Full job description With multiple offices around the world, this international financial services company has a solid reputation in the industry along with a strong track record of sustained success. Their Finance function in London have released a newly created senior finance position to support future complex acquisitions into the Group’s central Finance functions. The role will build a robust, reliable and auditable financial control environment for the acquired businesses, strengthen the quality of financial reporting, and prepare accounting processes, data and controls for sustainable integration into the Group operating model. The role combines hands-on financial controllership with integration delivery. It will develop a detailed understanding of the acquired business’ end-to-end Finance processes, identify control and reporting gaps, implement practical remediation, and work in partnership with the Finance Integration team, Central Programme Office, business leadership and other corporate functions.
Profile Criteria:
*Significant post-qualification experience (min. 8-10 years PQE, the more the better)
*Hands-on and highly involved post-acquisition finance integration experience (essential)
*Clear and demonstrable experience as a senior finance leader and professional in a complex, multi-entity or international organisation.
*Proven ability to establish robust financials, remediate accounting weaknesses and improve the quality and reliability of month-end and year-end reporting. Deep experience designing and operating controls over accounting processes, journals, revenue and cost recognition, close and balance sheet substantiation.
*Experience analysing end-to-end Finance processes and preparing them for integration, standardisation, centralisation or systems migration.
*Exposure to complex legal-entity structures, multiple currencies and cross-border accounting environments.
*Balance sheet control: implements rigorous reconciliation, substantiation, ageing and resolution standards.
*Process and control design: translates identified risks into practical preventive and detective controls with defined evidence.
*Accounting analysis: investigates complex movements, identifies root causes and determines appropriate remediation.
*Confident communicator with excellent stakeholder management skills.
Summary of tasks and responsibilities (but not limited to):
*Build robust and reliable financials
*Accounting process and control implementation
*Revenue and cost recognition
*Balance sheet substantiation
*Finance process discovery and integration readiness
*Finance systems, data and reporting
*Stakeholder management and governance
*Handover and sustainable operation