Job Description

Want to join a company that brings the world together through a global understanding of media produced in various regions, all with communication and cultural understanding at its core?

VSI provides language localisation and media services, including lip-sync dubbing, voice-over, subtitling, translation, transcreation and more, in over 80 languages worldwide. Founded in 1989 and headquartered in London, VSI owns and operates 28 studio facilities across Europe, the US, the Middle East and Latin America with trusted partnerships in Asia. VSI works across a wide range of sectors, from broadcast, VOD, theatrical and gaming to corporate and creative.

This is a hybrid position (2 days on-site, 3 days WFH).

Job overview

You are part of a high performing and expanding team, working closely with the Group Financial Controller, managing the workload of the Financial Reporting team to deliver the monthly-consolidated accounts and consistent management information to the Board, inform treasury decisions and ensuring appropriate controls are in place.

Main responsibilities

Reporting to the Group Financial Controller, the successful candidate will manage the team of Group Financial Accountants and work with local finance teams across the group's subsidiaries, partner with the wider business and be responsible for:


Consolidated statutory and management accounts

Manage the gathering and consolidating accounting data from the Group entities on a monthly basis including intercompany eliminations and group adjustments, ensuring the group reporting deadlines are clearly communicated and met. Ensuring local accounting data is consistently reported, accurate, detailed and mapped to the Group chart of accounts to allow meaningful analysis and comparison. Oversee and improve the intercompany eliminations process, ensuring full elimination of transactions each month end. Supporting the establishment and implementation of Group accounting, reporting and control policies across the Group, ensuring their consistent application and providing training and support where necessary (e.g. revenue and cost recognition, foreign exchange transactions, activity-based costing etc.) Supporting the development and implementation of a formal Board Pack and delivering group management accounts to relevant stakeholders in accordance to their requirements (including supplementary analysis for example of revenue/margin by client, service language as well as working with and providing reports to other parts of the business (operations, sales HR etc.) Key point of contact for the Group audit and preparation of the annual group statutory accounts Working with the team and external advisors to ensure that any global tax considerations are identified and managed, and to support the implementation of the Group's tax strategy.

Treasury support


Manage and develop the weekly cashflow forecast, providing insight into the cash needs of the VSI group entities Quarterly covenant checks and other compliance reporting

Budgeting & forecasting


Supporting the Group's budget / forecast process including the preparation of budgets and forecasts, including presentations and all supporting schedules and analysis as required Supporting the implementation of a Group-wide forecasting / analytics platform further in the future

Implementation and administration of financial information system


Support the rollout of the Group financial system across subsidiaries, including common best practices and processes for the use of the system Help identify and nurture key users across locations who are subject matter experts for each of the key process areas, can ensure best practices are followed and embedded controls are complied with Support the initial implementation and use of the system ensuring over time are consistent across locations, to enable simpler processes, efficiencies and coherent information

Shared services and internal controls

Contribute to the definition of the Finance shared services strategy and execute it across functions that are relevant to the Group controllership (e.g. OTC/PTP, treasury...) in order to improve value for money and quality of delivery Support the review, improvement and effectiveness of operation of internal controls across the group Support the establishment of a group or shared services finance function

Business partnering

Partner with the business to provide financial insight and solutions, including working with the sales team to develop and maintain rate cards.

Competencies required

Previous experience in a Group Finance Manager role at a complex multinational group essential Fully qualified accountant (Ideally ACA/CIMA/ACCA/CA) Strong technical skills and experience with UK GAAP, FRS 102 and IFRS standards Highly advanced excel modelling skills including building and working with an integrated and detailed P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash flow model is essential Ability to identify potential issues associated with unusual or complex transactions, review and approve the appropriate treatment Ensure integrity, accuracy and completeness of all financial statements; discuss the need for and nature of appropriate disclosures Implement efficient process changes consistent with best practices; create a corporate culture of compliance and shared accountability to ensure full organisation compliance

What else is on offer?

Private medical insurance Enrolment to company salary sacrifice pension scheme Discounted gym membership Cycle-to-work scheme Travel card loan * Regular social activities