations.
3. Maintain, develop and ownership of costs and Overheads costs models.
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