Interim EMEA Finance Manager - 9 month FTC

An Interim EMEA Finance Manager is required to join the EMEA Controllership team. You'll be responsible for the close accounting processes and deliverables for various segments, reporting to the Senior Manager.

Client Details

An exciting, well established West London business.

Description

• Day to day management, support & development of a team of 2 people, including hiring, objective setting, performance management, guidance, and training.
• Ensuring quarterly close activities are completed in an accurate and timely manner e.g. monitor the timely completion of the team deliverables checklist & facilitate fast issue resolution.
• Ensuring overall preparation of reporting packages & financial reports, such as income statements, balance sheet flux schedules and impairments are completed on a timely basis & all issues & variances are followed up on where required.
• Reviewing & approving key close postings and deliverables before period close
• Working closely with local, EMEA & US teams on a daily basis to bridge knowledge gaps, facilitate rapid issue resolution, implementing new systems, processes and facilitating change management.
• Approval of all journals & intercompany invoices over $1m.
• Approval of all monthly & quarterly Balance Sheet reconciliations.
• Maintaining status of an EMEA centre of excellence & liaising with EMEA & US teams on a daily basis to ensure accounting, tax & legal compliance.
• Ensuring compliance with accounting policies for EMEA internally developed content, third-party acquisitions, pre-buys (original acquisitions) US content, contributions, interstitials, development & pilot & content produced for third parties.
• Approving in the system set ups for assets, liabilities, amortisation, collapsing assets & AP payments on an ongoing basis as well as advising the team on efficient issue resolution.
• Preparation of the EMEA BS Flux, investigation of variances & providing feedback to the US corporate & EMEA leadership teams.
• Review of the EMEA Media P&L Flux, for all material LOBs, investigation of variances & providing feedback to the US corporate & EMEA leadership teams.
• Attending & leading quarterly close calls to ensure the leadership team receive timely & accurate updates on close numbers.
• Leading business partnering with local Finance, US controllership & other various teams to drive out change, add value and maintain commercial awareness.
• Liaising with external Auditors on a regular basis, including attending the audit calls.
• Ensure compliance with Sarbanes Oxley & Disney Minimum Control Standards e.g. journal log.
• Identify & drive areas of improvement within current processes with the aim of maintaining the current high standard of service provided in a more efficient manner.
• Legal entity rationalisation i.e. mergers and transfers of business.

Profile

• Qualified CIMA/ACCA/ACA with a minimum of 5 years' post qualified experience
• Advanced excel skills.
• SAP experience
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to analyse information critically & ask questions.
• Adaptable & ability to manage to tight deadlines
• Strong interpersonal skills to establish effective working relationships across all levels of the organisation.

Job Offer

Hybrid working - 3 days in the office in West London

Pension contribution

Bonus scheme

Discounts