Senior Controller

Role: Our client is looking for an immediate, temporary, Senior Controller to assist them for 12 months. You be will be responsible for following duties: • Own the integration roadmap bringing specific business area onto standard process rails - sequencing the workstreams, managing dependencies, and tracking milestone delivery. • Coordinate specific bonus, payroll, and incentive accounting through the transition, working with HR, Reward, and the Liability Controller. • Drive standardisation of processes onto the standard chart of accounts, close calendar, and reporting framework, partnering with the External Reporting Controller on COA mapping. • Act as the senior controller for the business area throughout the transition, providing certainty, continuity, and a single point of accountability. • Engage with business leads to obtain the information needed to support the transition, and provide finance commentary on specific business matters. • Act as escalation point for entity-level matters, routing complex accounting determinations to the UK&I Controller for resolution. • Manage the relationship with our distributed teams in ensuring nuances are understood and embedded in process design. • Review and challenge business area specific close work delivered by our distributed teams, and coordinate working-level inputs into the consolidated UK & Ireland close. • Make the transition stick: document the transition decisions, accountability shifts, and process designs so that the wider Controller population can pick up residual accountabilities cleanly. • Coach the wider Controller team on business specific nuances ahead of hand off, leaving accounting standardised and aligned. Profile: The successful, temporary Senior Controller will be qualified (Eg. ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent qualification) and will have strong experience with controls. You will have working knowledge of SOX and US GAAP, whilst having worked in a large international business. You will ideally come from a project background. You must be immediate or 1 weeks notice to be considered for this role. Client: Our client are a leading Real Estate business based in London. You will have the opportunity to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment. Salary & Benefits: The temporary Senior Controller role will be paying circa £70,000 - £80,000, dependant on experience. The role is hybrid. Robert Half Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. Robert Half is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. Suitable candidates with equivalent qualifications and more or less experience can apply. Rates of pay and salary ranges are dependent upon your experience, qualifications and training. If you wish to apply, please read our Privacy Notice describing how we may process, disclose and store your personal data: