Job Description

Reporting directly to the Group CFO and leading an international Finance team based out of London. This is a hands-on but strategic role, which will be responsible for assisting the CFO to maintain robust controls and governance of the client's 12 International Corporate entities and 18 of the Operating Entities around the world.

• Responsibility for European operating business unit financials covering 3 legal entities based in Malta, Poland and Italy. This role will partner with the European Business General Manager based in Poland supporting annual planning & forecasting plus monthly performance management and reporting. This activity is supported by 1 internal team member based in Malta directly reporting to this role, plus an accountant in Poland reporting directly to the Poland GM with dotted line to FC and a 3rd Party external Accountant in Italy.
• Responsibility for managing and oversight of the 3 legal entity statutory financial statement filings in each country.
• Responsibility for the 12 International corporate entities which contain a mixture of holding companies plus operating companies. The primary operating entities with Income and Expenditure are incorporated in UK, UAE & Netherlands.
• The role will oversee all aspects of monthly closing activities, P&L and Balance Sheet responsibility and monthly reporting requirements including preparation of presentations to board directors for certain entities.
• Day to Day responsibility for supervision of the London based accounting team providing support to the running of the 12 corporate entities.
• Responsibility for our UK based Electric Vehicle Charging Company overseeing all aspect of performance reporting on a monthly and annual basis and associated accounting tasks and year-end audit preparation and financial statements filing.
• Responsibility and oversight of annual budgeting and reporting process for all Corporate overhead expenditures working closely with the functional leaders to develop annual plans, manage budget tracking on a monthly basis and work towards identifying cost saving opportunities for the group.
• Overall responsibility for the preparation of annual financial statements and year-end audits for the entities including necessary filing in each geographical jurisdiction.
• Support planned implementation of a Group Consolidation financial systems to automate and improve accuracy of consolidation process.
• Supporting the Group Controller in preparing the annual financial consolidated audit.
• Coordinating with Operating and Non-Operating Entities to complete external audits and submit reporting packs and signed statutory financial statements where required
• Coordinating inter-company reconciliation and elimination exercise
• Checking to ensure all banking covenants are met for group loans
• Obtaining all necessary reviews and approvals to sign before 30th Sept deadline
• Responsibility for the annual financial consolidated audit.
• Coordinating with all Operating and Non-Operating Entities to complete audits and submit reporting packs and signed statutory financial statements where required.
• Obtaining all necessary reviews and approvals to sign before 30th Dec deadline
• Provide support for all annual External and Internal Audit visits and coordinate and implement any recommended corrective actions.
• Ownership for all finance policies and procedures and ensuring compliance is met.
• Responsibility for group cash planning and forecasting processes and supporting global entities with cash and liquidity requirements and monitoring. Managing bank relationships and identifying ways to improve and streamline our treasury processes.
• Day-to-day line management responsibility for 4 team members to manage, coach and develop.
• Support a safe working environment ensuring a culture of high standards regarding safety at work.

Internal progressionExciting business

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA Qualified, ideally with big 4 audit experience
• 10+ years overall finance experience including 3+ years previous experience in a similar Finance leadership role
• Experience working with senior leadership (CEO/CFO) including presenting and reporting to Board Directors
• Experience in using SAP S4 Hana and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central or other similar ERP systems
• Ability to manage multiple tasks at once and priorities workload
• Experience working in an international environment

Our client is part of one of the largest and diversified groups in World. Acquired from a renowned energy & petroleum corporation, it owns worldwide rights of the brand, except Portugal, Spain and the US. The core business is manufacturing and marketing an extensive range of lubricants for all market segments. Today, our client's brand is present in five continents. Aiming to grow global markets with a focus on 3 regions- China, South East Asia and Central and Latin America.
Competitive salary, bonus, pension, Healthcare, 25 days holiday
Exciting environment
Internal growth opportunities, including wider group and international

Skills Required