Divisional Controller

Location: Coventry, GB**Divisional Controller & SOX Champion**:
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**Role Overview**:

- Ensures the integrity of financial reporting, forecasting and control environment of the Business Unit’s seating operations.
- Ensures the ongoing compliance of the Division with Sarbanes-Oxley legislation and delivery of the SOX Monitoring Plan. Prepare statutory accounts for UK plants.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Lead, develop and retain a world-class finance team.
- Support & coach the Financial Controllers covering all aspects of their roles
- Provide feedback via regular calls & Coaching Conversations
- SOX Champion for the UK
- Balance Sheet review completion (twice per year)
- SOX Quality Reviews (once per year)
- Quarterly SOX Testing reviews
- Deficiency reporting & management
- Ad-hoc SOX related requests
- Accountable for all financial audits.
- External audit management including attending close out reviews
- Internal audit support including Ledgers Not Visited reviews
- Leadership of all financial reporting, forecasting and budgeting.
- Planning, Preparation, consolidation & reporting of the UK Groups monthly results & forecasts/budgets
- Managing close & forecast/budget reviews
- Manage & review the weekly risks and opportunities process.
- Roadmap reporting & management
- Reserves reporting & Quarterly Attest reviews
- Ad-hoc reporting required from Corporate (BP&A, Corporate Compliance, Leadership team)
- UK Statutory Account reporting
- Preparation of Statutory Accounts for 5 entities
- Tax journal preparation
- Management of External Statutory Account audit process to ensure timely sign off
- Business Partnering
- Provide Finance support to the weekly Operations Director meetings
- Provide Finance support to the weekly Commercial E&O reviews
- Attend the VP Management meetings
- Manage & review the Quarterly Cycle Count reports
- Support other Lear projects
- Velocity

**Key Skills and Qualifications**
- Holds relevant Accountant qualifications
- Demonstrates a mature and professional approach, ensuring timely completion of tasks.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Motivate, develop, and coach the Finance team.
- Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills.
- Advanced planning and organizational skills.
- Adaptable and flexible in approach
- A strong team player.
- Self-motivated and proactive approach.
- Flexibility in working hours will be required to meet period end deadlines.