Head of Finance

1 week ago

Chichester, United Kingdom The Consultancy Group Full time

**HEAD OF CENTRAL FINANCE**
World publisher, One of the largest in the UK, which has doubled its turnover to circa £100million in the last 3-4 years.

The role of the Head of Central Finance is to oversee the oversee the day-to-day running of the central finance team, which manages the accounting for a large division of the UK group. This role will take hands-on responsibility for the month-end close, managingand developing the central finance team, driving key systems and financial process improvements and supporting the Group FC in general finance control, reporting & compliance for the wider UK group.

As one of the fastest growing UK publishers, the Head of Central Finance will play a key role in the organisation by working directly with the Group FC to embed a recent Finance Transformation and drive systems and process improvements, developing a best-in-classfinance function and a strong financial control environment. You will be hands-on in managing the day-to-day accounting operations of the Central Finance team overseeing 12 staff, taking responsibility for the running of the management accounting function,purchase ledger, sales ledger and payroll teams.

**General**
- Direct line management - finance managers/management accountants within the Central Finance function (Chichester based).
- Management accounts responsibility for submission to the Group FC
- Monthly balance sheet reconciliation reviews
- Finance System Transformation and Development - Dynamics 365
- Inventory accounting
- Expenses oversight
- Audit & stat accounts oversight
- Companies House updates & returns
- Group consolidation system (FPM) reporting
- Payroll oversight
- Cashflow control, banking approvals and cashflow forecasting/reporting
- Financial controls maintenance & improvements

**Management Accounts**
- Responsibility for preparation of monthly management accounts for entities within the division of the UK group
- Input and reconciliation of UK group reporting into Group consolidation system (FPM)
- Identify and implement ways to make optimal use of the new ERP system to drive improvements in the month end close process and management accounts reporting

**Departmental responsibility**
- Hands on responsibility for ensuring the smooth day to day running and management of the Central Finance team, including payroll, sales ledger and purchase ledger functions

**Finance Transformation**
- Engage closely with the technical team in a hands-on way to embed and drive optimal use of the recent Finance Transformation to Dynamics 365
- Identify and implement systems and financial process improvements in the new ERP system to drive efficiency, scalability, accuracy and a strong control environment

**Audit & Reporting**
- Preparation of audit schedules pre-fieldwork
- Liaison with PwC on day-to-day requests through financial audits
- Liaison with Group FC on audit issues

**Tax**
- Liaison with BDO on tax matters & information requests (payroll, VAT, Corp Tax and International)

**Payroll**
- Review payrolls prior to Group FC approval process
- Liaison with Payroll bureau when required

**Reporting Requirements**
- Management Accounts: Monthly
- P&L and BS
- OP reporting
- Review and reconciliation of FPM submissions
- Reforecasts and Budget
- Review and reconciliation of Group FPM submissions
- Other: support business with ad-hoc requests for financial information

**ABOUT YOU**

**USEFUL EXPERIENCE**
- Finance Transformation and Systems Development
- Publishing industry
- Microsoft Dynamics

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