Group Financial Controller - Maternity cover | Imagination
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London, UK

Group Financial Controller – Maternity cover

Fixed Term Contract Operations – Finance & Commercial
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Overview

The Group Financial Controller role is a key role at the heart of the finance team. Responsible for oversight of Group reporting as well as systems and key stakeholder relationships , both internal and external. 

You will have ownership of the reporting systems and timetable working closely with regional finance teams to manage their input to the group consolidated results. 

Other key external stakeholders include Auditors, tax advisors and Bankers. 

This is a stand alone role that works closely with the Group Chief Finance Officer and global finance teams. It is broad in scope and variety. It would suit a confident self-starter who is equally comfortable operating at a senior level and in the detail required to produce a consolidation and analysis. 

You will be comfortable working to tight deadlines and reporting routines. 

It would suit someone highly organised that is process and systems orientated and insists on seeing a task through to completion.

A positive, can-do attitude.


Key Responsibilities

Oversight of finance systems inc

  • Banking
  • Reporting
  • ERP (for Group co.)

Monthly reporting:

  • Group consolidation (P&L, BSheet and Cashflow)
  • Reforecast consolidation and reporting pack
  • Reconciliation and analysis
  • Group company P&L + Balance sheet report and analysis
  • Review of monthly UK payroll and management of Payroll manager

Lead and Manage Audit

  • Liaison between auditors and regions
  • Manage audit queries
  • Support regional team where necessary
  • Prepare Group Statutory Financial statements
  • Y/E Tax workings

Budget & forecast

  • System maintenance , roll f/wd , updates
  • OPEX budgets for Group
  • OPEX budgets from Group to regions

Treasury/Banking

  • Liaison point for HSBC / relationship manager
  • Quarterly reporting / covenant review
  • Manage Group co currency balances, buy & sell currency as required
  • Payment approvals as required

Tax

  • Oversight of all tax considerations for Group
  • Contact point (with local finance as required) for other tax advisors / requirements

Other

  • Maintain Trial balance of Employee Benefit trust
  • Ad hoc tasks as required

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

  • ACA Qualified , extensive experience in Group Finance Control 
  • Marketing Agency experience or people focussed operation
  • UK Group reporting experience
  • Familiar with WIP, % completion, Profit recognition. 
  • Experience of Deltek Maconomy Highly advantageous
  • Oversight and primary contact for Audit
  • Treasury monitoring including multi-site and multi-currency environment.
  • MS Excel (high level) and MS Access (working knowledge) experience

A broad spectrum of financial accounting experience spanning:

  • Financial and management accounting and reporting
  • Group accounting and consolidation
  • UK and foreign taxes
  • Cash flow forecasting
  • Treasury management
  • Systems design and implementation
  • Project accounting

Benefits

What we can offer you:

  • Work with a state-of-the-art product and deliver it to exciting and innovative brands.
  • Learning and development opportunities that contribute to professional growth.

Wellness

  • Private Medical Insurance (including discounted gym options)
  • Discounted Healthcare Cash Plan
  • Help at hand EAP
  • In-Office Gym (London office only)
  • Life Insurance 4 x salary
  • Dedicated DE&I Board 

Benefits

  • 25 days annual leave 
  • Birthday day off and gift
  • Discretionary Annual Bonus
  • Generous Family Leave policies with New Parent Coaching & Support
  • Various learning & development platforms for e-learning
  • Enhanced pension contribution
  • Cyclescheme
  • Discounted Private Dental
  • Income Protection (Employee)
  • Subsidised Electric Car Scheme
  • Home technology tax free loan

Perks

  • Hybrid Working (3 office days)
  • Company socials
  • Pet friendly office
  • Lunch & Learns
  • Wellness webinars
  • Educational webinars
  • Subsidised Cafe (London office only)

WHAT MAKES US, US

About us

We spark the imagination
Changing the way people think, feel and act

Our work

We design experiences that create memories, 
change behaviours and shape cultures

Our solutions

We specialise in consultancy, brand destinations, live events, content and investor communications




DE&I

Imagination believes that diversity, equity and inclusion are more than just words, and more than a legal framework or a moral obligation – they are guiding principles that, when acted upon, make us stronger, more innovative and more creative as an organisation.

We commit to not only significantly increasing our efforts to effect change today, but also to ensure that our efforts will be sustained for the long-term.

To support us on this journey we have appointed a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Board to help shape our plans to bring about positive change, to help us learn and keep us all moving forward together.

We believe the responsibility for a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace ultimately rests with all of us.

We believe that all employees should feel a sense of belonging at Imagination – regardless of their race, religion or belief, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, disability or background.

We believe racism has no place within our workplace or our work culture and we reject all forms of hatred, prejudice, intolerance and discrimination.

We believe that Black Lives Matter and it is our expectation that all employees become actively committed to making unbiased choices and are anti-racist in everything they do. Our Imagination community must share and live these beliefs, as diversity makes us stronger.

Our priority is humanity and our efforts towards a more diverse, more equitable and more inclusive workplace are never done.


Application

If you are not a perfect fit for the description above, please feel free to make a case for why you’re the right person for the job.

Send us a cover letter and state why you think we should consider you.
Talent comes in all forms and we want to encourage applications from as many different backgrounds as possible.

  • Role Group Financial Controller – Maternity cover
  • Location London, UK
  • Department Operations – Finance & Commercial
  • FTE Fixed Term Contract
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