Senior Finance Manager

Ruby Group are looking for a UK Senior Finance Manager to join a global business located in Central London. Reporting to the Financial Controller you will have responsibilities for the management and financial accounting functions. Delivery of timely Financial management information to the business. Continuous review and development of internal controls, SOX compliance and responsibility for the delivery of Statutory Financial Statements and audit process. You will have responsibility for the management and financial accounting functions and delivery of timely essential Financial management information to the business. Continuous review and development of internal controls, SOX compliance and responsibility for the delivery of Statutory Financial Statements and audit process. Management of a team of 16 spread across Management and Financial accounting and transactional finance. Delivering high quality management information to Group and UK business heads on a monthly and quarterly basis. Ensuring internal control environment design and application remain SOX compliant at all times. Annual SOX audit management and liaison. FCA Returns. VAT Return review. Payroll Review. Delivery of annual FRS102 Financial statements for 22 UK entities. Monthly journals and Balance sheet reconciliation review. Manage audit relationship and delivery of audit file and completion to budget each year. Support the development of a new UK Finance system (e.g. SAP) in 2017. Working with the Developers and rest of the finance team. Any other task that may reasonably be required.

The ideal applicant will have a professional qualification in either ACA, ACCA, CIMA, have the ability to make decisions and use initiative in highly pressured environments. Excellent Stakeholder management and relationship building skills. Experience of managing medium sized teams (10+) Strategic thinker, who can consider the bigger picture and the impacts to the business. A proven track record of delivering results in a dynamic and rapidly changing environment, delivering financial statements on time and achieving a clean annual audit. Excellent communication skills and ability to communicate and present at all levels from Board to non-financial senior management. Intermediate to Advanced Excel. US GAAP Knowledge preferred but not essential. SOX environment experience preferred but not essential. FCA familiarity preferred. Our client offers an excellent working environment, a great benefits package and the chance to progress into an FC/FD position.