An international media organisation is looking for an interim Financial Controller on a 12 month FTC.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for maintaining complete and accurate financial records for the trading activity in accordance with local GAAP and IFRS.
• Communicating closely with regional finance lead to ensuring timely, accurate and complete monthly reporting.
• Ensure that monthly balance sheet reconciliations are reviewed on a timely basis with adequate and constructive feedback as well as follow up to ensure queries are actioned.
• Timely preparation of technical papers in respect of all significant one-off items
• Ensure that statutory financial statements and all other statutory filings are complete in line with local deadlines.
• Deal with matters raised by the statutory bodies in a timely and professional manner.
• Participating or leading system, operational or process changes as required.
• Acting as the face for internal and external audits and driving simplification and continuous improvement of financial processes.
• Working closely with the businesses on initiatives and advising on implications from a local GAAP and IFRS point of view. Support with adhoc requests and analysis as required

Requirements:

• Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
• Advanced excel skills
• Strong local GAAP & IFRS knowledge.