Finance Manager / Controller (UK)
Wyless, the leading M2M managed services provider, with office locations in the USA, UK and Switzerland, is seeking an experienced finance manager/controller with a strong accounting background for our United Kingdom finance team. The controller will be responsible for providing financial leadership and support to the UK finance department and other departments with as many as fifteen employees. The ideal candidate thrives in a very fast-paced and dynamic environment, possesses a clear customer and operations focus, and has prior financial analysis experience with SAS, shared-services and a highly-matrixed organizational structure.
Relationships
- Reports to CFO in the US
Responsibilities
- Prepare monthly management reports emphasizing operational/financial performance metrics, historical results, budgets, forecasts, and trends.
- Perform actual to budget/forecast variance analyses while highlighting risks/opportunities.
- Assist in monthly accounting close, including detailed expense and labor cost review/validation.
- Analyze variances and trends and prepare cash flow forecast for international offices.
- Experience with project management and process reengineering activities. Act as troubleshooter for international finance projects.
- Meets accounting financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
- Will focus on global operations and ensure they are fully compliant with requirements related to financial reporting, VAT, GST and tax compliance for both the UK and Switzerland operations.
- Confirms financial status by monitoring revenue and expenses; coordinating the collection, consolidation, and evaluation of financial data; preparing special reports.
- Assist with financial and operational integration for joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions.
- Maintains accounting controls by establishing a chart of accounts; defining accounting policies and procedures.
- Maintains financial security by establishing internal controls.
- Avoids legal challenges by understanding current and proposed legislation; enforcing accounting regulations; recommending new procedures.
- Accomplishes accounting and organization mission by completing related results as needed.
- Manage and train one accounting staff, while providing oversight and management authority with the office staff.
- Administer and coordinate human resource, hiring requirements, as well as employee payroll related matters and statutory reporting requirements.
Professional Experience
- BA in Accounting, Finance or Business; CPA or Chartered accountant preferred
- Eight to ten years UK/EMEA accounting/finance experience
- Financial systems and business application experience including advanced Excel, PowerPoint and SAGE or equivalent General Ledger experience
- Highly motivated and self-directed
- Ability to manage concurrent assignments and meet deadlines
- Strong analytical, financial modeling, business process and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and influencing skills; ability to articulate with confidence to senior management
- Salary commensurate with experience
