Financial Controller – Global Private Equity Firm – Up to £115,000 Bonus Benefits – Central London with hybrid working

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a fully-qualified (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) and hands-on Financial Controller to join a growing global private equity firm’s Finance team, to take responsibility for UK and French legal entities and revenue accounting, including:

Oversight of month-end close of UK group and French group entities
Financial regulatory reporting in the UK and France – review, submission, co-ordination with Compliance department, implementation of new requirements when they arise, regulatory capital forecast
Preparation of statutory accounts and management of year-end audit of UK and French entities
Oversight of revenue recognition and business partnering with project teams and the FP&A team to validate revenue streams, contract terms and billing schedules
Oversight of accounts receivables
Support the implementation and optimisation of revenue-related systems and controls
Management of two direct reports
Develop and maintain revenue recognition accounting policies and procedures
Identify and implement improvements to drive more robust and efficient operational processes for financial reporting
Support strategic projects and other ad hoc financial analysis and reporting as required

Profile Criteria:

Qualified (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) candidate with solid / significant post-qualification work experience, preferably from the investment management or financial services sector
Well-rounded finance accounting skills covering hands-on involvement with statutory accounts production, financial control, oversight of the yearly audit, tax compliance, core month-end processes, statutory, revenue reporting / recognition, oversight / management of AR processes, etc.
Must be a confident, hands-on and experienced man-manager with capable problem-solving, horizon/future planning, bottleneck avoiding/clearing, task setting experience
Excellent communication skills and a social personality