The role of the Manager, Financial Control is a key position within the internal Finance team for a temporary contract lasting between 9 to 12 months, operating at 37.5 contracted hours per week. This role is pivotal in maintaining strong financial control, ensuring high-quality financial reporting, and fostering a robust risk and control environment. Responsibilities encompass leading core financial control activities such as month-end and year-end closures, balance sheet governance, statutory reporting, and facilitating audit coordination. Working alongside the Finance Operations & Control Manager and relevant teams, this role ensures the integrity of the financial records while supporting continuous improvement in processes and reporting. The successful candidate will be instrumental during a period marked by ongoing change and a delivery-focused culture. This position demands a proactive approach to financial governance and stakeholder engagement, ensuring that financial operations align with strategic objectives.
Job Duties:
- Lead and deliver the month-end and year-end close processes, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of financial outputs.
- Prepare and coordinate statutory financial statements and serve as a key point of contact for external auditors.
- Own balance sheet control, including oversight of reconciliations and resolution of issues.
- Ensure adherence to accounting standards, firm policies, and technical accounting requirements.
- Support regulatory reporting obligations, ensuring accurate and timely submissions.
- Maintain and operate an effective financial risk and control framework with strong governance.
- Provide financial control oversight across finance operations, including outsourced accounts payable and receivable teams.
- Manage cash and treasury-related processes, including covenant monitoring and reporting.
- Ensure finance processes are well documented, consistently applied, and effectively controlled.
- Contribute to the delivery of accurate management reporting to Finance leadership and stakeholders.
- Provide variance analysis and financial commentary to explain movements and ensure data integrity.
- Act as a trusted point of contact for financial control matters for Finance leadership and wider stakeholders.
- Support the Finance leadership team with clarity on financial governance and reported performance.
- Identify and implement opportunities to strengthen financial controls and enhance reporting quality.
- Manage, coach, and support members of the Financial Control team, promoting high standards and accountability.
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field.
- Fully qualified accountant with a recognised UK professional designation.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in finance, with post-qualification experience in financial control or reporting.
- Strong technical accounting and financial reporting knowledge.
- Demonstrable experience in delivering month-end and year-end close processes, and coordinating audits.
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.
- Clear communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience operating within a controlled, regulated, or professional services environment.
- Demonstrated people management or supervisory experience.
- Exposure to finance system upgrades or process change initiatives is desirable.
- Travel between the Channel Islands is expected, with occasional travel to the UK and Operation Centres in Europe.
What You’ll Love:
This role provides an opportunity to contribute significantly to the financial control environment, working in a collaborative space that prioritises professional growth. The environment encourages skill development in essential financial disciplines, ensuring you can thrive amidst ongoing changes and challenges. Career development and training are valued highly, allowing you to enhance your expertise while making a meaningful impact.
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