The Finance Team’s vision is to partner with the Group in driving profitable growth through finance excellence. This senior management role works with finance and business colleagues from around the globe to deliver this vision.
Key Accountabilities
Financial Accounting, Reporting and Audit
- Support our India reporting leadership teams with best practice, process improvement and accounting manual maintenance and be UK point of contact for stakeholders in these processes along with:
- Review of the Group and subsidiary financial and reporting processes
- Support of Group and subsidiary external audits.
- Review and input on Group Annual and Interim Reports and subsidiary statutory accounts
- Assessing the impact of new accounting standards on the business and working with Shared Services to implement changes to accounting practices, reporting and restatement of results.
- Providing accounting technical advice in relation to complex or unusual transactions.
- Monitoring the performance of the Shared Service function and broader finance functions in particular with regard to compliance with group accounting policy and guidelines
- Group restructuring, legal entity simplification and distributable reserves planning.
- Oversight of APAC region accounting and filing delivery
Risk and Compliance
- Overseeing the planning and coordination of the Group’s risk review process and tracking progress.
- Ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and regulations impacting on the finance function, through implementation and adherence to internal policies. Investigate irregularities, instances of fraud and non‑compliance issues.
- Overseeing the compliance onboarding of vendors and customers in the business.
- Co‑ordinating the work of the outsourced internal audit function.
- Managing the Group insurance programme stakeholders.
Treasury
- Proactively managing group and regional liquidity needs while maximising facility usage and deposit returns
- Robust cashflow process to anticipate financing needs and understand deviations from expectations
- Proactively managing foreign exchange exposures
- Reporting to regular Treasury and Audit & Risk Committees
- Overseeing the management of banking relationships
- Overseeing a robust banking and treasury control environment ensuring strong internal and anti‑fraud controls are maintained in line with policies and procedures
- Partnering with the business to ensure Group Finance objectives are met with regard to managing Economist subscriber payments
- Delivery of process and system improvements to drive efficiencies around treasury activities
Other Responsibilities
- Experience in delivering systems and process change, preferably an ERP transformation
- Supporting on delivery of finance improvement projects in systems and processes
- Senior leader in team driving best practice cross team collaboration and initiatives
Experience, Skills and Professional Attributes
Education and Training
- Previous work experience and knowledge
- Preparation of Annual Reports to shareholders and statutory accounts
- Strong technical accounting knowledge
- Managing accounting functions including qualified accountant)
- Knowledge of laws and regulations relevant to companies and finance functions
- Audit coordination
- Treasury knowledge
- Knowledge of internal financial control frameworks
- Business risks and insurance
Technology
- ERP knowledge, Peoplesoft (an advantage)
- Strong Excel
Languages
- Analytical approach to problem solving
- Managing teams
- Development of processes
- Communication
- Delivering change and continuous improvement
- Developing relationships with internal and external contacts
Personal Attributes
- Commitment to quality and timely service delivery
- Hands‑on approach
- Ability to multi‑task and prioritize
- Pro‑activity and responsiveness
- Consultative
- Making appropriate judgments
- Ability to provide well‑presented information and insightful analysis of information
Interpersonal Skills
- Clear communicator of views and opinions
- Ability to build networks and work with stakeholders and in teams
- Sensitivity in providing views
Performance Measures
- Ability to deliver financial reports on time with no surprises
- Ability to manage liquidity requirements and minimise foreign exchange volatility
- Clarity of instructions issued and reports delivered
- Compliance environment understood, strengthened, and number of compliance issues decreased
- Cleanliness of internal and external audit reports
- Efficiency of Group structure in place
- Good relationships across the business and with the Shared Services team
Benefits
- Highly competitive pension or 401(k) plan
- Private health insurance
- 24/7 access to counselling and wellbeing resources through an Employee Assistance Program
- Generous annual and parental leave
- Dedicated days off for volunteering and for moving home
- Free access to all Economist content, including online subscription, apps, podcasts and more
Working Arrangements
The majority of our roles operate on a hybrid working pattern, with 3+ days office attendance required.
We are committed to building and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce.
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