Financial Controller

at  Robert Walters

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated Financial Controller to join a global leader in healthcare. This role offers the chance to lead the accounting process for multiple EMEA entities, ensuring their accuracy and reliability. The successful candidate will be instrumental in transforming the future of healthcare through early detection and treatment by navigating the financial landscape and driving the mission forward. This position offers a competitive salary range of £70,000 - £80,000 and is based in Didsbury.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

As a Financial Controller, you will play a crucial role in leading a talented team of accounting professionals. You will be responsible for driving personal growth within your team, directly managing five people with oversight of twenty. Your role will involve driving the month-end close process, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in financial reporting. You will also hold full responsibility for the fixed asset/inter-company team, and senior revenue accountant. Your expertise will be invaluable in providing strategic insights to support business decisions and contribute to the overall growth of the organisation.

• Lead a team of accounting professionals, fostering an environment of continuous learning and development
• Ensure engagement across the team, implementing monthly reporting KPI’s across EMEA
• Drive the month-end close process, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in financial reporting
• Hold full responsibility for the fixed asset/inter-company team, and senior revenue accountant
• Review and approve monthly balance sheet reconciliations, demonstrating quality to the wider finance team
• Partner with FPA to develop insight by understanding revenue, gross margin and opex variances
• Manage completion of the quarterly reporting pack by the team to provide relevant information to the US finance team for US GAAP
• Implement robust financial controls and policies in line with corporate standards and local regulations
• Coordinate with international teams to harmonise accounting processes and integrate financial systems
• Driving SOX improvements, ensuring zero control deficiencies across accounting controls

The ideal candidate for the Financial Controller role is a seasoned professional with CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualifications. You will have demonstrable experience in accounting, with a strong background in managing teams and cross-border accounting operations in a multinational environment. Your strategic thinking skills, proven track record in process improvement, and ability to navigate complex financial systems will be key to your success in this role. Additionally, your exceptional communication skills will enable you to build relationships across diverse cultural teams and influence at all levels of the organisation.

• A seasoned professional with CIMA/ACCA/ACA Qualifications
• A strategic thinker with a proven track record in process improvement and the ability to navigate complex financial systems
• Exceptional communication skills, capable of building relationships across diverse cultural teams and influencing at all levels of the organisatio