Financial Controller

Job Description:

Introduction

Dentsu is the network designed for what’s next, helping clients predict and plan for disruptive future opportunities and create new paths to growth in the sustainable economy. Taking a people-centred approach to business transformation, we use insights to connect brand, content, commerce and experience, underpinned by modern creativity.

We’re hiring for a Financial Controller London.

Purpose of the Role

The purpose of this role is to manage financial control processes within the Global Functions and Global Practices teams, driving an appropriate control and compliance environment, and overseeing the production of financial management and statutory information. The role will build a successful team, manage process risk and drive continuous improvement initiatives across multiple processes.

Global Functions incorporates the various functional teams that support dentsu’s International Markets, including Executive, Finance, HR, Technology, Legal, Operations and Commercial teams. Global Practices includes central Practice, brand, supply-side, marketing, research, operations, executive and investment/innovation teams. Although Global Functions and Global Practices have separate organisational structures and commercial finance support, various transactional and operational activities are performed by shared teams.

Key Responsibilities

Policies and controls

• Own and monitor compliance with dentsu financial policies and controls, including dentsu’s internal control framework, ensuring the integrity of the Global Functions and Global Practices financial reporting
• Lead regular reviews to identify and resolve gaps in the design or effectiveness of controls

Management accounts

• Lead monthly balance sheet related processes, including management of working capital
• Oversee delivery of month end reporting to business partners and Group Finance
• Primary point of contact for the team’s Bangalore-based Operational Finance teams
• Review and approval of month end journals
• Support the FDs and Finance Business Partners to deliver accurate reporting and analysis for budget, quarterly forecasts and year end financials

Financial processes and approvals

• Monitor billing and collection activities, including credit insurance coverage, resolving or escalating issues as appropriate
• Oversee the financial administration of people-related activities including management of payroll with HR, maintenance of master data, processes and finance systems
• Lead treasury-related activities including hedging, payments and intercompany loans
• Management of other specialist finance activities including audit, taxation, VAT, insurance and risk management
• Review and approval of balance sheet reconciliations (using the Blackline reconciliation software) and responsible for ensuring all reconciliations are completed each month in line with KPIs
• Review and approval of T&E spend, corporate card applications, intercompany agreements, purchase orders and supplier contracts (when delegation of authority requires FC involvement or approval)
• Preparation of year-end statutory financial statements
• Support the preparation of technical accounting memos where required

Qualifications + Skills

• Fully qualified accountant (ACCA, ACA, CIMA, CPA, CA etc) with proven PQE
• Experience with IFRS and UK accounting standards
• Financial control experience in a large multinational or external audit background
• Strong familiarity with financial systems and financial reporting (D365 and SAC/BPC are preferred systems)
• Experience working with service centres and/or the media/advertising sector an advantage
• Strong influencing skills, pro-active, diligent, and thorough with the ability to meet deadlines in a timely manner

What we offer

• This is a permanent role.
• The teams are based in our London office and operate under flexible working arrangements and are in the office 2-3 days per week – flexible.
• As well as a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.

Inclusion and Diversity

Our diverse and inclusive culture enables our employees to bring their whole selves to work and be proud of doing so. For us, this is the foundation for great innovation which, in turn, generates better outcomes for our people, partners and communities. This is why we encourage applications from people with disabilities, and of all ages, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures.

We are happy to discuss flexible and agile approaches to working for all our roles – we can’t promise we will be able to offer you everything you want or need but we do promise to discuss it with you openly and honestly. If you have any reasonable adjustment needs arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our recruitment teams.

About dentsu

Taking a people-centred approach to business transformation, we use insights to connect brand, content, commerce and experience, underpinned by modern creativity. As part of Dentsu Group Inc. we are headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and our 65,000 employee-base of dedicated professionals work across four regions (Japan, Americas, EMEA and APAC). Dentsu combines Japanese innovation with a diverse, global perspective to drive client growth and to shape society.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion sits at the heart of our Social Impact strategy – our fully integrated sustainability strategy which includes our ambition to build a fair and more equal society, where everyone is equipped to thrive.

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Location:

London

Brand:

Global Functions

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent