Financial Controller

Financial Controller – 9 Month Maternity Cover

KONE plc require an experienced Financial Controller for maternity cover, starting November 2024 and running for a minimum 9-month period to the end of July 2025.

Being a public limited company, and wholly owned subsidiary of a listed Finnish multinational business, the reporting processes are both complex and extensive. Relationships must be built and maintained across the UK unit, remote Shared Services, and Corporate HQ.

KONE plc are classified as a Large Business by HMRC and fall under the SAO regime.

The role is based in Keighley (West Yorkshire), or Chertsey (Surrey), with the potential for hybrid working.

Key Responsibilities

• IR35 “off-payroll” Management
  • Continuous assessment of suppliers to ensure compliance.
  • Assessment of new suppliers as part of onboarding process.
  • Close collaboration with Sourcing to maintain compliance and provide advice to the business.

• CIS “Construction Industry Scheme” Management
  • Manage the end-to-end process to ensure accurate and timely submissions of CIS returns, along with payments to HRMC.
  • Includes management of the Shared Service Centre Accounts Payable controls relating to the invoice inputs for CIS. 

• AP & AR Internal
  • Manage the internal KONE Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable processes, partnering with the Shared Service Centre.
  • Supplier and customer account reconciliation reviews.
  • Monitor and review trading partner balances.
  • Liaise with Inter-company Shared Services.
  • Escalation point for issues.

• AP External
  • Manage external supplier Account Payable reconciliations with the Shared Service Centre.
  • Includes the regular monitoring and appropriate action on debit balances.
  • Escalation point for any issues relating to vendor onboarding where there is an a potential to impact compliance.
  • Lead on governance calls with “external” Shared Service Centre to ensure quality metrics achieved.

• Staff Expenses
  • Governance of staff expenses submitted on Concur system.
  • Prepare and post monthly journal for payment.
  • Manage and monitor company credit card expense submissions.
  • Reconcile expense balance sheet accounts ensuring reporting is accurate.
  • Update and send the YTD staff expense report to the business.
  • Escalation point issue relating to staff expenses, along with the separate Operative expense process.

• Month-end closing regular activities
  • Inter-company matching journals.
  • Stock provision journals.
  • Provision for Doubtful Debts, Bad Debt write-offs journals, and the production of the summary report to the finance team.
  • Perform assigned selected balance sheet account reconciliations on a monthly review cycle.

• Balance Sheet
  • Co-ordinate quarterly full balance sheet review process including summary for the Head of Financial Control’s detailed review.
  • Submit all reconciliations to the central ‘Blackline’ reporting system, and ensure they are certified on time.
  • Perform assigned selected balance sheet account reconciliations.
  • Manage GRIR quarterly review and clearing process according to internal rules to ensure accurate reporting. 

• SAO Senior Accounting Officer audit process
  • Manage, including assigned testing tasks, the annual internal SAO controls testing process.
  • Hold periodic reviews with the Head of Financial Control, and the Group Finance Director, with the ultimate aim of providing assurance for the annual certification.

• CCO Criminal Corporate Offences compliance
  • Finance co-ordination.

• Audit
  • Involvement in the ‘group’ audit during January.
  • Involvement in the ‘local statutory’ audit and financial statement production across March to June.

• Other tasks
  • As required by Head of Financial Control.
  • Development of apprentice (shared responsibility).

Professional requirements

• Experience as a Controller and/or working in an audit/accounting practice.
• SAP and CPM Beacon (SAP BPC) or similar application, working knowledge preferred.
• Knowledge of IFRS as well as local GAAP and other relevant local tax & legal legislation.
• ACCA, CIMA, or ACA qualified or similar. 

Entry-level requirements

• Preferably university degree in Finance or relevant field.
• At least 4 years of professional experience.
• Fluent in both written and spoken English.
• Good communication skills.
• Good collaboration, coordination, and networking skills.

At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.

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