Controls Team Manager

Job Title: Control Team Manager

Location: Leeds

Contract Type:   Perm

Reporting to: Head of Accounts Payable and Control

The Role

To provide management and oversight to the control function. Primarily focussing on reconciliations (bank, supplier & intercompany), accounting accuracy for all invoice and ledger entries, FX, sales ledger, reporting and stakeholder management.

Outcomes of the Role

• People management, training and development
• Ownership of control reconciliations – bank recs, supplier statements & intercompany
• Oversee intragroup legal entity recharge process and sign-off intragroup balance matrix at month-end.
• Manage invoicing and payment process to clear-down intragroup balances (in conjunction with the Treasury team).
• Manage ad-hoc sales invoices and credit control.
• Maintain an effective control environment with suitable reporting metrics.
• Managing policy enforcement and adherence
• Second line review of accounting accuracy for payables postings – Direct invoices, PO invoices and Expenses.
• Stakeholder management – up to and including exec level management.
• Managing prepayments
• Managing FX postings
• Office for National Statistics (ONS) returns and Payment Practices reporting.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Able to consolidate and present information and analysis in an effective, digestible, and timely manner.
• Able to communicate information, ideas, or issues effectively and clearly through the most appropriate channel within the team and to key stakeholders.
• Able to organise and prioritise own workload effectively, working to a high degree of autonomy.
• Confident challenging processes and escalating issues.
• Effective problem solver, generating practical solutions to often complex issues.
• An eye for detail, able to identify, investigate and clearly explain variance.
• Self-motivated with high energy and enthusiasm.
• Builds effective relationships with stakeholders across the firm.
• Strong collaboration skills - proactively seeks to share information and ideas.
• Comfortable working across the MS Office suite of applications.
• Keeps up to date with developments in the industry, including emerging risks and regulation.
• Experience of a fast-paced plc environment or financial services background advantageous.
• Previous experience managing a team
• Experience  within a control (or similar) finance function