Financial Controller

Financial Controller £85k + Bonus 3 days in the office (Central London) Halliday Marx have exclusively partnered with an international media business who are looking for a Financial Controller to join the team. Duties: • Oversee Group consolidation and preparation of monthly and annual financial statements across multiple legal entities globally, including commentary on key variances. • Manage group audit and coordinate all local audits. • Manage a global team of finance professionals focused on local statutory accounting and compliance. • Work with relevant external parties such as tax consultants, tax authorities and auditors. • Lead process simplification and optimisation through greater reliance on systems. • This role will require creation of global accounting practices and procedures to bring all legal entities to one accounting standard. • This role will also drive continuous improvement of relevant accounting and operational finance processes to shorten the monthly closing cycle and streamline reporting. • Monthly consolidation and preparation of financial statements, including full P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow • Coordinate monthly closing activities across all legal entities to achieve 3 day close • Prepare monthly analysis of results, commenting on key variances against prior periods and Budgets • Annual statutory audit, including coordination of all local audits • Management of IFRS16 (leases) accounting for all legal entities • Oversee calculation of Transfer Pricing revenue and cost for all legal entities • Oversee monthly payroll posting and reconciliation for all legal entities • Support wider business with relevant process changes such as billing and collection practices Requirements: • ACA/ACCA qualified or equivalent • Experienced managing staff within industry • Prior experience managing multiple legal entities