Group Financial Controller
Pro-Finance
London, GB
Group Financial Controller up to £700 per day (Umbrella) Hybrid London 12-months + For a large international organisation, we are recruiting an Interim Group Financial Controller to focus on their short-term cash flow forecast model, intercompany, and trapped cash. Critically, this role will fully implement and embed the use of a 13-week short term cashflow forecast and will oversee the cash repatriation to the UK from overseas entities, liaising with Treasury, Tax, FP&A, Group Statutory Reporting, and the MSP. The Group Financial Controller will also lead monthly close, balance sheet integrity, intercompany processes and compliance, and develop insight and understanding of the company's working capital to drive initiatives to optimise. Main Duties: Fully develop and embed the short-term 13-week cash flow forecast and process notes with the goal of transferring this to the MSP Coordinate work across Financial Control, Tax, and Treasury to improve cash repatriations to the UK (trapped cash) Leadership of change across global financial control activities including monthly-close, balance sheet integrity, intercompany processes and financial regulation compliance Partner with business units and regions to support change in the transactional finance activities, monthly close and financial compliance is carried out. Lead multiple stakeholders across territories to ensure consistent standards and performance including interaction with the MSP Drive improvement in understanding and reporting of working capital across the group and entities Key role in coordinating activity across Treasury, Tax, FP&A, Group Statutory reporting and the Managed Service Provider as well as overseas Finance teams to maximise accuracy Ensure strong Audit readiness, managing relationships with internal / external auditors Line management of 3 Finance Controllers (functional and business units) Person Specification: Qualified Accountant with proven experience at Group-level Financial Control Experience of embedding and managing short-term cash-flow models and forecasting Experience of trapped cash and the repatriation of cash across multiple territories to the UK Strong intercompany experience Strong experience of bid data Experience of leading a geographically dispersed and culturally diverse team Experience leading a Finance team supporting multiple business models Experience working in a matrix management structure SAP experience Shared Services experience Experience of leading large change projects / initiatives ________ As an employer, we are committed to ensuring the representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.