Are you an experienced Financial Controller/Accounting specialist? If so I have an exciting opportunity for you with a firm in the media industry!

The role would be situated with their operations team based in Harlow. The role is Hybrid with 3x days a week on site, the salary for the role is up to £80,000 p/a. We are looking to get someone in ASAP.

Requirements:

- Looking for someone that is very technical, ideally a Chartered Accountant but at least ACCA qualified.

- Strong experience with team management

- Experience within a global/European company preferred

- Experience working with royalties is desired

- Stock Experience desired

Responsibilities:

• Running the A ccounts function - r esponsibility for all day-to-day accounting for th e company and group. Direct reports are: Management Accountant; Credit Controller; Cash Manager; Purchase Ledger Manager; and two additional team members.
• Management accounts - preparation of detailed monthly MAs including balance sheet, cash flow and overhead analysis; delivery to FD, Board and group; parent company accounts with straightforward consolidation.
• Budgeting and forecasting - p reparation and maintenance of annual budget and monthly forecasts.
• Cash and treasury - group c ash flow forecasting and management, overseeing daily banking requirements, primary contact with bank, foreign currency transactions, company credit cards.
• Stock - overall responsibility for physical stock valuation and cost of sales calculation; periodic obsolescence review.
• Payroll, HR, admin and pensions - m anage the monthly payroll s (not processing), ensure pension payments are accurate and timely, preparation and liaison for annual company in sur ance, create and report Pll D's.
• Taxation - oversight of monthly VAT returns for UK and Germany, assistance with third party preparation of CT600, communication with HMRC and other tax offices as required.
• Compliance and company secretarial - u ndertake group Company Secretarial duties (excludes Board Meeting attendance and minutes ). Ensure group compan ies are compliant on all accounting matters.
• Statutory accounts - m anage audit process, creation of statutory accounts, filing with Companies House; tax accounts filing in Germany and US.