VP – EMEA Cost Controller recruitment
The aim of this role is to provide financial management, reporting and control for total expenses of the business. A key part of the role is to provide financial insight into the cost base and advising to the Corporate Executive and Front Office on how they can influence and reduce these costs. As such, this role requires a unique mix of financial control experience, strong business partnering skills, and accounting expertise
Key Responsibilities
• Full financial management of the Regional cost base including budgeting, forecasting, reporting, analysis
• Producing transparent MI around the cost base to present to key Business heads/ Corporate heads
• Supporting the CAO’s and his/her management team, advising on performance vs. budget, financial strategy, efficiency opportunities, and financial impacts of operating model changes
• Facing off to the business to explain cost allocations and drivers thereof, and advising how they can optimize their consumption of key services such as IT, Operations and Real Estate
• Provide financial support, advice, business case evaluation for key regional initiatives
• Developing and implementing reporting and management review of capex and balance sheets
• Leading, implementing and/or participating in key Finance initiatives that impact the Regional cost base
Key Candidate Requirements
• Fully qualified accountant (CA, CIMA, CPA, CMA, etc)
• 6+ years experience in management accounting or financial control roles with a minimum of two year in an MI reporting role
• Extremely strong PowerPoint skills and excel skills (including VBA)
• A combination of meticulous attention to detail and the ability to think, act and present information at an executive level
• Strong business partnering skills
• Operates well under pressure, delivering high quality information without compromising accuracy.