Regional Financial Controller

Job type:Permanent
Sector:Real Estate, Construction & Property Services
Location:London
Location Specifics:City of London
Salary:£110,000 - £130,000
Job ref:RH180
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About the Role

High growth PE Backed Real Estate / Infrastructure Assets Development business in Central London, is seeking a qualified, experienced and highly capable Finance Professional, to join its busy but dynamic finance team, in the capacity of Regional Financial Controller.

The role will report to the Group Financial Controller, and manage a team of 4. This is a senior management role within the business working closely with the Global Finance Function based in EMEA.  The candidate will also work closely on a cross matrix basis with various functions in the region. 

As the role will be located in EMEA, the candidate should demonstrate a good grasp and understanding of different regulatory, compliance and reporting frameworks of the respective countries within the region. 

The candidate will monitor and control day-to-day activities of the finance function in the region and is the finance contact for internal and external stakeholders on all financial matters. So sound techncial and commercial finance skills are sought.

Main responsibilities

The role has a strong spine of technical reporting and controls, but with plenty of commercial ownership and intraction as well:

  • Overall financial responsibility for all entities within the region (excluding holding companies)
  • Review and presentation of monthly results
  • Review and presentation of regional and site cash flows
  • Involvement in annual budgeting process and forecasts
  • Debt covenants, monitoring and payment within the AssetCos
  • Liaising with external auditors to ensure completion of regional entity audits on a timely basis
  • Ownership of trial balances
  • Ownership of the regional audit process
  • Manage local stat providers and auditors
  • Fulfil monthly reporting and annual Group Reporting requirements
  • Work with tax team to ensure direct & indirect filings are accurate and done on time
  • Interface with Treasury to ensure all payments are done on time (i.e. tax, payments etc).
  • Ensure all compliance is filled per the statutory deadlines with the region
  • Ownership of budgets/forecasts on an entity level working closely with FP&A.
  • Work with Treasury and FP&A on short term and long term cash flows
  • Work closely with Treasury on debt drawdowns
  • Prepare capital call  schedules.

Requirements

This is an exciting role in a rapidly scaling PE-backed venture, but the business is going through considerable professional and organisational change and is extremely busy, so as such it is a highly demanding and challenging environment to work in (albeit very rewarding as well for the right people!). But it means it is essential to the business the find an operator who is fully-committed, hard-working, resilient and eager to - and capable of - embracing the challenge.

Key qualifications and experience:

  • Qualified accountant (ACA (preferred) / ACCA / CIMA / CA / CPA) with solid PQE
  • Property / Real Estate experience, or closely related
  • Solid Controller level experience
  • Experience partnering with senior staff and familiar with FP&A principals
  • Technically proficient
  • Experience managing staff both local and remote with cross-cultural experience
  • Commercial and business acumen
  • Problem solver, with the ability to work in ambiguity and provide recommendations and solutions to challenges
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Demonstrated leadership ability, team management, and interpersonal skills

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