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Meraki Talent Limited
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Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
Financial Control Manager
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Contract Type: Permanent |
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Salary: £50-65,000 + Excellent Benefits |
Overview
This Financial Control Manager job in Edinburgh is a great opportunity for a fully qualified accountant with post-qualifying experience in a financial services environment to add real value to the UK and Group Finance Function. Reporting to the Head of UK Financial Reporting & Control, the Financial Control Manager will be responsible for leading a team of qualified accountants to deliver high quality and timely financial and regulatory reporting deliverables. This will involve shaping reporting processes and the control environment to ensure the finance function delivers business insight and value add reporting. This role will be expected to plan and lead on critical team and group wide projects, build collaborative workings relationships across the finance and wider business units and lead on supporting the wider finance strategy. This role will have line management responsibilities and the successful candidate will be expected to plan and prioritise time spent across the team, ensure productivity and utilization remains high and support the continuous development of our people. Key Outcomes / Responsibilities: Month end reporting – Verification and succinct articulation of the consolidated messages for the UK reporting function to provide valuable business insight. This will involve monitoring the close process, early identification of issues and reviewing and challenging financial data and commentary provided by the financial controllers. Quarter end reporting – Coordinating all board, regulatory and group reporting deliverables and challenging the data and commentary included within. This will also involve communicating key messages to relevant stakeholders as required. Year end reporting – Plan the year end reporting timetable including the completion of group, statutory, board and regulatory deliverables. This will involve effective communication of key milestones across the function for agreement and ensuring these are met. Projects – Lead on team and group wider projects to support the strategic direction of the finance function. Technical resolution – Lead on key accounting and regulatory technical matters for presentation and agreement with the Head of UK Financial Reporting & Control. Processes & control – Continuous review of the control environment and critical business processes to ensure these continue to be effective and well understood. Ongoing challenge is expected to ensure the control environment and key processes continue to deliver efficiencies and value add across the function. Stakeholder engagement – Take responsibility for building collaborative relationships with peers across the finance function and wider business units to deliver business insight and contribute to a best in class finance function. Learning & development – Taking responsibility for developing both technical and softer skills across the team and ensuring the continuous professional development of our people. Skills & Capabilities: Qualified accountant. Asset management experience preferable but not essential. Technical and regulatory knowledge. Takes personal accountability for high quality outputs and timely delivery. Self-starter who is willing to learn and take on new challenges. Commercial acumen and ability to challenge trends and form expectations. Effective leadership across a variety of business as usual and project initiatives. Credibility with stakeholders (Relationships, communication and confidence). Ability to work effectively as part of a team to inspire, share and listen to ideas. Organisational skills with an ability to prioritise work and manage expectations. Problem solver who is willing to challenge and deliver value adding outcomes. Strong IT / analytical skills (Word, excel, systems experience preferable). Our client is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from everyone. By submitting your information, you confirm you have read and understood our Privacy Notice which outlines how we use information we collect about you. Please see our website page headed ‘Privacy Notice’ for an explanation about how we use information we collect about you