Financial Controller/Senior Accountant

2 weeks ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom People Engine Full time
Financial Controller/Senior Accountant Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Financial Controller/Senior Accountant to join our team at People Engine. As a key member of our finance department, you will be responsible for managing the financial integrity and performance of our UK, Norway, and Latvia entities.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Lead and be accountable for the monthly closing process and annual audit of the UK entity as part of an existing UK team
  • Prepare relevant financial statements, reconciliations, and supporting documents in connection with the audit process and monthly reporting
  • Support relevant tax compliance matters, in partnership with the tax teams
  • Analyse and diagnose existing financial processes and propose improvements to governance, controls, and efficiency in the finance function
  • Prepare relevant monthly financial reporting
Requirements:

We are looking for individuals with an analytical mindset and a vision for the future, as well as someone who has a strong presence in communication to develop partnerships within the group. Successful candidates should possess the below:

  • Accounting qualification (ACA or equivalent) with a strong academic record (BA, BSc, or equivalent, 2:1 or higher)
  • Proven experience in management and statutory accounts, IFRS, bookkeeping, reporting, and audit
  • Accounting and tax compliance experience with UK
  • Able to demonstrate strong accounting, financial controls, and financial knowledge and practical experience
  • Sage ERP (and modules) experience preferred but not a requirement
  • SAP Hana ERP (and modules) experience preferred but not a requirement
  • Advanced knowledge of Excel with experience of manipulating large datasets and modelling skills (pivot tables, filtering, lookups, etc)
  • Excellent analytical and communication skills (both written and oral), preferably with commercial exposure in previous roles
  • Project management skills, to manage internal and external teams to drive implementation of systems and processes
  • Strong attention to detail, yet also showing ability to surface the key material issues
  • Proven self-starter with experience of being able to work independently, hands-on, focused on delivering outcomes and results, juggling and prioritising across workloads and consistently meeting deadlines


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