Private equity Financial Controller recruitment
Group Financial Controller required by an International market leading Private Equity firm. You must have a reporting and systems focus whilst also having the ability to communicate effectively as you will be reporting to the Group FD. You will have one direct report in London, with a dotted line to reports in each Operating Country.
The Group is a telecoms towers company based in London with International Assets. It is a Private equity-backed business with highly experienced and highly regarded investors with an initial $375m equity capital. The company has been trading over 2 years and has annualised revenues of $100m with high growth forecast over the next 5 years.
You must have experience at either big 4 or global blue chip and be a qualified accountant. You must have excellent systems reporting development experience as well as excellent attention to detail. Other essential skills are Excel and PowerPoint as well as Consolidation experience and first rate communication.
Your responsibilities will include:
1. Reporting
a. Monthly group consolidated mgmt. pack
b. Monthly internal cost centre reporting (need to develop this)
c. Quarterly board pack (assist group FD)
d. Annual statutory reporting including auditor liaison and group consolidation under IFRS (currently 10 entities to consolidate, likely more to come)
e. Manage production of stat accounts across group (understand local lender requirements)
2. System
a. Manage finance system integrity controls – access rights, CoA, reporting mappings
b. Work with group IT in development of system reporting (cost centre reporting, other ad-hoc reporting)
3. Treasury
a. Group cash flow forecasts (weekly)
b. Debt covenant monitoring
4. Budgets Forecasts
a. Prepare HoldCo annual budget forecasts
b. Assist in OpCo budget forecast preparation