Financial Controller - Asia Pacific/Middle East & India Regions

Main Responsibilities

- Review and analysis of the monthly financials with special focus on compliance to company finance policies and IFRS

- Support the month end closing process and preparation of month-end deliverables as per the group guidelines

- Work closely with country Finance directors on preparation of analysis and enhancing the controls

- Provide guidance and support to the country financial accounting team on key accounting issues

- Own the preparation and presentation of quarterly financial clearance materials to Regional Finance Directors

- Liaise with statutory auditors and work with in country finance to ensure statutory audit compliance

- Manage the accounting and analysis of regional HQ entities

- Work with SSC teams to embed the transitioned processes and provide guidance & direction to the teams to further enhance the control environment.

- Control and run process of completion of Internal Financial Reviews for both the regions

- Work with the RP&A team in region to develop effective reporting and financial analysis in line with best practice in UK.

- Being key stakeholder in the implementation of ERP system in the region.

- Act as regional representative to work with Corporate Accounting Team on global policies and procedure implementation

- Work on continuous improvement of the processes

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

Formal education: Degree Level desirable

Technical education: Full accounting qualification (first time passes)

- Formal financial accounting qualification ACA,

- Good knowledge of International Accounting Standards and control governance

- Extensive post qualification experience in a similar role in a large listed group (FTSE 250) or large multinational, with proven track record in this technical field

- Experience in reviewing businesses performance against budget and forecast with the management team providing a robust and healthy challenge

- Experience in finance transformation activities

- Experience in reducing the month end timetable in global organizations

- Experience in strengthening a range of financial processes and controls

- Experience of ERP systems and group reporting tools

- Ability to travel through Asia and Middle East