Commercial Financial Controller

City of London Permanent £70,000 - £80,000 per year
  • Highly regarded Award Winning Global Marketing Company
  • Very Broad role heading up an emerging finance team

About Our Client

A Global Agency network that delivers culture-shaping work for some of the world's biggest brands. They have won many Awards in recent years including: Cannes Lions, Clios, One Show, D&AD, LIAs, and Golden Drum.

Job Description

Act as the on-site point of contact for day-to-day Finance related queries and requests.

Proactively work with the other senior management team to ensure efficient allocation of resources, robust cost control and analysis.

Providing support for client and departmental leads in the production of challenging but realistic revenue forecasts and pro-actively highlight early warnings to potential variances in target margins to client leads as well as the senior finance team.

Understanding and managing profitability and budgets as required.

Build working relationships within the wider group network to manage inter-company requests and any associated tax requirements.

Monitoring of fees for key clients involving reporting, analysis and insight to track actual performance versus target, time reporting, variance analysis and PO tracking.

Understanding and managing relevant accounting and Group policies (particularly with regard to revenue recognition) and overseeing the management of billing for the agency, ensuring recovery of committed costs.

Taking an active role in month end close to ensure the accurate and timely production of monthly management information data and reports.

Supporting the development of commercial acumen throughout the business to ensure the achievement of group financial targets.

The Successful Applicant

We're looking for a proactive individual with excellent communication skills, capable of working on their own initiative and willing to roll their sleeves up and get stuck in

Highly numerate with a meticulous attention to detail.

The ability to work under pressure, with large volumes of data whilst consistently meeting deadlines.

Highly organised with excellent time management skills and an ability to prioritise workload.

The ability to adapt and respond to meet changing agency needs and requirements.

Working knowledge of systems including SAP and the Microsoft Office suite, particularly Excel.

You will be qualified in one of the major accounting qualifications ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Previous agency exposure an advantage

What's on Offer

Great Salary

Small company feel with support network from a larger agency set-up

31 Days holiday

Fantastic additional benefits

Contact
Henry Aldridge
Quote job ref
JN-102023-6219795
Phone number
+44 207 269 2116

Job summary

Job function
Accounting
Subsector
Financial Controller
Sector
Media & Agency
Location
City of London
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Henry Aldridge
Consultant phone
+44 207 269 2116
Job reference
JN-102023-6219795