Senior Finance Manager, Financial controllership

Institute of Management Accountants, Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global finance organization is seeking a Senior Finance Manager to oversee reporting and budgeting processes. This role involves managing a team, ensuring accurate financial results, and fostering strong relationships within finance teams. Candidates should possess advanced Excel skills, financial control experience, and a professional accounting qualification (ACA). This position offers opportunities for personal growth in a dynamic environment based in Greater London.

Benefits

Healthcare

Retirement planning

Paid volunteering days

Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Proven ability to form strong relationships with customers and partners.
• Track record of meeting deadlines on a monthly close timetable.
• Self-motivated and strong work ethic.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with finance teams to report actuals and develop forecasts.
• Manage a team with training and guidance on standard processes.
• Build a control framework to highlight accounting issues.

Skills

Advance level Excel

Financial control

People management

IAS/IFRS knowledge

Strong customer focus

Effective communication

Autonomous work

Education

ACA qualification

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Job description

Senior Finance Manager, Financial controllership

• Work closely with the Corporate Finance Business Partnering team in both reporting actuals as also supporting development of forecasts and budgets as appropriate.
• Manage and develop a team with two direct reports (Finance Managers), providing training and guidance on standard process.
• Manage and coordinate Monthly Close activities in SAP and Oracle, driving cost assurance measures to ensure results are complete and accurate.
• Production of key supporting schedules and accounting memos for significant costs.
• Build a control framework to highlight any potential accounting issues and find opportunities for a more robust control environment to mitigate key risks.
• Coordinate the preparation of Balance Sheet Packs providing full commentary on movements and breakdown of balances for areas supported.
• Manage and coordinate audit responses.
• Work with Finance, Business and Corporate function & Operations stakeholders to deliver outcomes by providing corresponding accounting, reporting and financial control support and enablement activities.
• Working with Business Partners and Transfer Pricing to deliver cost allocations models.

Key Relationships

• Corporate Finance team
• Wider Financial controllership team
• Central FP&A team
• Wider controllership function especially group policy and consolidations and compliance
• Offshore Centre of Excellence teams in India and Colombo
• External and Internal Auditors

Technical/Professional Skills & Competencies

• Advance level Excel (VBA/Marcos not required)
• Experience in Month End cycle and financial control
• Significant people management experience.
• Good working knowledge of IAS/IFRS
• Proven ability to form strong relationships with customer and partners
• Comfortable with working autonomously as well as part of a team
• Proven track record to meet deadlines as well as working to a monthly close timetable
• Clear and effective communicator
• Strong customer focus & work ethic
• Self-motivated.

Desired Skills

• SAP and Oracle experience is desirable

Professional Accounting Qualification

ACA/

LSEG Purpose and Values

Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth. Underpinning our purpose, our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change set the standard for everything we do, every day. They guide the way we interact with each other, the partners we work with and our customers. Delivering on our purpose and living up to our values is a responsibility that we all share.

Career Stage

Manager

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Information

Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact, we'd love to hear from you.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce.

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