Financial Controller

JOB OBJECTIVE

The Financial Controller is responsible for overseeing the timely and accurate completion of monthly and quarterly financial closings in accordance with US GAAP & local GAAP across the EMEA Networks, Hayu & Direct-to-Consumer entities in the UK, Spain and France.

KEY RESPONSIBILITES

• Responsible for monthly and quarterly closes to ensure accurate financial bookings and timely reporting of financials and balance sheet reviews to senior management, for numerous legal entities.
• Ownership of legal entities incl. statutory accounts process, corporate reporting requirements, account reconciliations and balance sheet reviews.
• Day to day oversight of Controllership team of 3 as well as additional offshore resources.
• Responsible for financial accounting across multiple feeds, channels, territories & departments, with focus on accurate revenue and cost accruals. Involves journal entry review, Interco management, channel/territory reviews and decision making in judgmental areas.
• Supporting multiple P&L owners to validate & understand financial performance of each channel/territory on a monthly and quarterly basis, providing analysis and back up as needed.
• Identification and communication of risks & opportunities impacting on the monthly & quarterly results and supporting FP&A counterparts in the forecasting and budgeting processes to validate key accounting assumptions to ensure these are accurately reflected.
• Providing finance support to commercial and legal teams including new business initiatives such as territory/channel launches ensuring robust, efficient and compliant process in place to support the business.
• Liaise with central Tax team on Corporation Tax, VAT and WHT.
• Local statutory compliance & support on local French, Spanish & UK audits.
• Build relationships with key stakeholders – including opco functional leads, International Networks Group Controller, Corporate Finance, Tax, Treasury, and outsource partners.
• Any other duties commensurate with the level of responsibility of this post, for which the post holder has the necessary experience and/or training.

Requirements

Essential:

• Qualified accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA or equivalent).
• Minimum 4 years post-qualified experience.
• Excellent knowledge of UK/US GAAP, and working knowledge of French, Spanish GAAP.
• Understanding of foreign tax compliance requirements.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office tools (especially Excel & PowerPoint).
• Demonstrated leadership skills with experience developing finance professionals.
• Ability to deliver on multiple assignments, meet tight deadlines, be effective and decisive under pressure.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to analyse/present financial & non-financial information to large group and senior audience.
• Ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders across the business.
• Positive can-do attitude and solution focused mindset.

Desired:

• In addition to English, being able to speak French and Spanish would be advantageous.
• Experience of working with outsourced service provider.
• Experience of working with General Ledger and Consolidation systems, SAP/BPC/AOE.
• Experience working in a large multinational corporation.
• Strong interest in the media industry and television business.

All applicants must be able to provide documentation to prove they are able to work in the United Kingdom.

The responsibilities associated with this position are not limited to the above description and may be modified at any time by the Company.