Manager - Financial Reporting & Control

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Key Responsibilities :

• Lead and oversee end-to-end Record-to-Report (R2R) operations for Global Practices, ensuring timely and accurate execution of month-end, quarter-end and year-end close activities.

• Manage a team responsible for accrual accounting, prepayments, intercompany accounting, balance sheet reconciliations, BlackLine certifications, management reporting and period-end submissions.

• Review and approve key R2R deliverables including journal entries, reconciliations, accrual analysis, balance sheet commentaries, reporting packs and BPC submissions prior to stakeholder sign-off.

• Drive timely resolution of balance sheet aged items, intercompany mismatches, accrual ageing issues and reporting exceptions through effective stakeholder engagement.

• Support Forecast, Budget and MFF cycles by overseeing data accuracy, preparing reporting inputs, analysing variances and coordinating submissions through planning systems.

• Establish and monitor operational KPIs, service levels and quality standards across the R2R team to ensure consistent delivery excellence.

• Manage team capacity, workload planning and performance management while providing coaching and technical guidance to team members.

• Partner with Financial Controllers, Finance Business Partners, Shared Services and other stakeholders to improve process effectiveness and enhance reporting quality.

• Drive continuous improvement, automation and standardisation initiatives across R2R processes leveraging D365, BlackLine, BPC and SAC platforms.

• Coordinate and support internal and external audit requirements by ensuring timely delivery of schedules, reconciliations, documentation and management responses.
   

Professional Qualification and Experience

• Qualified Chartered Accountant with 7+ years of post-qualification experience

• Proficient in IFRS and other technical accounting.

• Strong experience in Record-to-Report (R2R), Financial Close, Financial Reporting, Balance Sheet Governance and Revenue/Accrual Accounting.

• Hands-on experience managing month-end close, intercompany accounting, reconciliations, reporting and planning cycles.

• Experience reviewing BlackLine reconciliations, BPC/SAC submissions and supporting audit requirements.

• Strong knowledge of D365, SAP BPC, SAC and BlackLine platforms preferred.

• Proven people leadership experience including coaching, performance management, workload management and stakeholder engagement.

• Experience driving process standardisation, automation and continuous improvement initiatives including AI / RPA within global finance operations would be a plus.

Key personal attributes

• Effective communication, influencing, collaboration and relationship building skills across global cultures

• An agile mindset, with the confidence to operate and solve problems in a complex corporate environment

• Personal confidence to operate alongside senior management on a day-to-day basis

• An initiative-taker, with the ability to drive a clear direction with minimal supervision

• Desire to work in a value driven environment, embracing the dentsu values.

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