Finance Manager Control & Compliance

Job Reference: /CF/03-04/1135/13

Job Title: Finance Manager Control & Compliance

Location: New Century House, Ipswich

Salary: Competitive 

Hours per week: Monday to Friday - 09:00 - 17:00 - 37. 5 hours per week 

Business Overview

Atalian Servest and OCS have merged to create a new organisation, the OCS Group UK & Ireland. We are a leading facilities management company providing a range of both standalone and integrated services including cleaning, catering, security, technical services, energy management and compliance, front of house, landscaping, logistics, waste management and pest control services. The company has a turnover of £1.5bn and operates across the UK and Ireland with 50,000 colleagues delivering innovative award-winning services to the private and public sectors and supporting the local communities in which it operates.

Role Overview

We are currently recruiting for a Finance Manager Control & Compliance to join our passionate and driven team based at New Century House, Ipswich

To support the Financial Controller in achieving the objectives of the Central Finance team.

You will be responsible for leading a team covering a number of areas of the accounting process. These include maintaining the integrity of the balance sheet, minimising financial risks, liaising with external auditors throughout the audit process, completion of regulatory returns, enforcing control and compliance, ensuring the cash, asset and expenses functions are well managed, and other accounting and reporting responsibilities are completed to the expected standards, adhering to relevant policies.

Your focus will be to deliver service excellence to all internal stakeholders and to ensure that our timelines and strict key performance indicators are adhered to at all times whilst seeking continuous improvements to core finance processes and document procedures.

You will lead a small team ensuring that they are motivated, focused and driven to achieve results and that all personnel have clear deliverables that they must achieve for themselves as well as for the wider financial team.

Benefits

Informal hybrid / flexible working arrangements
25 days holiday + bank holidays
Free fruit in our offices
Employee Referral Scheme (if you refer a successful candidate to one of our vacancies)
Wide range of retail discounts
Regular social and charity events held in our offices
Get involved in charity events in the local community 

Wellbeing

Discounted gym membership
Eye test £25 voucher and up to £100 towards glasses
Join our Cycle to Work scheme via salary sacrifice
Access to “CHROMA”, our internal colleague-led diversity and inclusion community – join a committee or take part in our D&I initiatives and events
Access to internal Mental Health First Aiders 

Career development and recognition

Immediate access to “Opportunity” our internal Learning and Development platform
Required professional membership fees paid for
Opportunity to win monthly Atalian Servest Superstar Awards
Long service awards 

Key Responsibilities:

To manage and report on the underlying financial records for OCS Group UK Limited and other UK ensuring compliance to IFRS and internal policies.
To assist the UK Financial Controller with the statutory reporting process including taking the lead for preparation of audit files and be a key point of liaison between external auditors and internal stakeholders including sector finance teams and contract managers.
Take responsibility for all statutory disclosure requirements and ad hoc external regulatory reporting.
Responsible for the production and submission of annual statutory accounts.
To successfully manage the Control & Compliance finance team, to lead and develop the team promoting training and staff development for the team including liaising with training providers for team members undertaking professional qualification training.
Drive continuous process improvement throughout all the central finance procedures adopting best practice.
To ensure balance sheet accounts are fully reconciled to underlying records and risks are identified and mitigated on a timely basis.
Ensure robustness and completeness of financial records so that quarterly declarations to Group are compliant.
Manage the quarterly sector balance sheet review process.
Lead reconciliation of intercompany accounts, ensuring P&L and balances sheet is reconciled for the Group on a monthly basis.
To act as a key contact for completion and reporting to the Group Function.
To validate accuracy and ensure timely submission of the quarterly VAT returns and CIS returns.
To enforce asset and lease policy compliance and to improve upon the current process.
To ensure carbon emissions reporting is efficient and timely for the central finance function.
To liaise with the internal auditor to ensure cash management of catering sites is effective and efficient.
To provide collaborative support to the shared services team leaders.
To control the opening and closing of finance system ledgers at month end and year end. 

About You:

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK
Graduate
Drivers Licence required 
Flexible working Currently three days a week in the office, two days a week at home 

Professional Qualifications required for the job-(particularly for compliance purposes or technical

requirements of the role)

Qualified accountant ACA/ACCA/CIMA minimum   

Experience previous experience desirable/essential for technical competence of the role

Experience of day to day management of a finance team in a medium-large organisation in a similar role.
Proven track record of reviewing financial accounts, postings and reports.
Year end audit experience including managing requirements to meet a strict reporting timetable and acting as primary liaison with external auditors.
Knowledge of ERP software.
Good knowledge of fundamental accounting principles, IFRS
Audit background preferred but not essential 

Personal Characteristics/Attributes

Ability and experience to lead the finance team, motivating and empowering the team to continuously improve their service delivery.
Presence, drive, professional rigour and tenacity.
Results driven - able to deliver to tight deadlines and work with minimal direction and supervision.
Excellent organisation and communication skills to manage resources against delivery targets.
Solid accounting knowledge and attention to detail while comprehending the bigger picture.
A clear service excellence approach to work with a passion for delivering correctly, first time, on time. 

How to apply

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