What We Are Looking For

We are looking for a visionary Group Financial Controller to lead our in-house Accounting team. Reporting directly to the VP of Finance, you will be responsible for the accuracy and integrity of our financial results, while elevating the quality of our external reporting. Collaborating with external advisors and our internal teams, you'll take the lead on diverse finance projects, driving innovation and efficiency in our financial processes.

What You Will Work On

Monthly Month-End Process: Lead the transformation of our existing global reporting processes. Drive forward automation, enhancing our reporting capabilities, fortifying controls, and improving financial outcomes. Work closely with Corporate FP&A to ensure clear reconciliation between statutory and management accounting records. Improve System Design and Integration:  Oversee the transformation of system design and integrations, ensuring seamless flow of financial data across all our systems. Improve these processes to enhance efficiency and accuracy. Lead the Financial System (NetSuite) chart of accounts – designing a change process, ensuring communication with all relevant departments, and considering ways to improve insight from it. Annual Financial Statements and Audit Processes: Lead the production of our consolidated and subsidiary annual financial statements across several entities. End-to-end management of the annual audit process, managing the relationship with external auditors and other advisors. Foster cross-departmental collaboration to produce high-quality accounting technical papers for internal and external partners. Own Accounting Policies:  Ownership of all accounting policies and procedures for the group, including keeping up to date with local requirements across the US and Europe. Responsible for interpreting accounting treatment of all new and existing customer contracts. Ensure that the accounting policy manual is up-to-date and on changes to / new accounting policies, including analysis of the impact of new accounting standards or preferred practices by the business. Manage End-To-End Financial Operations (FinOps): Working directly with the business and Legal to ensure interpretation of customer contracts, resulting in correct accounting and sales tax treatment, billing cadence and timely collection of cash. Manage all aspects of credit control. Management of Accounts Payable process, working with in-house Procurement function to ensure that adequate accruals are in place, invoices are matched off and payments to suppliers are made in a timely manner. Oversight of global payroll process across all Persado entities. Cash / Banking Management: Working closely with Corporate FP&A to maintain healthy short-term working capital; manage global banking portals and owning ultimate responsibility for the release of payments. Other Ad Hoc: Work closely with tax team on local income tax returns; responsible for reflection of correct accounting system in ERP. Assist with investor reporting and potential fundraising activities.