We are looking for a highly talented Director of Controlling to lead financial accounting, reporting, tax, treasury, and financial systems for a multi-entity European group. This role reports directly to a fabulous CFO and plays a key part in ensuring compliance, driving operational efficiency, supporting M&A activity, and overseeing the finance shared services function.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead monthly group consolidation, statutory accounts, and audit processes.
- Oversee balance sheet reviews and maintain financial policies and procedures.
- Ensure compliance with reporting requirements and support implementation of system or reporting changes.
Tax & Treasury
- Manage group tax activities, including restructuring, risk management and tax provisions.
- Oversee treasury operations including cash flow forecasting, banking controls, and insurance.
Leadership & Stakeholder Management
- Manage senior finance leaders across reporting, tax, and shared services teams.
- Support the CFO and collaborate with FP&A, business partnering, and other senior finance colleagues.
- Build strong relationships with finance teams across the group and provide support to local entities.
- Drive team development, performance management, and succession planning.
Strategic Projects & M&A
- Support acquisition activity, including due diligence, integration planning and execution.
- Contribute to finance transformation initiatives and systems projects.
- Lead or support ad-hoc finance projects as required.
Qualifications & Skills
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with strong technical accounting expertise.
- Experience managing complex group structures, consolidations, and senior finance teams.
- Strong Excel skills; experience with consolidation or reporting systems is advantageous.
- Proven ability to lead change, improve processes, and work in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
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